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UK Regulator Publishes Rules Restricting Sale of Contracts for Difference and Related Options

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published the Conduct of Business (Contracts for Difference) Instrument 2019, implementing product intervention measures designed to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority on Onshoring the EU Temporary Product Intervention Measures

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a statement on onshoring of the European Securities and Markets Authority's temporary product intervention measures on retail contracts for difference and binary options...more

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Private Banking Newsletter - January 2019: Issues Impacting the Private Bank Sector

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On 8 November 2018, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a Consultation Paper concerning amendments to the PRIIPs KID. This follows a letter sent by the ESAs to the European Commission...more

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UK Conduct Authority Consults on Permanent Product Intervention Measures

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has launched two consultations proposing to prohibit the sale, marketing and distribution of binary options to retail consumers and to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of...more

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FCA Proposes Permanent Product Intervention Measures for Retail CFDs and Binary Options

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The rules will echo ESMA’s temporary measures, however the FCA will extend the CFD restriction to capture closely substitutable products (such as turbo certificates). The FCA has launched two consultations on: ..Banning...more

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EU Contracts for Differences Product Intervention Measures Extended

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The European Securities and Markets Authority Decision renewing and amending the temporary restriction on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences to retail clients has been published in the Official...more

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EU Contracts for Difference Product Intervention Measures to be Extended

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The European Securities and Markets Authority has announced that its various restrictions on the sale, distribution and marketing of Contracts for Difference to retail investors will be extended from November 1, 2018 for a...more

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EU Ban Relating to Binary Options Extended

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Following its announcement in August 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority has published notice of the extension of the prohibition on the marketing, distribution and sale of binary options to retail investors...more

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International Standards Body Encourages Regulatory Clampdown on OTC Leveraged Products

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a report on retail OTC leveraged products, alongside a statement warning retail investors of the risks of investing in illegal or fraudulent binary...more

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European Securities and Markets Authority Extends Product Intervention Measures for Contracts for Difference and Binary Options...

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The European Securities and Markets Authority has adopted two Decisions on the provision of Contracts for Difference and binary options to retail investors. The effect of the Decisions is to prohibit the marketing,...more

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