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Barclays Bank is celebrating its 100th anniversary in the Principality this year! This is a source of pride for its CEO Gérald Mathieu, who runs a pioneering bank, the first to be established in Monaco.
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Over the last fifteen years, Monaco’s financial industry has developed around several axes, particularly the growth of an onshore clientele and the determination to increase the share of clients’ financial assets that are directly managed from the Principality. To achieve this, the Monegasque financial industry has focused on moving its actors upmarket, with particular attention being paid to front office professionals. At the same time, the Monegasque authorities decided to improve the culture of confidentiality among all staff in regulated institutions.
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The Data Protection Authority of Monaco (CCIN) maintains a close relationship with the Monegasque Government and with the financial investigation unit, SICCFIN. We talked to Ms Agnès LEPAULMIER, Secretary-General of the CCIN, about the highlights from 2020/2021.
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Sustainable finance is taking off all over the world, and nowhere more so than in Monaco, at the behest of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, who authorised the creation of the first sustainable investment fund, CFM Environnement Développement Durable, back in 2003.
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In the era of universal banks, artificial intelligence and “one-stop shops” capable of covering all needs, “boutique private banking” may seem to be an obsolete concept.
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SICCFIN Director Michel Hunault is also Chair of the MONEYVAL Delegation, which is responsible for the Principality’s National Risk Assessment (NRA 2).
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National Risk Assessment (NRA), teleworking, bill on unfair dismissals, the National Council has had a very busy year, as its President, Mr Stéphane VALERI, confirms.
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In 2014, four financial industry experts determined to disrupt the structured investment market founded PRIVATAM and an exclusive digital platform for structured products. We meet Stanislas PERROMAT, co-founder of the company.
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Frédéric Genta, Country Chief Digital Officer for the Principality of Monaco, is transforming the country into a high-performance smart city. Digital technology is now a significant contributor to Monaco’s attractiveness.
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Brought up on science fiction, we have often pitted man against machine, but in the world of finance, it is by working together that they produce the best outcomes.
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Sustainable finance in the Principality. Monaco’s financial industry is both a pioneer and a model in the field of sustainable finance (referring to the process of taking social and environmental considerations into account in financial markets. Climate change has made the environmental aspect particularly significant).
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While 2021 was also hit by the pandemic, Monaco continues to steer a course towards innovative governance while protecting the financial industry and the dynamic nature of the wider Monegasque economy. Interview with Mr Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy.
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Interview with Hervé Ordioni, Managing Director at Edmond de Rothschild Monaco and Chair of the Monaco Association for Financial Activities (AMAF)’s Committee on Promoting the Monegasque Financial Industry.
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Following a career with Deloitte Luxembourg, Sébastien Prat established and led Deloitte in Monaco for four years. In 2018, he founded Phoenix Consulting Monaco, a management and strategy consultancy firm, and two years later he created Equilateral.io, a RegTech subsidiary of Phoenix Consulting. The aim is to support clients with digital solutions. Sébastien, who is also Secretary-General for the Association of Compliance Officers of Monaco (AMCO), answered our questions about the National Risk Assessment (NRA).
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On April 30, 2021, a bill was submitted to the National Council to amend law No. 1.338 of September 7, 2007 laying the foundations for the regulation of financial activities in Monaco.
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It was in the presence of numerous personalities and of its president Etienne FRANZI that the Monegasque Association of Financial Activities (AMAF) launched its annual magazine "Monaco for Finance", this Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at the Monte-Carlo Bay.
