CFDs — Contracts for difference – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Thu, 16 May 2024 18:59:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png CFDs — Contracts for difference – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 FCA charges finfluencers over social media posts https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fca-charges-finfluencers-over-social-media-posts/ Thu, 16 May 2024 18:59:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=485990 U.K. regulators allege an unregistered FX trading scheme was touted on Instagram

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]]> CFDs are securities, court agrees https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/cfds-are-securities-court-agrees/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:37:05 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=468397 Divisional Court upholds tribunal's analysis in OSC enforcement action

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]]> Insider trading scheme used contracts for difference, FCA alleges https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/insider-trading-scheme-used-contracts-for-difference-fca-alleges/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:35:07 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=459320 U.K. regulator accuses analyst of tipping off traders

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]]> IIROC imposes curbs on OEO dealer https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/iiroc-imposes-curbs-on-oeo-dealer/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:56:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=455334 Regulator alleged U.K.-based firm violated prohibition on advice

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]]> CFD scheme promoters sanctioned https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/cfd-scheme-promoters-sanctioned/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:28:55 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=453405 Ontario regulator ordered a 10-year ban and monetary sanctions

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]]> Offshore firms pay $4 million for unregistered CFD trading https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/offshore-firms-pay-4-million-for-unregistered-cfd-trading/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:10:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=425494 An OSC hearing panel approves a settlement and says the sanctions represent a deterrent

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]]> OSC settles with offshore CFD platform https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/osc-settles-with-offshore-cfd-platform/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:57:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=425016 After a warning from regulators in Australia, the platform allegedly shifted investors to its Cayman Islands affiliate

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]]> FCA bans offshore firms for fake celeb endorsements https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fca-bans-offshore-firms-for-fake-celeb-endorsements/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:39:14 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=401314 Four Cyprus-based firms can no longer sell contracts for difference to U.K. investors

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]]> ESMA reviews investor protection efforts https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/esma-reviews-investor-protection-efforts/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:24:40 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=387956 The regulator introduced measures to protect retail investors from complex, high-risk products in 2018

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]]> Investment firms dodging restrictions on CFD trading, ESMA warns https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/investment-firms-dodging-restrictions-on-cfd-trading-esma-warns/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:57:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=384528 Regulators say firms are using a number of methods to skirt the rules

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