Nicolas Salles was appointed to the position by the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 10 January 2019 where he will be in charge of optimizing the management of data assets and will also be the key coordinator and facilitator of the AMF's data governance platform. He will report directly to Philippe Guillot, a…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has announced that Philippe Sourlas, previously deputy director of the Asset Management directorate, is now Managing Director in charge of the Asset Management Directorate. Philippe Sourlas started his career at the Inspection Générale des Finances in 2006, before joining the Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et des Mutuelles (ACAM),…
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The Autorité des marchés (AMF) has just warned the public against the fraudulent use of the names and contact details of the Sicav Objectif Finance Investissements (OFI) company. The official warning can be seen below: Fraudsters falsely claim to belong to Objectif Finance Investissements (OFI) and make fraudulent use of the name and details of that…
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The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has informed the public that it has added Maxence Delorme to the Enforcement Assistance Department (DICS). Maxence Delorme joined the AMF on 3 September 2018 as Director of the DICS and advisor to Marie-Hélène Tric, Chairman of the Enforcement Committee, having been Deputy Public Prosecutor and Head of the…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has informed the public that it has analysed nearly 800 French funds using a method based on fund return and market data, which enables more funds to be examined than was previously possible. This approach does not relieve the regulator of carrying out an in-depth individual analysis of the…
Read moreCharlotte Henry, 36, has joined the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) on 30 May, as Head of Digital Transformation, reporting to François Ardonceau, Managing Director of Operations, Human Resources and Information Technology. Charlotte Henry began her career in 2008 at Arval, part of the BNP Paribas group, at the Corporate IT Department, and then at the Business…
Read moreThe Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has been warning and protecting savers with regard to the dangers of highly-speculative trading for several years now. Its legal action since 2014 to block access in France to illegal websites has resulted in the closure of 138 addresses. Faced with the expansion of proposed Forex and binary option…
Read moreThe Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just issued a public warning regarding the activities of the website https://epargne-eco.fr/, proposing savers to invest in various projects and pretending to be a crowdfunding advisor (CIP) – or about to be registered. The website https://epargne-eco.fr/ offers investors the opportunity to invest in different kind of projects as…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has reported that different individuals have received messages from a person called Mr Villard, who claims he is mandated by the AMF to help them recover sums invested in a binary options platform. This individual is using the AMF's contact details, name and logo fraudulently. An individual, who introduces…
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Among the 82 responses made to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)’ consultation, a large majority of respondents expressed support for setting up an appropriate legal framework for this new type of fundraising. The AMF Board informed that it has decided to continue work on definition of a specific legal framework for ICOs. In view…
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