FCA's crackdown on use of CFDs in retail market
Risk of 'large, rapid' losses
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled a package of proposal measures aimed at tightening up standards around the sale of contract for difference (CFD) products to retail clients.
With an increasing number of firms operating in the CFD market, the FCA said it is concerned that more retail customers are opening and trading complex products such as spread bets and rolling spot foreign...
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