Search Results for: Autorité des Marchés Financiers
CySec informs CIFs for France’s legislation about advertising speculative, complex and risky products
April 12th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular (C202) to inform Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) in relation to France’s national legislation regarding the prohibition of electronic advertising to retail investors when offering speculative, complex and risky ...
The AMF publishes a draft recommendation on the performance simulations offered to investors
April 4th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is publishing a summary of the feedback submitted in response to the public consultation launched in November 2016 on the future performance simulations offered to retail investors. It is also publishing a draft ...
AMF reports unauthorised Forex providers
March 31st, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) issued an announcement to inform investors and public in relation of websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market ...
AMF warns for unauthorised Binary Options providers
March 30th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the independent public authority supervising the orderly operation of markets in France, has issued a warning to inform investors and public about the activity of unauthorized websites offering binary options trading. Below is ...
AMF and SIGNAL SPAM sign investor protection partnership agreement
March 30th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is working on various initiatives aimed at offering better protection for investors. One such initiative is today’s signature of a partnership agreement with Signal Spam, the French national spam reporting platform. Signal Spam ...
Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements
March 28th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement ...
$299 million in compensation to investors; CSA published 2016 Enforcement Report
March 2nd, 2017
Canadian Securities Regulators introduce innovative initiatives and increase collaboration to deter market misconduct The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its 2016 Enforcement Report. The ninth annual report highlights actions taken across Canada to deter and sanction wrongdoing in ...
AMF advices traders to close their accounts with Banc de Binary
January 30th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) advises the clients of the website eu.bancdebinary.com to contact Banc de Binary Ltd, the owner of these websites, as soon as possible The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has announced that Banc ...
AMF publishes a study on behaviour of high-frequency traders (HFTs)
January 28th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a detailed analysis of the activity of market participants engaged in high-frequency trading (HFT) on CAC 40 stocks, with focus on their presence in the order book, how they provide and ...
AMF France introduced a new market surveillance
January 26th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), ever determined to remain at the forefront of detecting market abuse and other violations, is launching an effort to modernise its monitoring system, enhancing its ability to detect, analyse and investigate suspicious activity. ...
