A former Glasgow stockbroker has set himself a £1m pension challenge after turning his £20,000 Pep/Isa into £1.2m in five years. Barnett Alexander now hopes to increase his...
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Analysis: Germany’s Ultimatum to CFDs Brokers – Negative Balance No More
Negative balance protection is becoming a must even for STP brokers. Contracts with an additional payments obligation, such as margin, will soon not be available to retail clients in Germany.
FCA gets tough on Retail CFD Sector
On 6 December 2016, the UK Financial Conduct Authority proposed stricter rules for firms selling 'contract for differences' products (CFDs) to retail customers. The proposals follow heightened...
Investment Trends Report
Investment Trends is an Australian research firm which has been reporting on the UK’s online trading market for the last five years. Its report for 2013 emphasizes the growth in mobile trading...
Australia, New Academic Paper on CFDs
A new academic paper investigates the after cost performance of investors in Australian Securities Exchange listed share CFDs.
South Africa, JSE To Launch CFDs Exchange
South Africa's Johannesburg stock exchange plans to start offering CFDs on its platform early in 2013. The JSE released the announcement this morning citing increased awareness and demand for the...
Europe, OTC Derivatives Regulation Under EMIR
The impending European Union rules governing over-the-counter derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) targets to adopt the G20 commitment to oblige clearing of standardised...
Australia, Australian Securities and Investments Commission highlights CFD Compliance Issues
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission review of client money practices and reconciliation practices has found out that a number of issuers of OTC contracts for difference and margin FX...
Europe, Regulating Europe’s Derivative Markets – Where Are We Now?
Although the publication of the EMIR rules finally puts in place the broad regulatory framework to govern the OTC derivatives market and establishes common rules for central counterparties and trade...
Singapore, MAS to Tighten CFD Rules
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is planning to tighten its rules regarding CFDs trading.