France's financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued an opinion that it considers that the offer of cryptocurrency derivatives -i.e., CFDs on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple - requires authorisation and that it is prohibited to advertise such offer via electronic means. Essentially, by defining crypto CFDs as 'derivatives', the advertising of…
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Australia based financial research house Investment Trends has released its 2017 France CFD and FX Report, an in-depth study of French CFD and FX traders’ attitudes and investing habits. The study is based on a large-scale survey of over 6,000 investors and traders concluded in July 2017. Key highlights from the Investment Trends 2017 France…
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Following the recent leveraged products marketing ban in France, CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of a new website for its French clients, offering a tailored solution for the French market. JFD Brokers will execute all its orders from France based clients via a Multi-lateral Trading Facility (MTF).…
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LeapRate has learned that the ban on advertising leveraged trading products in France such as spot Forex, CFDs and binary options will not apply to most CFDs – but only if those CFDs are being offered to retail clients in a certain way. The end of 2016 saw a variety of moves by some of…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the Belgium government's ban on leveraged Forex, CFD and Binary Options trading in order to 'protect Belgian consumers of financial services' has effectively backfired. At least so far. As reported at LeapRate, Belgium's financials regulator FSMA announced the ban in mid August, giving brokers serving Belgian customers a few weeks…
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