Legal Environment

2020 11 SICCFINLast November, at the initiative of Mr. Michel HUNAULT, Director of SICCFIN (Service d'Information et de Contrôle sur les Circuits Financiers), a progress report on the National Risk Assessment (ENR) was organised, bringing together more than a hundred people. This extremely rare attendance during a pandemic* underlines the constructive links between SICCFIN and the representatives of the various professions, associations and foundations in Monaco and the strategic importance of this ENR.

2020 11 UcariAlain UCARI manages the Pictet Group’s banking arm, which was recently established in Monaco. He is also Secretary of the Monaco Association of Financial Activities (AMAF) and Chairman of the AMAF’s Anti-Money Laundering and Professional Certification Committees. We asked him some questions about his work.

2019 10 meeting michel hunaultOn October 2nd, Mr Hunault met the actors of the Monegasque Finance at a luncheon organized by AMAF (Monegasque Association of Financial Activities).

2019 09 03 cadre reglementaire

Private equity and the development of this activity in Monaco is a popular topic. How can we define this activity?

2019 05 02 FINMA

On 29 April 2019, in the presence of Minister of Finance and Economy Jean Castellini, Rupert Schaefer, Head of Strategic Services and member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and Philippe Boisbouvier, Acting Director of Monaco’s Service d’Information et de Contrôle sur les Circuits Financiers (SICCFIN), signed a reciprocal memorandum of understanding designed to facilitate cooperation between the two authorities in their respective efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

2019 03 11 Magali Vercesi

Protecting investors while fostering the growth of Monaco’s financial centre is one of the foundations of the Commission for the Control of Financial Activities (CCAF). This principle was recently reinforced by a major move when the CCAF joined the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

2012 06 finance islamique

International tax cooperation is a mainstream topic after many States signed agreements relating to the automatic exchange of information.

2019 02 25 goalm siccfin

In keeping with the public–private partnership highly valued by SICCFIN, the Monegasque financial intelligence unit (FIU) organised an information meeting to prepare representatives from the country’s banking industry for the future roll-out of the goAML analysis tool. The meeting was held on 7 February 2019 in the auditorium of Monaco’s Vocational and Catering School.

2019 02 18 protection invest

Protecting clients is at the heart of the work of all banking and financial regulators.

2019 02 07 siccfin cameroun

SICCFIN, the Principality's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), represented by Philippe Boisbouvier, Karine Imbert and Jenny Perrot, took part in an inter-sessional meeting of the EGMONT Group, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 29 to 31 January 2019.

2019 02 11 trust

Law 1448, adopted on 28 June 2017 by the National Council complements the existing provisions and consolidates the entirety of Monegasque private international law into a single instrument.