10 Oct 2024
Australian regulator calls for product issuers to review distribution practices
The watchdog finds that more improvements for distribution practices are needed following its surveillance of 19 product issuers.
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17 Jun 2024
Latest: HNWIs show renewed interest in alternatives, structured products
According to new research from Capgemini, wealthy global investors have an increased appetite for private equity, structured products and digital assets in 2024, alongside rising allocations to fixed income.
12 Dec 2023
Latest: Leonteq issues profit warning, BMO adds higher leverage to ETN range
The Swiss structured products specialist struggles to leave behind allegations of shortcomings in the prevention of money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist financing.
03 Aug 2023
Latest: Numerix buys PolyPaths to expand into fixed income
Also, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners raises US$5.3 billion; CME revenues rise in Q2; India regulator clarifies proposal on retail participation in equity derivatives.
12 Jul 2021
AFM: we asked the industry first to come up with solutions
The Dutch watchdog becomes the first national regulator in Europe to impose restrictions on the sale of turbos.
09 Feb 2021
Nedsipa questions AFM product intervention measures
The Dutch trade association argues the proposed measures will cause significant problems for retail investors on Euronext.
15 Dec 2020
AFM consults on turbo restrictions
The Dutch regulator has proposed measures to protect retail investors against the risks of turbos.
29 Nov 2019
Part 2 - Spectrum: we are in talks with other issuers to develop different types of products
In the second of a two-part interview, Nicky Maan (pictured), chief executive at Spectrum platform, talks about the difference between turbos and other non-regulated instruments such as CfDs and binary options, and why the firm is focused on developing a full range of single stock equity turbos.
18 Nov 2019
Bufferfund’s Van Oudheusden: distribution channels are underserved
In the past 10 to 15 years, the Dutch structured products market has gone from a market driven by traditional structured products, from large local banks such as ABN Amro, ING, Rabobank and Van Lanschot, to one that is dominated by turbos from a host of foreign (and some Dutch) issuers, of which Vontobel was the latest to enter the leverage products space.
27 Aug 2019
Australia to ban binary options and restrict CfDs
Australia follows regulators in Europe and North America by banning or limiting the issuance as well as distribution of binary options and CFDs.
01 May 2019
AFM CfD ban: a patronising regulator is something we can do without
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has followed the lead of the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) by restricting the sale of contracts for difference (CfDs) to retail investors in and from the Netherlands. However, unlike the measures taken by Esma, AFM’s product intervention measures CfDs are permanent.
24 Apr 2019
AFM eyes turbos as binary options, CfDs restricted
The Dutch watchdog becomes one of the first regulators in Europe to introduce a blanket ban on binary options and limit the sales of contracts for difference (CfDs) to retail investors, but could turbos be next?