Australia’s financial markets authority (ASIC) published Consultation Paper CS 64 on October 12, 2026, proposing to extend CFD product intervention measures for ten years until 2037. The draft would explicitly cover contracts settled through digital asset transfers, ending the regulatory ambiguity surrounding these products. Margin rules would also be tightened: each position would need individual coverage, with no netting allowed between opposing positions on the same market. ASIC is also consulting on whether options CFDs should remain available to retail clients. Australian retail investors lost over AUD 458 million in the past twelve months.
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