Is tokenisation a game-changer for the international monetary system?

Opinion column by Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Second Deputy Governor of the Banque de France. According to a speech given at the Global Financial Architecture conference ...
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Pledging of crypto-assets enshrined in the French Monetary and Financial Code

Legal column by Sébastien Praicheux, doctor of law, member of the Paris Bar, partner (Norton Rose Fulbright LLP) and master ...
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Deja vu all over again

Expert opinion from Nabil Milali, multi-asset & overlay strategist/manager at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management The political divide within the ...
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Club Deals and other FIAs: qualification and liability issues

The boom in Club Deals illustrates the creativity of the market and the growing appetite of private individuals for assets that were once reserved for ...
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Should the term "neobank" be included in the French Monetary and Financial Code? 

In this legal column, Valentine Baudouin, Partner Compliance & Regulatory at Regvantage, analyses the proposed "Law for the ...
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The usefulness of securitization as a source of financing

Six years after the European securitization regulation came into force, the European supervisory authorities are calling for ...
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ESMA clarifies the qualification of crypto-assets as financial instruments

By Sébastien Praicheux, member of the Paris Bar, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, associate lecturer at the University ...
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Société de Libre Partenariat Spéciale: a new investment vehicle under French law 

Created by Ordinance no. 2024-662 of July 3, 2024, the Société de Libre Partenariat Spéciale ("SLPS") is a new type of ...
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Cross-border fund distribution: the European Commission raises questions, but limits remain

On March 19, the European Commission unveiled its strategy for an "Investment and Savings Union". The stated aim is to ...
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Frank Martin Laprade

AMF vs OCABSA: do the ends justify the means?

The AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), which regularly warns of the alleged dangers of hybrid bonds such as OCABSA ...
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