Tag: CFDs restriction

regulations
April 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Dutch AFM bans binary options and restricts sales of CFDs

The Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) has announced that it has taken national measures mirroring ESMA’s last year restrictions. The AFM will prohibit Binary Options and restrict the marketing, distribution or sale of CFD to retail investors. LeapRate reminds that the new rules, formalized by ESMA in late March, came into effect: Binary Options – from…

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ESMA - Did they go too far?
September 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA renews restriction on CFDs for a further three months

Not too surprisingly, pan European regulator ESMA has decided to extend its CFD and Forex leverage cap (and related rules) beyond the three month trial period which will end on November 1. However, ESMA did give 'something back', relaxing one of the more annoying marketing related rules it instituted (see bold text below). Interestingly, the three…

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