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PKF Capital

Offshore
Seychelles
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Since 2011
Last Updated:
18/100
Overall Score

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
N/A
Account Types
Trading AccountPKF Investment Platform

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Funding Methods

1 methods

Electronic Funds Transfer

bank transfer
days
Fee:
Free
Fee:
Free

Performance Metrics

Excellent Performance
Performance chart: 1: Regulation 9%, 2: License 34%, 3: Software 0%, 4: Spread 0%, 5: Account Type 9%, 6: Symbol 0%
Regulation
9%Poor
License
34%Poor
Software
0%Poor
Spread
0%Poor
Account Type
9%Poor
Symbol
0%Poor

Regulatory Licenses

Regulatory Licenses:
Tier 3
Seychelles flag
Dealing in securities
Offshore
FSA | Seychelles

Company Information

Full Name:PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited
Founded:2011
Headquarters:Seychelles
Enterprise Offices:3offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+248 434 6770
Live Chat:
Not Available
Response Time:
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Languages:
English
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Is PKF Capital a scam?

Wikilix independent safety report

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High risk (unverified)Confidence: MEDIUM
2.5/5Safety rating 2.5 out of 5

PKF Capital is not a scam on any evidence we could find, but we publish it at 65% and rate it high risk, unverified , because the firm leaves no independent client record at all. That absence, not mi…

Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)

Regulation5/10 · ModerateIdentity & transparency2/10 · LowWithdrawals & conduct3/10 · LowReputation4/10 · ModerateWebsite claims2/10 · LowOperational history2/10 · Low

What PKF Capital legally published, but does not want you to read

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High contract risk

PKF Capital publishes six legal documents for its trading clients and not one price. Every fee, commission and margin requirement sits in a Rate Schedule, Product Schedule or Markets and Fees Schedule that is not on its website. One clause lets PKF Capital move your money out of the client trust account into an account its own documents say creditors could reach. You get one hour to query a trade, and no document says how long a withdrawal takes.

8Critical clauses
20Clauses flagged
10Documents read
8.0/10Contract risk
Read the full terms report16 more clauses, each with its wording, clause number and source
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Broker Summary

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

PKF Capital Broker Overview

PKF Capital is the trading name of PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited, a Seychelles company incorporated on 20 October 2011 and based at 104 First Floor, Waterside Property, Eden Island, Mahé. It is not a retail forex or CFD broker. The firm presents itself as a licensed Securities Dealer and Seychelles Fund Administrator regulated by the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles, a member of SECDEX Exchange and a registered Sponsor Advisor for companies listed or seeking listing on the MERJ and SECDEX exchanges. Its published business is securities dealing and custody, investment management, fund administration, corporate services and sponsor advisory work for institutional and private clients, with execution on a direct market access basis. Nothing on its website offers leveraged currency trading or contracts for difference.

PKF Capital Regulation and License

Two licence numbers appear on the firm's own site and they do not carry the same weight. The Seychelles Fund Administrator licence FA007 is confirmed on the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles' own register of regulated entities, where the firm is listed as active. That authorisation covers fund accounting, valuation and investor registry work for collective investment schemes; it is not a trading licence and it confers no protection on a trading client. The Securities Dealer licence SD001, claimed in the site footer alongside it, is recorded here as claimed rather than confirmed, because no confirmation of that number on the regulator's register is held. Two further numbers belong to group companies and are not trading permissions: an International Corporate Services Provider licence (ICS013) and an accountancy licence (308275).

Is PKF Capital Regulated?

Yes, but not as a forex broker. The firm holds a confirmed Seychelles fund administration licence and claims a Seychelles securities dealer licence, both from the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles, which is an offshore and lower tier supervisor. Neither authorisation is a retail leveraged trading permission, and the Authority operates no client money compensation scheme, so a Seychelles licence carries materially less protection than an onshore Tier 1 permission.

PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited

The operating company is a member firm of PKF Global, the network of member firms of PKF International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity. Two sister companies complete the Seychelles group: PKF Corporate Services Limited, a licensed International Corporate Services Provider, and PKF Business Solutions Limited, licensed as an Accountant. Membership of an international accounting network is a point of transparency in the firm's favour, but it is not financial regulation and it extends no licence to the trading business.

Is PKF Capital Safe?

The factors bearing on this are mixed, and a reader should weigh them rather than treat the licence as an answer. In the firm's favour: it has operated under the same legal entity since 2011, publishes a fixed registered address and direct contact details, appears on the regulator's register for the licence it has confirmed, and provides in its client terms for client money to be held in a segregated funds account with registered banks in Seychelles or overseas. Against that: those same terms allow client money to be pooled with other clients' money, no compensation scheme stands behind it, the securities dealer licence number is unconfirmed, and no commercial terms are published, so a prospective client cannot compare costs before making contact.

PKF Capital Account Types

There are no retail account tiers. The firm publishes two routes instead. A brokerage Trading Account for dealing on SECDEX Exchange is opened by contacting the firm, and no minimum is stated for it. The PKF Investment Platform, the firm's managed investment service, states a minimum of 20,000 US dollars. No page publishes a leverage figure: the February 2022 client terms contain no leverage or margin provisions, although a separate margin client agreement and a margin product disclosure statement dated January 2017 sit on the firm's client documents page. The firm publishes no restricted countries list, though the hosted client portal its login page links to states that it is not directed at residents of the United States.

PKF Capital Spreads, Commissions and Fees

No price list is published. Brokerage execution costs are not disclosed on the website at all: the client terms point instead to a Markets and Fees Schedule carrying the applicable rates, fees, commissions and charges, issued on request or published from time to time, and they warn that a minimum fee can raise the total cost where an order is worked over a period. Investment management fees are described as tiered according to the client's level of engagement and the assets invested, and agreed with each client at the outset.

PKF Capital Trading Platforms

The firm publishes no MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 or cTrader offering, and names no trading platform of its own. Its client terms refer only to an unnamed Electronic Trading Platform, and existing clients reach the service through a hosted client portal linked from the trading account page.

PKF Capital Deposits and Withdrawals

Client money moves by electronic funds transfer only. Clause 13.1 of the February 2022 terms and conditions requires all client money to be paid through electronic funds transfer, and withdrawals are paid only to a bank account the client has nominated, net of any outstanding fees, with no third party permitted to receive payment. Funds sit in a segregated client funds account with one or more registered banks in Seychelles or overseas and may be pooled with other clients' money. No card, electronic wallet or crypto channel is offered for a trading account, and no transfer fee, minimum or maximum amount or processing time is published. A card payment portal under Corporate Services exists for settling service fees and is not a trading account funding channel.

PKF Capital Support

Support is direct rather than instant. The firm lists one international telephone number, +248 434 6770, a support address at support@pkf.sc, an online enquiry form and a small help centre covering onboarding documentation. There is no live chat, and the site is published in English only.

PKF Capital Pros and Cons

Strengths: a licence confirmed on the regulator's own register, an operating history under one legal entity since 2011, membership of an established international accounting network, a published address and direct contact details, and client money held in a segregated account.

Limitations: the securities dealer number is unconfirmed, the one confirmed licence covers fund administration rather than trading, no compensation scheme backs client money, no commercial terms are published, funding is restricted to bank transfer, a brokerage account can only be opened by contacting the firm, and no trading platform is named.

PKF Capital Review and Assessment

PKF Capital is a Seychelles securities and fund services business rather than a retail trading brand, and a reader who arrived looking for a leveraged forex account is in the wrong place. For an institutional investor, a fund, a listing candidate or a high net worth client who wants a Seychelles domiciled dealer, custodian, fund administrator or listing sponsor, it presents a coherent and openly documented operation with a long history under one name. The most important thing to settle before funding an account is cost: the fee schedule, the minimums and the execution charges are all quoted privately, so they have to be obtained and compared in writing before any money moves.

