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BGC FCA licence 454814

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Not checked
Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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RecordModified Nov 5, 2026

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Financial Conduct Authority 454814

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Holder
BGC Brokers L.P logoBGC Brokers L.P
Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority logoFinancial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
454814
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
The authority

About FCA

Financial Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Kingdom.

Full name
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2013
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
108 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Loan, Retail Investment
Licences it issues
MiFID Investment Firm – Dealing on Own Account / Matched Principal (retail & market-making CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
£100000+ (including compliance setup)
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to £85000 (FSCS)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFinancial Ombudsman Service
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how BGC applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against BGC. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

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Broker
BGC Brokers L.P
Based in
United Kingdom
Wikilix score
63.0the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • BGC GROUP, INC.United States · Reg. 5570842 · Apr 20, 2021
  • BGC BROKERS L.P.United Kingdom · Reg. LP011453 · Sep 13, 2018
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Also on record

Other licences BGC holds

2 other licences are on record for BGC.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Licence 454814 was issued by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial authority for United Kingdom.
BGC holds this FCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the FCA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates FCA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
BGC has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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