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PFD: FMA licence 28944

Issuing authority
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Markets Authority 28944

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Holder
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Last checked
Never

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What the authority publishes

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Licence number
28944
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Straight Through Processing(STP)
The authority

About FMA

Financial Markets Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is New Zealand.

Full name
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2011
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
9 firms
Regulates
Forex, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Binary option, CFD
Licences it issues
Derivatives Issuer Licence
Typical cost of a licence
NZD 50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFSCL
  • Maximum leverage1:500
This describes the authority's regime, not how PFD applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against PFD. Wikilix holds no separate company records for this holder, so we cannot say which legal company the register issued it to.

Broker
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd
Based in
New Zealand
Wikilix score
36.3the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd prohibits clients from certain countries including the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries. This restriction aligns with regulatory and compliance requirements.
Yes, Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd offers customer support in English. Support is available via phone, live chat during business hours, and email. The broker's support office is located in Auckland, New Zealand.
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd supports various funding methods including credit cards like VISA and MasterCard, e-wallets such as PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, and Rapid Transfer, as well as bank wire transfers and local payment solutions like POLi for Australia and New Zealand. Processing times are generally instant for e-wallets and credit cards, while wire transfers may take 1-3 business days.
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd offers a maximum leverage of 500. This leverage applies to its regulated forex and derivatives trading services.
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd charges deposit and withdrawal fees depending on the payment method. For example, credit card deposits and withdrawals typically incur a 2.5% fee, while Neteller deposits have a 3.2% fee and withdrawals are free. Fees vary by method, with some e-wallets charging around 1% withdrawal fees.
Pacific Financial Derivatives Ltd is regulated by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand. It holds a Derivatives Issuer Licence and operates under strict fund segregation rules, although there is no mandatory client fund insurance. The broker is considered onshore regulated with a high transparency level.
Licence 28944 was issued by Financial Markets Authority (FMA), the financial authority for New Zealand.
PFD holds this FMA 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 FMA 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 FMA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
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