The US SEC is contemplating new guidelines on leverage and inverse exchange-traded products to address risk and complexity.

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has announced that the regulator will consider tougher rules for ‘complex’ exchange-traded products (ETPs) including leveraged and inverse funds that might pose risks to retail investors and the wider financial market. Some ETPs use strategies and structures that are more complex than typical stocks and bonds - Gary Gensler Gensler has directed staff to study the potential risks of these complex financial products that are lis

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