HF Markets (SV) Ltd is registered in St. Vincent & the Grenadine as an International Business Company with the registration number 22747 IBC 2015.
The objects of the company are all subject matters not forbidden by International Business Companies (Amendment and Consolidation) Act, Chapter 149 of the Revised Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2009, in particular but not exclusively all commercial, financial, lending, borrowing, trading, service activities and the participation in other enterprises as well as to provide brokerage, training and managed account services in currencies, commodities, indexes, CFDs and leveraged financial instruments.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) with Licence Number 183/12 and holds a cross border licence, authorising the company to provide investment services internationally.
CySEC is the supervisory and regulatory authority for Investment Services firms in Cyprus and is a member of the Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
The European Parliament and Council adopted Directive 2014/65/EU, dated 15 May 2014, on Markets in Financial Instruments and Amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (recast) (MiFID II), which came into effect on 03/01/2018 and aims to regulate the markets of financial instruments for the provision of investment services and activities within the European Economic Area (EEA). The Directive has also been adopted in Cyprus through the Cyprus Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 (Law 87(I)/2017).
The European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments and Amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (recast) (MiFID II) provides a harmonised regulatory regime for investment services within the European Economic Area. The main objectives of the Directive are to increase efficiency, enhance financial transparency, increase competition, and offer greater consumer protection in investment services.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. is required to disclose information relating to its capital, the risks that the Company is exposed to as well as to promote market discipline.
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HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. is a member of the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund. The Fund constitutes a private legal entity and its administration is exercised by an administrative committee of five members, who are designated for a three-year term.
The objective of the Fund is to secure the claims of the covered clients against investment firms that are members of the Fund by the payment of compensation for clients' claims given the failure of the member of the Fund to compensate the client. For further detail for the membership and the fund, please click here.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd is a member of Association of Cyprus International Investment Firms (ACIIF). The Association of Cyprus International Investment Firms (ACIIF), is a representative body of Cyprus Investment Firms (CIF’s). All members of ACIIF are licenced and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). To view the HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. membership please click here.
HF Markets (UK) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under firm reference number 801701.
FCA is an independent public body governed by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), working alongside the UK Treasury with the aim to support and empower a healthy and successful financial system where firms can thrive and consumers benefit from honest, fair and effective markets that are trustworthy and transparent.
HF Markets (DIFC) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) under licence number F004885.
Aiming to develop, administer and enforce world-class regulation of financial services within the Middle East's leading financial hub, DFSA is the independent regulator of financial services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre.
HF Markets SA (PTY) Ltd is authorized and regulated as a Financial Service Provider (FSP) from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa, under the licence number 46632.
FSCA is an independent institution established by statute to oversee the South African non-banking financial services industry. It regulates the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the largest exchange in the African continent.
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Seychelles with registration number 8419176-1, regulated by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) under Securities Dealer Licence number SD015.
The authority is the regulator for non-bank financial services in the country and is responsible for the licensing, supervision and development of the non-bank financial services industry of the Seychelles.
HFM Investments Ltd is authorized by the Capital Markets Authority in the Republic of Kenya as a non-dealing online foreign exchange broker with licence no. 155.
The CMA is a regulating body charged with the prime responsibility of supervising, licensing, and monitoring the activities of Kenya's market intermediaries, including the stock exchange and the central depository and settlement system and all other persons licensed under the Capital Markets Act.
