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Market Securities

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United Kingdom
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Since 2007
Last Updated:
90/100
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Performance chart: 1: Regulation 94%, 2: License 85%, 3: Software 0%, 4: Spread 0%, 5: Account Type 0%, 6: Symbol 0%
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License
85%Excellent
Software
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Spread
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Company Information

Full Name:Market Securities
Founded:2007
Headquarters:United Kingdom
Enterprise Offices:9offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+44 (0)203 925 8300
Live Chat:
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Languages:
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Broker Summary

What Wikilix has recorded about Market Securities: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.

Market Securities Broker Overview

Market Securities is a cross-asset research and trading firm that presents itself as an institutional financial intermediary rather than a retail trading provider. The website market-securities.com is operated by Market Securities LLP, a limited liability partnership on the UK register under number OC325844, with its principal place of business at 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW. The firm dates its own founding to 2008, when the partnership took the Market Securities name; the same partnership has been on the UK register since 10 February 2007 under its earlier name, Kyte Equity Derivatives LLP.

The business is built around execution, price discovery and research for professional counterparties. Its published capabilities cover equities, rates, credit, foreign exchange, commodities and structured products, including derivatives, and it states that it serves banks, hedge funds, institutional investors and proprietary trading firms. It runs offices in London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Dubai, Hong Kong, Monaco and Madrid.

There is no retail offering. The site publishes no account opening flow, no account tiers, no minimum deposit, no leverage, no spread or commission schedule, no trading platform and no deposit or withdrawal methods. Anyone looking for a retail forex or CFD account will not find one here.

Market Securities Regulation and License

The regulatory position is spread across several group entities, and each covers a different jurisdiction.

  • United Kingdom. The firm's own disclaimer states that Market Securities LLP, FCA register number 519097, is an appointed representative of Kyte Broking Limited, which it describes as authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under FCA register number 174863. Kyte Broking Limited is a separate UK company, number 02781314, registered for security and commodity contracts dealing activities, and the firm states it holds FCA permission to operate an Organised Trading Facility.
  • United Arab Emirates. Market Securities (Dubai) Limited is described as incorporated in the Dubai International Financial Centre and authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, with permissions to arrange deals in investments, advise on financial products, arrange and advise on credit, deal in investments as agent and as principal, arrange custody and manage assets. The same disclosure states that these services are for Professional Clients and Market Counterparties only and must not be relied upon by Retail Clients. The entity also states that it is a member of the National Futures Association, registered as an Introducing Broker.
  • France. Market Securities (France) SA is described as authorised by the ACPR and supervised by the ACPR and the AMF, and as operating an Organised Trading Facility.
  • United States. Market Securities, LLC of New York is described on the group's US site as a FINRA registered broker-dealer and a member of SIPC, clearing through RBC Clearing and Custody on a fully disclosed basis.

None of these permissions was confirmed against the issuing authority's own record in this research, because the firm publishes no per-entity verification link for any of them. They are stated by the firm and are unconfirmed here.

Is Market Securities Regulated?

It operates under regulatory permissions it names precisely, but the entity behind the website is not itself authorised. Market Securities LLP acts as an appointed representative, which means it may carry on regulated business only under the responsibility of its principal, Kyte Broking Limited. That is a real regulatory arrangement recognised in the United Kingdom, and it is a materially different thing from holding an authorisation directly: the principal, not the appointed representative, answers to the regulator for the business conducted under it.

Market Securities LLP

Market Securities LLP is the legal entity behind the brand and the website. Companies House records it as active, incorporated on 10 February 2007, with its registered office at 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW, the same address the firm publishes as its London office and the same address held by Kyte Broking Limited. The Global LEI record places both companies under a common parent, Market Securities Group Limited, a Hong Kong company formed in 2018. The wider group also includes registered, active companies in France, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Monaco.

Is Market Securities Safe?

The corporate side of this firm holds up well to checking: every entity it names is a real, currently active company, the registered addresses match the offices it advertises, and the operating partnership has an unbroken record on the UK register going back further than the founding date it claims. What is not established here is the regulatory side, because no permission was confirmed against the authority that granted it and the firm publishes no register link for any of them.

