19 June 2023 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes a discussion paper on Decentralised Finance (DeFi) The AMF shares its preliminary thinking on the regulatory issues raised by the new financial activities on crypto-assets based on automated, decentralised and disintermediated protocols that make up the emerging DeFi ecosystem. The AMF invites stakeholders to share their views by 30 September, to feed into the European and international works on… … is a phenomenon still relatively unknown to the general public and is at an early stage of development. Through the … technology and the use of crypto-assets, DeFi activities offer an alternative to traditional financial services by … initiatives and intends to continue its engagement with public and private stakeholders with a view to permitting the … |
26 April 2023 | News | Crypto-asset markets: the MiCA regulation adopted by the European Parliament The European regulation on crypto-asset markets ("Markets in Crypto-Assets" or "MiCA") was adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday 20 April. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is preparing the transition towards MiCA and is contributing to the drafting of the implementing technical standards and guidelines that are to be published by… … [1] . During this period, these providers may continue to offer their services to the French public only. In addition, the DDADUE Law, within one year of … regulation. These texts will initially be the subject of public consultation, prior to their final publication in … |
06 April 2023 | Warning | The AMF and the ACPR warn the public against the activities of several entities offering in France investments in Forex and in crypto-assets derivatives without being authorized to do so With the objective of protecting investors, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) regularly update their black lists of websites identified as offering investments in the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market and in derivative products whose underlying assets include crypto… … The AMF and the ACPR warn the public against the activities of several entities offering in … Lists of all websites that are not authorized to offer investments in Forex or in crypto-assets derivatives … … About the AMF … The AMF is an independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings … |
23 March 2023 | AMF news release | Employee savings: a sharp increase in awareness and ownership of employee savings schemes; support for employees and company managers should be reinforced A larger number of French employees know about employee savings schemes and possess at least one of them (PEE or PERCO collective retirement savings plan, for example), according to a study carried out by OpinionWay for the organisers of the Employee Savings Week (the AMF, AFG, the French Treasury Department, the General Directorate of Labour, and… … know better this form of personal savings, what it can offer and how it works, through objective, educational and … … About the AMF … The AMF is an independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings … |
02 March 2023 | Warning | The AMF warns the public about fraudulent investment offers through trading robots The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is calling on the public to be extremely vigilant regarding automated Forex trading offers from entities that are not authorised to provide investment services in France. These offers also rely on affiliate programs and particularly target the French overseas departments and territories. … The AMF warns the public about fraudulent investment offers through trading … as an exclusive partner. The broker is not authorised to offer this type of service to the French public. Deposits and withdrawals are made only in … |
23 February 2023 | Ombudsman’s Blog | Mini-tender offers for US equities: watch out for traps! Certain unregulated corporate actions relating to companies listed in the United States, called "mini-tender offers", may have been sent on by French account-keepers to French shareholders holding such US securities. However, when investigating the case that I will present to you this month, I noted that one of them was inevitably unfavourable for… … a mail from his account-keeper informing him of an offer to buy all or part of his X shares, issued by a US … was possible to cancel any decision to take part in this public tender offer, "at any time, until the close of the … no means mentioned that his agreement to take part in this public tender offer would extend over several months, far … |
16 February 2023 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2011-24 … characteristics obtain the SRI label. Indeed, now that a public SRI label has been introduced, using the same … misleading if the term “index” is used whereas it does not offer the guarantee usually expected for the making and … by special purpose vehicles and marketed to the general public. The risk that the CIS may be entirely invested in … |
16 February 2023 | Policy | Position - Recommendation DOC-2011-05 … capital trusts) and for funds that are accessible to the public. … Textes de référence … Article 78 of European … capital trusts) and for funds that are accessible to the public. … Textes de référence … Article 78 of European … the consequences of market declines but nevertheless offer the opportunity to reap the benefits of a market … |
13 January 2023 | Warning | The AMF warns the public about calls from fraudsters claiming to help recover funds The AMF cautions against an active campaign of fraudulent calls from people claiming to work for the AMF and offering to help victims of investment scams recover their funds. The AMF would like to point out that it has no authority to recover or return funds lost by investors and that it never asks consumers for money. … The AMF warns the public about calls from fraudsters claiming to help recover … United States, etc.). The trend of impersonation of public institutions or authorities has risen sharply in the … to recover funds lost in a fraudulent investment or to offer them compensation. … It has no legal authority to do … |
27 December 2022 | Warning | The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing atypical investments without being authorised to do so The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do so. … The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing atypical … www.lembrege-capital.com www.massardinvestissement.com Any offer to invest in miscellaneous assets must be registered … … About the AMF … The AMF is an independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings … |