Tag: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht

June 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC signs MoU with BaFin on enhanced supervision of cross-border regulated entities

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) providing for consultation, cooperation and exchange of information in connection with the supervision and oversight of cross-border regulated entities in Hong Kong and Germany. BaFin is the integrated financial…

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Germany's BaFin maintains restrictions on retail trading with financial CFDs
December 08, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Germany regulator BaFin requiring negative balance protection for CFD trading

Germany's financial regulator Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (or just 'BaFin') has announced new regulations governing leveraged CFD trading. BaFin's actions come just two days after UK regulator the FCA dropped a bombshell by proposing new rules limiting leverage on Forex and CFDs to 50x, and banning bonus payment inducements to retail traders. The FCA's actions sent…

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