Articles

2016 04 Guillaume ROSEMonaco's Director of Tourism has put interactive digital tools in place in the Principality for maximum effectiveness. His motto is "constant renewal".

2015-03 Garino

On the occasion of the three-year renewal of its 36 members from the three Governmental, Trade Union and Employers' colleges - including 3 members representing AMAF (Mrs Marie Odile Joris, Mr Guy Thomas Levy-Soussan and Mr Jean Danckaert) - we met the Chairman, Mr André Garino.

2016 03 pallancaLe 22 mars dernier, L'Association Monégasque des Activités Financières a reçu le Directeur du Travail, Madame Pascale PALLANCA, accompagnée de son Directeur adjoint , Mme Sophie Vincent, et de l'Inspecteur Principal du Travail, Mme Corinne VAN KLAVEREN.  Nous avons interrogé Mme PALLANCA sur les missions de sa Direction.

2016-03 zavagliaGFG SAM - Groupe Financier de Gestion - has been based in Monaco for 6 years now. Its Chairman Stefano Zavaglia established his company in Monaco in 2010, following 10 years’ experience as Director of the Fixed Sales Department of Deutsche Bank in London.

2016-03 cottalorda

HE Claude Cottalorda, Monaco’s fifth Ambassador to France, is also Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the Principality of Andorra, and Personal Representative of HSH the Sovereign Prince and the Princely Government  to the Permanent Council of the Francophonie. After one year performing his duties, he tells us about his responsibilities and challenges.

2016-03 agnes

On 9 March last, AMAF invited the CCIN to meet its members for a conference on the subject of the automatic exchange of information. The event was brilliantly orchestrated by Mrs Agnès LEPAULMIER, Secretary General of the CCIN, and Messrs AOUIZERAT and MENINI, Legal Administrators specialising in finance. You will find below a transcript of what was said.

2016-02 crespi

Pierre-Frank Crespi has been Secretary General of the banking trade union Syndicat des Employés Gradés et Cadres de Banque de Monaco (SEGCBM) for 12 years, and has 23 years of service in the Monegasque banking sector. Now a private banker at the Monaco branch of a French bank, he knows the industry to perfection, as well as the various problems related to financial activities in Monaco.

2016-02 reiss

Laurent Reiss has headed Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) in Monaco since 1 April 2015. He describes his career path and goals in a Group that has experienced remarkable growth in under 50 years.

2016-01 Laurent-Roby

There is no question that lending is a crucial Private Banking (PB) service, whether or not customers choose to make use of it. In the financial sector in Monaco, the figures are significant, with total lending of more than twenty billion euros in 2014, a considerable proportion of which was accounted for by property loans and cash facilities.

2015-12 guignard

Philippe Guignard has managed the Monaco branch of Crédit Agricole since 2008. He shares with us his thoughts on the evolution of the financial centre, as well as his branch.

2015-12 eric-knightThe founder of Knight Vinke Asset Management moved to Monaco fifteen years ago. Eric Knight describes himself as the manager of an activist fund, and he is that in every sense of the word.

2015-12 gilles-tonelly

From 2011 to 2015, Gilles Tonelli held the post of Ambassador of Monaco to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. During this period he was also a Head of Mission with the European Union – a certain asset for the new Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

2015-11 hervo

On 6 November, the Comité Français d’Organisation et de Normalisation Bancaires (CFONB) meetings took place in Monaco, their main theme being "new forms of fraud". We asked Mr. Frédéric Hervo, CFONB Vice-President and Bank of France Director of Payment Systems and Market Infrastructures, about the content of his speech at this symposium.

2015-11 Recontres-CFONB

The Comité Français d’Organisation et de Normalisation Bancaire held its annual meetings on the topic "New forms of fraud" in Monaco on 6 November. We met one of the speakers, Mr. Christian Lothion, Director of the security department and "Security" Advisor of the Fédération Bancaire Française, and former Head of the Judicial Police.

2015-11 carax

CARAX, the stock brokerage firm, will soon celebrate the tenth anniversary of its operations in Monaco. Meet Stéphane Krief and Jean-Louis Didier, the company’s co-presidents.

2015-10 bsi-umberto-alonziBSI, founded in 1987 in Monaco, specialises in wealth management. It benefits from longstanding experience, professional competence and the BSI Group’s international contacts. Meet Umberto Alonzo, Managing Director.