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2024 03 15 Monaco Shipping

Financing Maritime Infrastructure & Innovation for Climate and Oceans, a not-to-be-missed event during Ocean Week, aimed at accelerating financing to support the transition to a low-carbon maritime industry.

2024 03 Genta small

Frédéric Genta, Interministerial Delegate for Attractiveness and Digital Transition, within the government of the Principality of Monaco, discussed the ambitions of the Principality of Monaco in the digital age, in the Tech & Co program presented by François Sorel. Here is the replay of the show.

2024 03 08 ACI Monaco

ACI Monaco was founded in the Principality thirty-two years ago, as an affiliate of the ACI FMA, established in 1955. Since then, it has carried on the commitments espoused by the umbrella organisation: developing and promoting market activities, encouraging friendly professional relations between stakeholders, expanding access to professional training, and compliance with the ethical rules applicable to the sector.

2024 03 04 IUM

For more than three decades, the IUM has been training future finance professionals and proudly contributing to the economic dynamism of the Principality of Monaco.

2024 03 01 AMCO Blocker

Last September, AMCO organised a web conference on the Financing of Terrorism, the particular risks incurred in Monaco, and the role of Compliance Officers in the fight against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The conference was moderated by Nathalie Schinzig, Financial Crime Compliance specialist, AMCO’s TCSP/MFO Committee Leader and Head of Compliance at Landmark Management S.A.M., the event was held on their premises.

2024 02 23 Alejandro VELEZ

Managing Director of UBS Monaco, Alejandro VELEZ has extensive international experience and a solid understanding of the financial world. He talks to us about UBS Monaco's ambitions, and his convictions in terms of sustainable investment.

2024 02 26 Laure CANAS DA SILVA

The Monegasque Association for Sustainable Finance (AMFiD), created at the initiative of the Minister of Finance and Economy, Jean Castellini, and the Monegasque Association for Financial activities (AMAF), was launched in September 2023.

2024 02 26 Gestion du risque

Risk versus performance... The risk of a portfolio or investment is often contrasted with its performance. Either you have low risk and low performance, or you accept higher risk in the hope of higher performance. For most managers, risk is a constraint that limits portfolio performance. But this is not necessarily the case.

2024 02 26 AMAF Board

Robert LAURE, Vice-Chairman of Julius Baer Wealth Management Monaco, is now Chairman of the Association Monégasque des Activités Financières (AMAF), which held its first General Meeting on January 22. Which team for which projects? We asked him a few questions.

2024 02 23 Nathalie TANZI

Laws No 1.449 and 1.550 of 14 July 2023 and 10 August 2023 respectively on anti-money laundering, applicable to companies as well as foundations and associations, gave rise to new duties, the scope of which will be laid down in sovereign ordinances to be adopted.

2024 02 22 Nicolas FEIT

Nicolas FEIT, CEO Société Générale Private Banking Monaco & SG Monaco, heads up a universal bank combining private banking, corporate banking and retail banking. Recently appointed Chairman of the Commission de Promotion de la Place (Monaco Promotion Commission), he talks to us about his initial mission within the Association Monégasque des Activités Financières (AMAF).

2024 02 19 MARQUET BENAMARA

Act No. 1,549, which came into force on 6 July 2023, amends Act No. 1,362 of 3 August 2009, the legislative cornerstone of the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Monaco (“AML-CFT”).

2024 02 16 Natalia BERRIN

Six years after the implementation of Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) in Monaco, the processes related to this regulation now appear to be well mastered, both on the side of authorities and Monegasque financial institutions. The latest peer review conducted on Monaco reveals that not only is the legal framework "in place," but the effectiveness of practical implementation is also "on track". The results of this evaluation confirms Monaco's deep commitment to tax transparency and reflect significant efforts made in this field since 2009 with the signing of the first bilateral exchange of information agreements.

2024 02 12 Emmanuel MONTIGAUD

The AMCO has more than 200 members from 12 different industries. They include banks, management firms, TCSPs and MFOs, lawyers and legal advisors, certified accountants, estate agents, yacht brokers, sports agents, insurers, casinos, and consultants. We spoke to Emmanuel MONTIGAUD, President of the AMCO and Chief Compliance Officer at BNP Paribas Monaco.

2024 02 09 Damian Payiatakis

All life on earth is sustained by its biodiversity, yet it is increasingly under threat from human activity. In every corner of the globe biodiversity is being altered – research shows that only around three percent of our land can be considered “faunally intact”, meaning it has healthy populations of all its original animals , and an estimated one million animal(1) and plant species are threatened with extinction(2).

2024 02 06 Julien Lafargue

As Chief Market Strategist, Julien Lafargue is responsible for the investment outlook at Barclays Private Bank. Prior to this, Julien Lafargue was Head of Equity Strategy for Advisory Business at Barclays Private Bank, which he joined in January 2019. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at J.P. Morgan Private Bank as Equity Strategist for the EMEA region.