Tag: CFDs
Latest: Leonteq issues profit warning, BMO adds higher leverage to ETN range
International | Industry
12 Dec 2023 by SRP News
The Swiss structured products specialist struggles to leave behind allegations of shortcomings in the prevention of money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist financing.
Latest: Numerix buys PolyPaths to expand into fixed income
International | Industry
03 Aug 2023 by Jocelyn Yang & Summer Wang
Also, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners raises US$5.3 billion; CME revenues rise in Q2; India regulator clarifies proposal on retail participation in equity derivatives.
AFM: we asked the industry first to come up with solutions
Europe | Regulations & Legal
12 Jul 2021 by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch watchdog becomes the first national regulator in Europe to impose restrictions on the sale of turbos.
Nedsipa questions AFM product intervention measures
Europe | Regulations & Legal
09 Feb 2021 by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch trade association argues the proposed measures will cause significant problems for retail investors on Euronext.
AFM consults on turbo restrictions
Europe | Regulations & Legal
15 Dec 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch regulator has proposed measures to protect retail investors against the risks of turbos.
Part 2 - Spectrum: we are in talks with other issuers to develop different types of products
Europe | Industry
29 Nov 2019 by Pablo Conde
In the second of a two-part interview, Nicky Maan (pictured), chief executive at Spectrum platform, talks about the difference between turbos and other non-regulated instruments such as CfDs and binary options, and why the firm is focused on developing a full range of single stock equity turbos.
Bufferfund’s Van Oudheusden: distribution channels are underserved
Europe | Products
18 Nov 2019 by Marc Wolterink
In the past 10 to 15 years, the Dutch structured products market has gone from a market driven by traditional structured products, from large local banks such as ABN Amro, ING, Rabobank and Van Lanschot, to one that is dominated by turbos from a host of foreign (and some Dutch) issuers, of which Vontobel was the latest to enter the leverage products space.
Australia to ban binary options and restrict CfDs
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
27 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Australia follows regulators in Europe and North America by banning or limiting the issuance as well as distribution of binary options and CFDs.
AFM CfD ban: a patronising regulator is something we can do without
Europe | Regulations & Legal
01 May 2019 by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has followed the lead of the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) by restricting the sale of contracts for difference (CfDs) to retail investors in and from the Netherlands. However, unlike the measures taken by Esma, AFM’s product intervention measures CfDs are permanent.