Growing Regulatory Pressure and FXCM’s Facelift – Best of the Week

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During the passing week, the top news in the global online trading industry included the rebranding of FXCM, regulators in Israel and the Netherlands taking action against binary options, forex and CFDs, Playtech revealing its annual results and the FCA hinting that it may regulate binary options within a year.

Dutch regulator prepares binary options, FX and CFDs advertising ban

On Monday, we reported that the AFM (Financial Markets Authority) is preparing to limit the advertisement of certain financial products that the country’s government deem too risky. The regulator published a communique which effectively starts a period of consultation with the industry ... (read more)