Regulation / Trend

Cryptos: the departure of Stéphanie Cabossioras from Binance illustrates the serious crisis in the sector 

[Finascope survey] The 100 digital asset service providers (DASPs) registered in France are facing a collapse in...

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23 October 2023

Expert opinion / Regulation

20 years of the AMF: a mixed record for the Enforcement Committee?

Legal commentary by Frank Martin Laprade, Avocat à la Cour, Partner at Jeantet and Associate Professor at the University of Paris,...

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October 17, 2023

Innovation / Regulation

Regulators turn their attention to "DeFi", shrinking to the bone

The AMF and ACPR are launching a working group on decentralized finance (DeFi), which was not included in the...

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October 17, 2023

Press release / Regulation

Speech by AMF Chairman Marie-Anne Barbat Layani at the 16th Enforcement Committee conference

Ladies and Gentlemen, Presidents, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my duty this evening to conclude this 16th symposium of...

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October 14, 2023

Regulation

How the AMF can improve the effectiveness of its sanctions

As the Autorité des Marchés Financiers prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary, its Enforcement Committee held its annual conference...

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13 October 2023

Innovation / Regulation

Crypto-assets, the new financing vector for jihadist terrorism

The growing use of crypto-assets is one of the trends identified in Tracfin's latest annual report on money laundering...

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11 October 2023

Press release / Regulation

MEPs approve standard defining green bonds

 Issuers complying with the standard commit to adopting green transition plans. The rules also apply to reviewers...

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9 October 2023

Regulation

SFDR: asset managers fear prolonged uncertainty

The new version of the regulations governing the publication of sustainable information in the financial sector may only be implemented...

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9 October 2023

Philippe Setbon (AFG)

Appointment / Regulation

Budget 2024: the AMF obtains a further increase in its workforce

The Finance Bill provides for 5 additional recruitments at the regulator for sustainable finance missions...

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6 October 2023

Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani (President of the AMF) and Sébastien Raspiller, her future General Secretary.

Regulation / Strategy

"The choice of Paris would be an opportunity for the European Union"

In December 2022, the government entrusted Robert Ophèle, former chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), with the responsibility...

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4 October 2023

Chairman of the Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC), Robert Ophèle was Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and then Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).