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EFG Holding: CMA licence recorded for EFG Holding

Issuing authority
The Capital Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Licence type
Dealing in securities

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Capital Markets Authority. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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The Capital Markets Authority No number on the register

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

Holder
EFG Holding
Issuing authority
The Capital Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 3
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About CMA

The Capital Markets Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Kenya.

Full name
The Capital Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
1 firm
Licences it issues
Online Forex Broker (Dealing/Non-Dealing) licence
Typical cost of a licence
Minimum capital requirement KSh 50 million
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

CMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeInvestor Compensation Fund covers up to KSh 50,000 per investor
  • Complaints routeCMA complaints
  • Maximum leverageVaries by firm
This describes the authority's regime, not how EFG Holding applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
EFG Holding
Wikilix score
70.2the 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.

  • EFG HOLDING(Egypt)Egypt · Reg. 823129192 · Oct 14, 2016
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 EFG Holding holds

8 other licences are on record for EFG Holding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
EFG Holding is authorized to offer trading in various regulated financial instruments including stocks, options, derivatives, and futures. The availability of instruments may depend on the regulatory region and specific licenses held by the broker.
EFG Holding does not have mandatory client fund insurance but follows strict fund segregation policies. Some of its regulators, like FINRA and FCA, provide client fund insurance coverage up to certain limits, such as USD 500,000 under SIPC and £85,000 under FSCS respectively.
EFG Holding offers a maximum leverage of 1:1 under its trading conditions. However, leverage limits may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction and specific license.
EFG Holding supports various deposit and withdrawal methods including bank transfer, Visa/Mastercard, Skrill, Bitcoin, and PayPal. Deposits and withdrawals are generally free of charge, but processing times and terms may vary depending on the method and client location.
EFG Holding is regulated by multiple authorities including the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in the UAE, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the USA, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK. These regulators ensure compliance with financial service standards and investor protection measures.
EFG Holding holds this CMA 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 CMA 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 CMA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
EFG Holding has 8 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 8 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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