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The AMF warns for unauthorized websites offering diamond investments
December 21st, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), an independent public authority in France responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected, has issued today a public warning against the activities of websites offering diamond investments, for which ...
CSA remind investors of inherent risks associated with cryptocurrency futures contracts
December 19th, 2017
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued an announcement to remind dealers and investors of the inherent risks associated with products linked to cryptocurrencies, including futures contracts. According the CSA’s announcement, while these contracts may be traded on regulated ...
Supervisory Authority Halts A Fast-Moving Initial Coin Offering Fraud That Raised Up To $15 million
December 5th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it obtained an emergency asset freeze to halt a fast-moving Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fraud that raised up to $15 million from thousands of investors since August by falsely promising a 13-fold ...
CFTC Orders Cargill to Pay a $10 Million Civil Monetary Penalty
November 7th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Cargill, Inc. (Cargill), of Minnesota, for providing mid-market marks (marks) that concealed from counterparties and its swap data repository (SDR) its full mark-up on certain ...
Beware of these unauthorised Forex providers
October 26th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), regulators of the financial markets in France, warn the public against the activities of several websites and entities proposing Forex investments without being ...
Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Ban On Binary Options
September 29th, 2017
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announce the implementation of Multilateral Instrument 91-102 Prohibition of Binary Options, which makes it illegal to advertise, offer, sell or otherwise trade binary options shorter than 30 days with any individual. “Binary options are ...
France’s financial markets regulator published a list of unauthorized diamond investments platforms
July 24th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued a press release to warn the public about unauthorized diamond investments platforms. According the warning: The AMF is warning the public about proposals to invest in diamonds without complying with the ...
AMF lifts the ban against 24option from providing financial services in France
June 27th, 2017
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority lifts the ban against Rodeler limited (“24option”) from providing financial services in France. According the announcement: Because of the non-compliance with certain professional obligations ...
French Regulator proposes ways to reform the functioning of ESMA
June 26th, 2017
Financing, governance, direct powers: in its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the review of European supervisory authorities, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers has drawn up proposals to strengthen ESMA for the benefit of convergence of supervision ...
AMF consults on changes to its General Regulation ahead of MiFID II
May 11th, 2017
As part of the reform of its markets in financial instruments directive, on 7 April 2016 the European Commission adopted a delegated directive that sets out provisions on the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds, product governance and inducements. ...