24 June 2022 | AMF news release | Appointments to the Legal Affairs Directorate and Enforcement Assistance Directorate of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers Maxence Delorme has been appointed Director of Legal Affairs with effect from 1 August 2022. He was previously Director of Enforcement Assistance at the AMF. He will replace Anne Maréchal, who leaves the AMF on 1 August after nine years of service.
Amélie du Passage, who was previously Maxence Delorme’s deputy, has been appointed Director of… … Maxence was head of the Office for Criminal Law and Legal Protection within the Legal Affairs Directorate at the … independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that … |
15 June 2022 | AMF news release | The ACPR and AMF Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment publishes its 2021 annual report In a highly dynamic capital markets environment, the Joint Unit of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) continued its theme-based work in 2021, and also continued to monitor and oversee commercial practices. The two authorities also stepped up their cooperation in the fight… … projects. Work on the digital marketing of financial savings products continued throughout 2021. A summary … blacklists, with 1,200 of them on the list for "loans, savings accounts, payment services, insurance contracts". In … publishes its 2021 annual report … Annual report … Savings protection … |
19 May 2022 | Warning | The AMF and the ACPR warn the public against unauthorised Forex trading offers from Omega Pro Ltd The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), which had already blacklisted www.omegapro.world in 2020, have added another site belonging to the same company, Businessempire.fr, which also offers Forex trading services without being authorised to do so. … independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that … unauthorised Forex trading offers from Omega Pro Ltd … Savings protection … Forex and binary options … Warning … |
18 May 2022 | AMF news release | With the publication of its 2021 annual report, the AMF reviews its five-year strategic plan, #Supervision2022 The AMF has reviewed the actions taken in 2021 to ensure investor protection as well as the smooth operation of financial markets, and assessed them in light of the strategic orientations set for 2018-2022. As this strategic cycle draws to a close in an economic context hard hit by the conflict in Ukraine, the AMF Chairman outlines the main… … to the supervision of asset management companies and savings products, some of the provisions of the Sustainable … climate, marked by the conflict in Ukraine: Harness the savings of French retail investors towards the financing of … has reviewed the actions taken in 2021 to ensure investor protection as well as the smooth operation of financial … |
06 April 2022 | Household Savings Newsletter | AMF Household Savings Observatory Newsletter - No. 48 This Letter is dedicated to promotional communications and advertisements on savings and investment products and services, which are the subject of continuous monitoring by the AMF. It presents the most highlighted products in 2021. It also presents the requests sent in 2021 to its public relations center, AMF Epargne Info Service. … AMF Household Savings Observatory Newsletter - No. 48 … Télécharger le … to promotional communications and advertisements on savings and investment products and services, which are the … Observatory Newsletter - No. 48 … Marketing … Savings protection … Financial Scams … |
30 March 2022 | 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… … are not required to comply with basic rules of investor protection, information disclosure and claims handling. … Do … independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that … derivatives without being authorized to do so … Savings protection … Forex and binary options … Crypto-assets … |
28 March 2022 | Warning | The AMF warns the public against fraudulent offers to buy listed shares at preferential prices In response to a large number of reports from retail investors, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is calling for the utmost vigilance with regard to offers to invest in the securities of listed large companies, whether foreign or French, at a price below their official price, by unauthorised actors or those impersonating regulated entities. … payment institutions and can be presented in the form of "savings accounts". Retail investors receive investment proposals, for example, in a "GAFA savings account with guaranteed capital and indexation on the … to buy listed shares at preferential prices … Savings protection … Warning … |
25 March 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. … atypical investments without being authorised to do so … Savings protection … Atypical products … Warning … |
17 March 2022 | News | EBA, ESMA and EIOPA warn consumers on the risks of crypto-assets … and EIOPA warn consumers on the risks of crypto-assets … Savings protection … |
23 February 2022 | AMF news release | The AMF announces the creation of a working group on the end-of-life of private equity funds The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is bringing together industry professionals to formulate proposals for adapting the regulatory framework to the difficulties encountered by management companies. … and 2020 concerned private equity). Aside from investor protection issues, the end of the life of private equity … independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that … end-of-life of private equity funds … Asset management … Savings protection … |