Sanctions imposed on Eternam and Altaroc: the AMF strikes hard against kickbacks

By imposing heavy fines on two asset management companies, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has reopened the debate on the ...
/ Regulation, Featured

Crypto authorisations: the AMF raises its voice and threatens to take "precautionary measures".

Together with the Austrian and Italian market authorities, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is denouncing major differences in the way ...
/ Innovation, Regulation

AMF Enforcement Committee fines Altaroc and its two directors €1.3 million

In its decision of 15 September 2025, the Enforcement Committee ordered the management company ...
/ Press release, Regulation

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 ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

The AMF Enforcement Committee sanctions a portfolio management company

In its decision of 9 September 2025, the Enforcement Committee ordered Eternam to pay a fine of ...
/ Press release, Regulation

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 ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

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 ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

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 ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

Private equity returns and fees: AMF publishes comprehensive study

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has examined the performance of unlisted retail asset funds. Total fund inflows ...
/ Regulation, Strategy, Trend

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 ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation