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March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF announces new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board

The Autorité des marchés Financiers (AMF) just announced the new composition of the Financial Skills Certification Board. The mechanism for verifying the level of knowledge of employees of investment services providers relies on the services of the AMF and the Financial Skills Certification Board. The Certification Board is now under the chairmanship of Bernard Coupez.…

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February 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The AMF publishes a guide relating to trading by the issuers in their own shares and stabilisation measures

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is clarifying its expectations in a new guide (DOC-2017-04) written for listed companies. The guide is aimed at issuers whose shares are admitted to trading on Euronext Paris or a multilateral trading facility (MTF) such as Alternext Paris or Marché Libre. The AMF guide replaces the AMF’s position (DOC-2009-17)…

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January 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF advises investors to close their Banc de Binary Ltd accounts

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that Banc de Binary Ltd has decided to renounce its authorization a week ago. The company provides investment services through the website eu.bancdebinary.com. Under these circumstances, the AMF recommended that investors who have opened an account on this website immediately send a registered letter to Banc…

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January 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

France's AMF introduces new market surveillance system ICY

French financial regulator The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has announced that is launching an effort to modernize its monitoring system, enhancing its ability to detect, analyse and investigate suspicious activity. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, European lawmakers enacted financial market regulatory reforms. Following the adoption of EMIR for over-the-counter derivative trading,…

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January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The AMF warns on the product VIAGEFI 6 LIMITED

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is warning French investors about VIAGEFI 6 LIMITED. This English alternative investment fund (AIF) is not authorised for sale in France. VIAGEFI 6 LIMITED has been offered to French investors, in many cases via financial investment advisers (FIA). However, this fund, which is an AIF (alternative investment fund) authorised…

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January 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New member admitted to AMF Board

The French Minister of Finance has appointed a new member to the decision-making body of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). By way of an order dated 26 December 2016 (and published in the Official Journal on 3 January 2017), the French Minister of Finance has appointed Muriel Faure to the AMF Board because of…

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