The more practical point for an individual reader is that this is not a firm that takes retail money. There is no client account, no deposit channel and no trading platform on offer to a private client. Anyone approached by someone using this name and offering a personal trading account should treat that approach as unconnected to the business described on this website until the firm itself confirms otherwise.

Market Securities Support

Contact is handled as business development rather than client support. The firm publishes a single business enquiry address, Business_development@market-securities.com, a business enquiry form, and direct telephone numbers for each office, including +44 (0)203 925 8300 in London, +1 917 924 9811 in New York, +33 1 70 99 52 00 in Paris, +971 4 374 1300 in Dubai and +41 21 787 2924 in Geneva. Its privacy notice gives london@market-securities.com and +442071500767 for data protection enquiries. There is no live chat, no help centre and no published service hours, and the site is available in English only.

Market Securities Pros and Cons

  • Every legal entity the firm names is verifiable and currently active on an official register, with addresses that match the offices it advertises.
  • The operating partnership has been continuously registered in the United Kingdom since 2007, and the group's UK principal firm since 1993.
  • Named regulatory permissions across four jurisdictions are specific enough to be checked, including two FCA register numbers.
  • No permission was confirmed against the granting authority in this research, and the firm publishes no verification link for any of them.
  • The entity operating the website is an appointed representative rather than a directly authorised firm.
  • Nothing a retail client would need is published: no accounts, costs, leverage, platforms or funding methods.

Market Securities Review and Assessment

Market Securities is best understood as a wholesale execution and research business with a verifiable corporate footprint, not as a broker a private trader can open an account with. The company structure stands up to independent checking in every jurisdiction it claims, which is more than many firms carrying a broker label manage. The gap worth keeping in view is between the specificity of the regulatory claims and the absence of any published route to verify them, together with the fact that the website's operator relies on another company's authorisation. For a professional counterparty those are questions to put to the firm directly before onboarding. For a private individual the more important consideration is simply that this firm does not offer the product they are looking for.

Website archive
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Website snapshots

2 full-page captures of Market Securities's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.

2 pages
Homepage
About & Company History
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Regulation check

Regulatory Licenses

Market Securities is listed with a tier-1 or tier-2 licence that we have not yet checked against the regulator's register. An unchecked licence is not a finding either way.

0 of 6 checked
Licences on record
6
Confirmed on register
0
Tier 1 or 2
6
Offshore
0

WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The strongest of 6 licences on file

Licence Verification Record

Financial Conduct Authority 174863

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

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Authority strength
Tier 1
Licence type
Institution Forex License
Shown on the Market Securities website
Shown
Not yet checked on the register

Client protection under this licence

  • Compensation schemeUp to £85000 (FSCS)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFinancial Ombudsman Service
  • Maximum leverage1:30

These are the rules FCA sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how Market Securities applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.

A licence record describes what an authority published. It is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.

Client acceptance

Country availability

Where Market Securities says it will and won't take clients

No country restrictions on record. We looked and found nothing published — which is not the same as being open to everyone. Check Market Securities's terms.

How we know — 7 sources
  1. 1No jurisdiction is named as accepted or refused anywhere on the operator's own site, so all four lists are empty by finding rather than by omission.
  2. 2Disclaimer at https://www.market-securities.com/disclosures states only that the website is not intended for distribution to nor use by any person in any country or jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulatory requirements. That is a catch-all category naming no country, so no code was derived from it.
  3. 3Regulatory disclosure at https://www.market-securities.com/regulatory-documents/MS-Dubai restricts the Dubai entity's services to Professional Clients and Market Counterparties and states they must not be relied upon by Retail Clients. That is a client-category restriction, not a country restriction.
  4. 4No dedicated countries page exists: /restricted-countries, /prohibited-countries, /accepted-countries and /where-we-operate all return 404, as do /terms, /terms-and-conditions, /legal, /client-agreement, /documents and /faq. The site publishes no locale-prefixed variants.
  5. 5There is no registration or account-opening flow on the site and therefore no onboarding country selector. The only form, at https://www.market-securities.com/contact, is a business enquiry form with name, surname, organisation, email, contact number and message fields and no country field.
  6. 6The AML and identity-verification disclosure on the Dubai page distinguishes US from non-US entities only for the purpose of which tax identification number to supply, which is not a restriction on either.
  7. 7The footer carries no risk disclaimer naming jurisdictions, and the site is published in English only with no per-language variants.
Recorded by WIKILIX research, not published by the broker, and not a guarantee. A country listed nowhere above is not thereby accepted — check Market Securities's own terms before you open an account.
Websites

Global Domains

One domain on record. All active and served over HTTPS.

