Financial communication: speaking the truth without crossing the line into deception

Informing without embellishing, convincing without selling: financial communication is now a two-way street. Since the ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation, Featured

Cryptos: MiCA approvals progressing slowly, regulatory uncertainties remain

Two new crypto players, including BPCE group subsidiary Hexarq, have been authorised by the AMF since ...
/ Innovation, Regulation

Cornerstone investors and IPOs: strategic leverage and attractiveness

At a time when the IPO market is showing signs of recovery, cornerstone investors represent an essential lever for securing ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

AI already widely adopted by financial market players

To gain a better understanding of the use of artificial intelligence by financial market players in France and the issues at stake, we have ...
/ Press release, Regulation

“I'm calling for a value for money freeze”.”

[Interview Finascope]. Opposed to the mechanism for monitoring the value for money of investment funds introduced in 2023 by the ...
/ Regulation, Strategy

Why financial advisors love structured products

The AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers) has highlighted a number of grey areas in the distribution of structured products to retail investors in ...
/ Regulation, Strategy

Insurers relegate regulatory risk to second place

Presented this Monday at France Assureurs' press conference, the new mapping of the sector's risks shows ...
/ Regulation, Trend
Frank Martin Laprade

These are (intellectually) stimulating questions, but they remain (very) theoretical...

Following a sanction imposed by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the Paris Court of Appeal has referred the matter to the ...
/ Avis d'expert, Regulation

Retro commissions: the financial centre tries to adapt to the AMF's tightening of the screws

A series of rulings by the Autorité des marchés financiers has cast doubt on the legitimacy of kickbacks. The professionals ...
/ Regulation, Strategy

AMF Enforcement Committee sanctions Makor Securities and its CEO

In its decision of 20 January 2026, the Enforcement Committee ordered the investment services provider ...
/ Press release, Regulation