CFD health check prompts more oversightBY MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010 12:35PMThe regulator has stepped up its monitoring of the contract for difference (CFD) market and proposed new measures to improve the market's transparency, following a study that found consumers are still confused about the risks when trading CFDs. |
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