1 domain
  • United Statesmarket-securities.us.comRegionalUnited StatesActiveHTTPS
Domains recorded by Wikilix. Only a domain listed here is known to belong to this broker.
Social channels

Social Presence

One official channel on record.

1 channel
Channels as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Legal entities

Corporate Network

9 legal entities behind the Market Securities brand.

9 entities
  • Market Securities LLPActiveUnited KingdomRegistration OC325844Established Feb 10, 2007The entity that owns and operates market-securities.com. Active on the UK register, incorporated 10 February 2007 under the former name Kyte Equity Derivatives LLP and renamed on 23 March 2009. An appointed representative of Kyte Broking Limited. LEI 549300VTPTVV568XIJ57.
  • Kyte Broking LimitedActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 02781314Established Jan 20, 1993The group's UK principal firm, active on the UK register since 20 January 1993 under the former name Kyte Clearing Limited, registered for security and commodity contracts dealing activities. The operator names it as its FCA-authorised principal and as the operator of an Organised Trading Facility. LEI 1ZU7M6R6N6PXYJ6V0C83, MIC code KBLM.
  • Market Securities Group LimitedActiveHong KongRegistration 69549388Established Jun 25, 2018Recorded on the Global LEI record as the direct and ultimate parent of Kyte Broking Limited. Active, formed in Hong Kong on 25 June 2018. LEI 549300BD7X7YMF0YKN83.
  • Market Securities (Dubai) LimitedActiveUnited Arab EmiratesRegistration 1474Established Oct 22, 2013Active DIFC entity formed on 22 October 2013. The operator states it is authorised and regulated by the DFSA to serve Professional Clients and Market Counterparties only, and that it is an NFA member registered as an Introducing Broker. LEI 254900XOTCV3IEJTIE83.
  • Market Securities France SAActiveFranceRegistration 844845750Established Dec 24, 2018Active French entity formed on 24 December 2018. The operator states it is authorised by the ACPR and supervised by the ACPR and the AMF, and that it operates an Organised Trading Facility. Runs the group's Madrid branch, Sucursal en Espana, at Paseo de la Castellana 43. LEI 969500FWB6L4IMCWRO70.
  • Market Securities, LLCActiveUnited StatesRegistration 5983390Established Mar 8, 2016Active Delaware-registered entity formed on 8 March 2016, operating from New York. Its own site states it is a FINRA registered broker-dealer and a member of SIPC, clearing through RBC Clearing and Custody on a fully disclosed basis. LEI 549300ZRUAXYNKRJUC13.
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  • Market Securities (Hong Kong) LimitedActiveHong KongRegistration 71082396Established Aug 19, 2019Active Hong Kong entity formed on 19 August 2019. The operator publishes no separate regulatory disclosure for it. LEI 549300N17G96UGLYHL47.
  • Market Securities (Monaco) S.A.M.ActiveMonacoRegistration 23S09586Established Sep 15, 2023Active Monaco entity formed on 15 September 2023. The operator publishes no separate regulatory disclosure for it. LEI 213800849ZWYI2B1HD65.
  • Market Securities SarlActiveSwitzerlandGeneva office named on the operator's own contact page. No registry entry and no regulatory disclosure for this entity was located in this run, so its registration number, formation date and status are unconfirmed.
Entities named in the broker's own documents and company registers, recorded by Wikilix.
Company registry check
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Company Registration

The operating company is MARKET SECURITIES LLP. Registered in United Kingdom. Registration number OC325844.

Verified on registry
Registration number
OC325844
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Incorporated
Feb 10, 2007
Registry
UK Companies House
Registered address
55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8EW
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Market Securities

Most Popular Questions

Only its US arm makes a protection claim: Market Securities, LLC states that it is a member of SIPC. The firm publishes no client money or segregation statement for its UK, French or Dubai entities, and we did not confirm any protection arrangement against an official record. Since no retail accounts are offered, no retail client money is held in the first place.

