AMF Appoint New Director to FinTech Division
- Domitille Dessertine helped set up the division in 2016 and was instrumental in its recent ICO consultation
The Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), a French regulator, released a statement today confirming that Domitille Dessertine has been appointed as director of the regulator’s FinTech, innovation and competitiveness division.
Dessertine
Dessertine started her career with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2011. During her time with IOSCO, Dessertine worked as a policy advisor, providing guidance to the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General on strategic and policy matters.
After leaving IOSCO in 2013, Dessertine joined the AMF, where she has been ever since. Upon joining the French regulator, she worked on Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term in the asset management industry.
Over the course of her time working on asset management regulation, she partook in European and international negotiations regarding the buy-side industry. She also worked on the money market funds regulation that will come into European Union law in July of this year.
Taking the reigns
Dessertine, who holds a PhD in finance from the Sorbonne, has played an active role in the FinTech, innovation and competitiveness division since its inception. Founded in 2016, the division was designed to support innovation in the French financial services industry. It also aims to support regulatory changes that reflect technological changes in the industry.
Aside from helping start the division, Dessertine aided in the launch of the regulator’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Initial Coin Offering (ICO) An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a kind of crypto token sale that is used as a method of fundraising, similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO), in which stocks are sold to raise money for a company.In order to launch an ICO, a company simply needs to create a website, issue a token, and set a time and date for the sale. Investors buy ICO tokens in exchange for another cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum; after a set amount of time, they receive the tokens they purchased in the sale.Acco An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a kind of crypto token sale that is used as a method of fundraising, similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO), in which stocks are sold to raise money for a company.In order to launch an ICO, a company simply needs to create a website, issue a token, and set a time and date for the sale. Investors buy ICO tokens in exchange for another cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum; after a set amount of time, they receive the tokens they purchased in the sale.Acco Read this Term) consultation. As a consequence of this, she was also responsible for analyzing many of the responses to the consultation and supporting the regulator’s Unicorn initiative that led to 50 meetings between the AMF and ICO project holders.
The Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), a French regulator, released a statement today confirming that Domitille Dessertine has been appointed as director of the regulator’s FinTech, innovation and competitiveness division.
Dessertine
Dessertine started her career with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2011. During her time with IOSCO, Dessertine worked as a policy advisor, providing guidance to the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General on strategic and policy matters.
After leaving IOSCO in 2013, Dessertine joined the AMF, where she has been ever since. Upon joining the French regulator, she worked on Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term in the asset management industry.
Over the course of her time working on asset management regulation, she partook in European and international negotiations regarding the buy-side industry. She also worked on the money market funds regulation that will come into European Union law in July of this year.
Taking the reigns
Dessertine, who holds a PhD in finance from the Sorbonne, has played an active role in the FinTech, innovation and competitiveness division since its inception. Founded in 2016, the division was designed to support innovation in the French financial services industry. It also aims to support regulatory changes that reflect technological changes in the industry.
Aside from helping start the division, Dessertine aided in the launch of the regulator’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Initial Coin Offering (ICO) An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a kind of crypto token sale that is used as a method of fundraising, similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO), in which stocks are sold to raise money for a company.In order to launch an ICO, a company simply needs to create a website, issue a token, and set a time and date for the sale. Investors buy ICO tokens in exchange for another cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum; after a set amount of time, they receive the tokens they purchased in the sale.Acco An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a kind of crypto token sale that is used as a method of fundraising, similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO), in which stocks are sold to raise money for a company.In order to launch an ICO, a company simply needs to create a website, issue a token, and set a time and date for the sale. Investors buy ICO tokens in exchange for another cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum; after a set amount of time, they receive the tokens they purchased in the sale.Acco Read this Term) consultation. As a consequence of this, she was also responsible for analyzing many of the responses to the consultation and supporting the regulator’s Unicorn initiative that led to 50 meetings between the AMF and ICO project holders.