Tag: CFDs

FCA
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA to make CFD restrictions permanent following ESMA proposals

Pan-European financial regulator ESMA has released its proposals to govern leveraged trading back in March. For its part, UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that it supports ESMA’s application of EU-wide temporary product intervention measures. The FCA expected to consult on whether to apply these measures on a permanent basis to firms offering CFDs and binary…

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ESMA bond liquidity data
March 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates Q&A on CFDs and other speculative products

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts for difference (CFDs) and other speculative products to retail clients, such as binary options and rolling…

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March 15, 2017 BY admin

Admiral Markets launches Snapchat CFD

Forex broker Admiral Markets announced today the addition of a new instrument, Snap Inc. (Snapchat) single share CFD (#SNAP). Newly listed, prominent companies will always have lots of attention and lots of trading volume. Admiral Markets plans to offer many more single share CFDs this year, saying. "we believe that the demand for single shares…

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admiral markets etfs
February 14, 2017 BY admin

Admiral Markets announces 26 new EU stock CFDs

EU and FCA regulated broker Admiral Markets has recently expanded the range of instruments in the 'Admiral.Markets' account, by adding 26 new CFDs on the most actively traded European shares which constitute the Euro STOXX 50 index. The offer includes: New trading and investment opportunities with some of the most popular bluechips of the developed…

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January 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FxPro shelves IPO following FCA crackdown

Retail Forex broker FxPro has abandoned plans for a London stock market flotation as a result of the UK regulator's plan to crackdown on the growing financial spread betting market, Sky News reported earlier. FxPro has tens of thousands of UK clients but the sector received an unexpected blow in December when the Financial Conduct…

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December 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ugly day for spread betters, shares plunge more than 30pc after FCA's announcement

Ouch! Financial spread betting companies are getting hammered really hard today after the FCA proposed stricter rules for CFD trading. CFDs, including spread bets and rolling spot foreign exchange products, are agreements between two parties to exchange the difference between the opening price and closing price of a contract. London-listed spread betters plunged by around…

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October 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes updated Q&A on CFDs and other speculative products

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts for difference (CFDs) and other speculative products to retail clients (such as binary options and rolling…

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September 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Saxo Bank launching new FX and CFD order execution model targeting increased liquidity and transparency

Trading and investment company, Saxo Bank, has announced the launching of a new order driven execution model for FX Spot, FX Forwards and CFDs on Indices and Commodities, aligning its practices with those in other asset classes as it consolidates its multi-asset trading offering. The order driven model, which is currently in testing and will be launched…

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September 14, 2016 BY Mike Fox

RoboForex launches dedicated equities CFD platform

Another FX brokerage diversifying away from its core spot FX offering we learned about today includes RoboForex. The CySEC and IFSC regulated brokerage company has launched a dedicated platform and domain specifically for stock CFD trading at subdomain stock.roboforex.com. The CFD platform includes over 8,000 instruments including ETFs, leverage up to 1:20, and dividend payouts as…

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