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Pictet: SCB licence recorded for Pictet

Issuing authority
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Licence type
Financial Service

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Securities Commission of The Bahamas. 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 Securities Commission of The Bahamas No number on the register

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Holder
Pictet Group
Issuing authority
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Licence type
Financial Service

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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
Bahamas
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About SCB

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Bahamas.

Full name
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1995
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
10 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Fund, Options, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
SIA Broker‑Dealer (Class II – Principal & Agency CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
USD 30000-50000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium

SCB is classed as an offshore regime. An offshore registration can be entirely legitimate, but it typically means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.

Protection

What this licence protects

SCB's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSCB Complaints Unit
  • Maximum leverage1:200
This describes the authority's regime, not how Pictet applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Pictet Group
Based in
Switzerland
Wikilix score
78.9the 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.

  • Pictet Asset Management (Hong Kong) LimitedHong Kong · Reg. 0167415 · Apr 4, 1986
  • Fondation du Groupe PictetSwitzerland · Reg. 1376122 · Nov 15, 2004
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 Pictet holds

6 other licences are on record for Pictet.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, Pictet Group prohibits clients from certain countries including the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries. These restrictions depend on the regulatory jurisdiction and local laws applicable to the broker.
Leverage limits for Pictet Group vary by regulatory jurisdiction. For example, the SFC in Hong Kong allows a maximum leverage of 13, the FCA in the UK permits up to 30, and FINMA in Switzerland allows leverage up to 100. The highest leverage noted is 200 under the Bahamas regulator, but this depends on the specific license and region.
According to the data, Pictet Group supports cash deposits with instant processing times.
Details on execution models, spreads, or commissions are also not provided.
Pictet Group is regulated by multiple tier-1 authorities including the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK. While some regulators require mandatory client fund insurance, Pictet follows strict fund segregation policies to protect client assets. Insurance coverage varies by jurisdiction, with the FCA providing protection up to £85,000 under FSCS.
Pictet holds this SCB 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 SCB 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 SCB tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, SCB is classed as an offshore regime. That can be a legitimate registration, but it usually means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.
Pictet has 6 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 6 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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