When answering Parliamentary questions on September 16, 2016, Netherlands’ Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem has announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for consumers. The AFM has been warning consumers for some time about binary options and the leverage effect of Contracts for Difference (CFDs). France AMF has already banned advertising on Forex products, binary options and some CFDs, followed by a complete ban on all leveraged Forex, CFD and binary options trading in Belgium. ... (full story)