ASIC proposes ban on the sale of binary options to retail clients, and restrictions on the sale of CFDs
ASIC has released a consultation paper Product intervention: OTC binary options and CFDs (CP 322) on proposals to use its product intervention power to address significant detriment to retail clients resulting from over-the-counter (OTC) binary options and CFDs. A binary option is an ‘all or nothing’ bet on the outcome of an event. A CFD …