The Dutch watchdog becomes one of the first regulators in Europe to introduce a blanket ban on binary options and limit the sales of contracts for difference (CfDs) to retail investors, but could turbos be next?

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has followed the example of the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) by banning binary options and restricting the sale of CfDs. The measures are effective as of April 19 2019. The AFM informed the Dutch market in March on her preparations of national measures with regards to the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options and CfDs to retail investors in and from The Netherlands. These measures were published in the Staatscou

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