Do investors and CFD brokers have a conflict of interest in contracts for difference?
A lot goes wrong when investing in CFDs. Our firm has handled more than 60 cases in recent years against foreign providers of CFD investments. The AFM and the Fraud Helpdesk warn about unreliable providers. What exactly is the problem with these investment products? What is a CFD? Many inexperienced investors who get into "contracts for differences" think that a CFD is a type of stock with a buyer and a seller. The seller apparently wants to sell the CFD on some kind of stock exchange, as is the case with shares, and the broker apparently receives a commission for this transaction. But that's not how it works. There is no public exchange where you can buy CFDs, there is no seller who already [...]