30 January 2024 | Warning | The AMF warns the public about fraudulent press advertisements proposing investments in car parks with electric charging points Following reports from both investors and media company directors, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is calling for the utmost vigilance with regard to proposals to invest in "car parks equipped with electric charging points", through advertisements touting this investment, which may impersonate existing companies. These advertisements… … fraudulent press advertisements proposing investments in car parks with electric charging points … According to … particularly the self-employed, and offering to invest in car parks equipped with electric charging points. Five … utmost vigilance with regard to proposals to invest in "car parks equipped with electric charging points", through … |
07 July 2023 | Warning | The AMF warns the public against companies proposing atypical investments without being authorised to do so The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) publishes an updated list of identified new websites offering atypical investments in France without an authorisation to do so. … offers have increased in recent months for investments in car parks, rooms in elderly care homes, eco-parking spaces … |
21 November 2022 | Warning | The AMF warns the public about fraudulent offers to invest in the energy transition Following numerous reports from retail investors, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is calling for the utmost vigilance with regard to proposals to invest in "eco-parks" or solar parks, generally impersonating large companies. … spaces with electric charging stations, presented as "eco-car parks", or in photovoltaic power plants installed in … |
15 December 2021 | AMF news release | Financial scams: the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office, the AMF, the ACPR and the DGCCRF are actively working together to fight this scourge responsible for heavy losses for retail investors In these times of Covid crisis and low interest rates, the public is facing an upsurge in fraudulent offers for financial investments and services. At a joint press conference, the Parquet de Paris, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the General Directorate for Competition… … solar panels, etc.), to fictitious offers to invest in car parks or in nursing homes, and Ponzi schemes. The Paris … warnings (savings accounts, loans, whisky, car parks, trading training, containers, spoofing, nursing … |
28 October 2021 | Public statements | Speech by Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - 60th anniversary of SFAF -21 october 2021 … to card payment data, satellite or drone images (of car park occupancy, for example), which allow them to … |
07 July 2021 | Warning | The AMF urges retail investors to exercise extreme caution towards proposals to invest in rooms in care homes Further to a number of complaints from retail investors, the AMF is warning the general public about offers to invest in care homes for the elderly. These offers are often made via websites impersonating financial institutions or major groups in the care home sector. … appears to be similar to the offers to invest in airport car parks, which the AMF warned the public about in June … to exercise extreme caution towards proposals to invest in car parks Further to a number of complaints from retail … |
04 March 2021 | Warning | The AMF, AFG, ASPIM, France Invest, Anacofi, Cie CIF, CNCGP and CNCIF warn the public against an upsurge in the theft of names of authorised market players The AMF and associations of asset and wealth management professionals are jointly calling on retail investors to exercise the utmost vigilance against the increasingly fraudulent use of the names of authorised intermediaries or financial products for scam purposes. Given the scale of the issue, they are reminding investors of the right reflexes… … investment companies (SCPIs) or investments in airport car parks, for example. Last year, the AMF noted a sharp … |
16 June 2020 | Warning | The AMF urges investors to exercise extreme caution towards proposals to invest in car parks Further to a number of complaints from retail investors, the AMF is warning the general public against offers to invest in car parks, usually from websites that impersonate financial players or listed groups from the construction industry. … to exercise extreme caution towards proposals to invest in car parks … The AMF advises investors not to respond to requests from individuals to invest in car parks, and in particular car parks in European airports (Portugal, Spain, Italy, … |
30 May 2018 | AMF news release | The Joint Unit of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) publishes its 2017 annual report Since 2010, the Joint Unit of the ACPR and the AMF has fulfilled its role of protecting customers in the banking, insurance and financial services sectors. At a press conference held today, Claire Castanet, Joint Unit coordinator and Executive Director of Retail Investor Relations at the AMF, and Olivier Fliche, Head of Business Practices… … the most promoted by professionals are consumer loans, car insurance, providential/health and life insurance, and … |
26 October 2017 | AMF news release | Diamonds and other atypical investments: the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) welcomes the initiative taken by the ARPP The ARPP (French advertising self-regulatory organization) is issuing a recommendation in order to inform the advertising industry regarding the regulation of intermediation in miscellaneous assets. With a view to better protection for savers, the Sapin II law (1) has introduced a change in the system: no offer on atypical investments car be… … a change in the system: no offer on atypical investments car be directly marketed in France on without prior … a change in the system: no offer on atypical investments car be directly marketed in France on without prior … |