Tag: Autorité des Marchés Financiers

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July 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against Agronomix and its French subsidiary Agronomix France

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just issued a warning against the activity of AGRONOMIX and its French subsidiary AGRONOMIX FRANCE. The AGRONOMIX Group, via its French subsidiary AGRONOMIX FRANCE (www.agronomix-france.fr) offers French investors the opportunity to finance agricultural activities in Ivory Coast with unrealistic rates of return over 200% after 6 months and…

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July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against several unauthorised crypto websites

On 22 February 2018, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) published an analysis on its website concluding that crypto derivatives may be legally considered financial contracts. As such, the AMF and the ACPR have decided to jointly publish a blacklist with the websites that offer crypto derivatives without authorisation in France. Here is the list…

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June 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

France AMF warns against offshore FX brokers Binarycent, Raceoption and VideoForex

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here are the new websites recently identified: www.binarycent.com / Cent Projects Ltd / Finance…

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June 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF appoints Charlotte Henry as Head of Digital Transformation

Charlotte 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…

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May 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against crowdfunding advisor website

The 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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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against fraud crowdfunding advisor website

The 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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March 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against the activities of unauthorised websites

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a list of new unauthorized websites offering atypical investments. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://www.investissement.strategie-business.com/ https://uniondelor.fr/ https://www.101-carats.com/ https://www.brookfield99.com/ A list of all unauthorized websites to offer atypical investments is available in the AMF’s website and Assurance Banque Épargne Info Service – ABE IS's website. These…

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AMF issues impersonators scam warning
March 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF shares analysis of the new tick size regime impact on the French market

Market depth, transaction cost, order lifespan, order-to-trade ratio: the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) informed that it has reviewed the initial effects of the European harmonised tick size regime resulting from the new MiFID II framework for markets in financial instruments. This very first reading indicates an overall improvement in market quality. European legislators introduced…

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