It means the company operating the website is not authorised by the FCA in its own right. An appointed representative may carry on regulated business only under the responsibility of an authorised principal firm, which here is Kyte Broking Limited. The consequence worth understanding is that the principal, not the appointed representative, answers to the regulator for business conducted under that arrangement.

Its headquarters is at 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW, which is also the registered office recorded at Companies House for both Market Securities LLP and Kyte Broking Limited. It publishes further offices in New York, Paris, Geneva, Dubai, Hong Kong, Monaco and Madrid, each with a street address, and the group's registered companies in those jurisdictions are all active on official registers.

The firm dates its founding to 2008, when the partnership adopted the Market Securities name. UK Companies House shows the same partnership incorporated on 10 February 2007 under its earlier name, Kyte Equity Derivatives LLP, and renamed on 23 March 2009. Its principal firm, Kyte Broking Limited, has been registered since 20 January 1993. The claimed age is therefore supported rather than inflated.

Through the business enquiry form and address on its contact page, or by telephoning an office directly: +44 (0)203 925 8300 in London, +1 917 924 9811 in New York, +33 1 70 99 52 00 in Paris, +971 4 374 1300 in Dubai and +41 21 787 2924 in Geneva. The general enquiry address is Business_development@market-securities.com. There is no live chat and no published support hours.

The firm names no accepted or restricted countries anywhere on its site. Its disclaimer says only that the website is not intended for use by anyone in a jurisdiction where that would be contrary to local law or regulatory requirements, which names no country. Because there is no onboarding form, there is also no country selector to indicate which jurisdictions it will take on.

The question does not arise in the retail sense, because the firm publishes no deposit or withdrawal channel and holds no retail client accounts. In the United States, group company Market Securities, LLC states that client accounts are carried by its clearing firm, RBC Clearing and Custody, on a fully disclosed basis rather than by Market Securities itself.

The firm publishes no leverage figure, and no retail leverage applies because it offers no retail accounts. Its disclaimer does warn generally that investments in securities and financial instruments, including futures, options and contracts for difference, can lose value and may create additional liabilities.

Its published capabilities span equities, including cash equities, derivatives, convertibles and risk arbitrage; rates, with futures and options focused on short term rates, interest rate swaps and repo; credit, covering distressed and investment grade with emerging market and corporate bond repo; foreign exchange from vanilla to exotics; commodities across exchange traded and OTC oil, softs, metals and minerals, plus digital asset derivatives; and structured products. These are institutional execution services, not a retail instrument list.

None is published. The site names no MetaTrader, cTrader or proprietary platform, and offers no download or web terminal. Execution is described as a service delivered by trading teams to institutional counterparties rather than through a self-service platform.

The firm publishes none, because it does not take retail deposits. There is no client account, no funding page and no deposit channel of any kind on the site. Any figure quoted elsewhere as a Market Securities minimum deposit does not come from the firm.

No. There is no account opening flow anywhere on the site and no retail product is offered. Market Securities describes itself as serving banks, hedge funds, institutional investors and proprietary trading firms, and its Dubai regulatory disclosure states expressly that its services are for Professional Clients and Market Counterparties only and must not be relied upon by Retail Clients.

The website is operated by Market Securities LLP, a UK limited liability partnership registered under number OC325844 at 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW. The Global LEI record places it and the group's UK principal firm, Kyte Broking Limited, under a common parent, Market Securities Group Limited, a Hong Kong company formed in 2018.

Nothing we found points that way. Every legal entity the firm names exists, is currently active on an official register, and sits at the address the firm publishes: the operating partnership Market Securities LLP has been on the UK register since February 2007, and its principal firm Kyte Broking Limited since January 1993. The honest caveat is that its regulatory permissions were not confirmed against the authorities that granted them, so the position is well evidenced on the corporate side and unconfirmed on the regulatory side.

It operates under named regulatory permissions, but the company behind the website does not hold one in its own right. Its own disclaimer states that Market Securities LLP, FCA register number 519097, is an appointed representative of Kyte Broking Limited, FCA register number 174863, which it describes as authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Group companies in Dubai, France and the United States are described as authorised by the DFSA, the ACPR and FINRA respectively. None of these permissions was confirmed against the issuing authority's own record in our research, so they are claimed rather than confirmed.

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