Opinion of the European Securities and Markets Authority on the product intervention measure relating to binary options proposed by the Finanssivalvonta of Finland

ESMA opinion of 14 May 2019 under Article 43(2) MiFIR on the Finnish FSA's permanent national ban on marketing, distributing or selling binary options to retail clients, finding it justified and proportionate and calling on other national authorities to adopt measures at least as stringent as ESMA's temporary ban.