FCA warns brokers against pushing ‘replacement’ products to leveraged CFDs LeapRate

August 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FCA warns brokers against pushing 'replacement' products to leveraged CFDs

UK financial regulator The FCA has issued a statement targeted to brokers, regarding the selling of high-risk speculative investments to retail clients following ESMA’s action on CFD products. In June 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finalised temporary measures to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail…

July 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Forex brokers scrambling to revamp ad campaigns ahead of ESMA August 1 deadline

LeapRate Exclusive... While much of the attention being paid to ESMA's new rules governing Retail FX and CFD brokerage and trading has been focused on the client-facing no-bonus and leverage-cap parts of the legislation, in the back offices of many Forex brokers the past few weeks have been spent rapidly redoing advertising and marketing campaigns.…

July 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker and affiliate results, preparing for ESMA, and lots more

Which FX and crypto affiliate group posted $18 million of Revenues in 2018? Which FX and CFD brokers reported results this past week? How are brokers, and those providing services to brokers, preparing for the new ESMA leverage limits and other client protection initiatives which are scheduled to come into effect this week? Which Forex…

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