Australian regulator ASIC have once again expressed their concern regarding consumers who trade binary options. According to the regulator, consumers…
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The Dutch AFM bans binary options and restricts sales of CFDs
The Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) has announced that it has taken national measures mirroring ESMA’s last year restrictions. The…
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The permanent ban on the sale of binary options to retail consumers confirmed by the FCA
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just confirmed that all companies acting in or from the United Kingdom are…
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ESMA re-extends binary options trading ban to April 2019
For the second time since first introducing a three-month ban on offering binary options trading to retail clients in the…
Read MoreESMA extends binary options trading ban into 2019
Just halfway through its initial three month ban on offering binary options trading products in the EU, pan European financial…
Read MoreESMA Q1-2018 securities market Risk Dashboard cites ICOs, Binary Options and CFDs
Pan-European financial regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the latest iteration of its Risk Dashboard, covering risks…
Read MoreCySEC: ESMA CFD leverage restrictions also apply to non EU clients
Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a clarification circular (see full text below) following numerous inquiries it received in the…
Read MoreFX Industry Week Review: 360T buys GTX, Binary Option ban date set, LCG CEO resigns, and lots more
This week in Forex Industry News at LeapRate… How much did GAIN Capital sell its institutional FX unit GTX for?…
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ESMA sets dates for Binary Options ban and CFD leverage cap
Pan European financial regulator ESMA has announced the dates from which it will enforce new rules governing online trading and…
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Saxo Bank on ESMA’s leverage restrictions: ‘fair and proportionate’
Following IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) and Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS)’s recent reactions, Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has also…
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