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Website snapshots

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

8 pages
Homepage
Licensing & Memberships
Terms & Client Agreements
Our Team
Contact Us
Securities & Brokerage
PKF Investment Platform
Low-Priced Securities
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Regulatory Licenses

Every licence PKF Capital has in force is from an offshore regulator. Most carry no compensation scheme — each licence's record says what the issuing regulator actually requires.

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Licences on record
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Confirmed on register
1
Tier 1 or 2
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Offshore
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WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The only licence on file

Licence Verification Record

The Seychelles Financial Services Authority SD001

Wikilix read the FSA register on Oct 6, 2026. This is what it said.

Name on the register
PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited
Jurisdiction
SeychellesOffshore
Authority strength
Tier 3
Licence type
Dealing in securities
Register status
Active on the regulator's register as a Securities Dealer; the register publishes no licence number and no issue or expiry dates
Shown on the PKF Capital website
Shown

Checked Oct 6, 2026

What our check found

A Seychelles Securities Dealer licence. It permits dealing in and broking securities for clients, which is the authorisation under which this firm handles client trades. It is not a retail forex or CFD permission, and Seychelles runs no investor compensation scheme, so client money has no statutory backstop. Client protection: Low. Genuine statutory supervision and a public register, but no compensation scheme and limited cross-border enforcement reach..

Client protection under this licence

  • No compensation scheme
  • Complaints routeFSA Enquiries
  • Maximum leverage1:1000

These are the rules FSA sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how PKF Capital 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.

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Trading accounts
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Account Types

2 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 20,000.

2 account types
AccountMin DepositLeverageCommission
Trading AccountShares · InvestNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
PKF Investment PlatformInvestUSD 20,000Not recordedNot recorded
Account names and conditions as published by PKF Capital, recorded by Wikilix.
Client acceptance

Country availability

Where PKF Capital says it will and won't take clients

1 country

Likely blocked

Reported, not verified against a primary source

USUnited States
How we know — 13 sources
  1. 1The firm's client terms and conditions (February 2022), published at https://www.pkf.sc/terms-conditions/ and at https://www.pkf.sc/media/2vrlqxyi/pkf-t-c-february-2022.pdf, were read at every clause that would carry an eligibility rule: the interpretation and definitions block, Application Form (clause 2), Mode of Service Provision (clause 4), Restrictions on use of the Electronic Trading Platform (clause 6.8), Payments (clause 13), Representations and Warranties (clause 18), Legal and Regulatory Requirements (clause 20) and Taxes (clause 21). None names a restricted, prohibited or non-accepted jurisdiction, and none excludes residents of any country.
  2. 2A client-documents page that the site navigation does not link, https://www.pkf.sc/pkf-capital/, publishes five further documents. Four were read this review: the Client Agreement (Listed Non-Discretionary), the Client Agreement (Margin) at its Application Form, Scope of Agreement, No agency, Representations and warranties, Legal and regulatory requirements and Payments clauses, the Risk Disclosure Statement, and the Combined Financial Services Guide and Product Disclosure Statement (Margin) dated 23 January 2017. The Margin Platform Addendum was not opened. Only the last of the four carries any jurisdiction wording.
  3. 3The only jurisdiction clause the firm publishes in its own documents appears in that Financial Services Guide and Product Disclosure Statement, https://www.pkf.sc/media/1mkfequh/pkf-capital-fsg-and-pds-margin-january-2017.pdf, under the heading Other Jurisdictions: 'This Disclosure Document does not constitute an offer or invitation in any place which, or to any person to whom, it would not be lawful to make such an offer or invitation', followed by 'The distribution of this Disclosure Document in jurisdictions outside Seychelles may be restricted by law and persons who come into possession of it who are not in Seychelles (as the case may be) should seek advice on and observe any such restrictions.' The clause names no country, so no code was derived from it.
  4. 4No dedicated countries page is published. /restricted-countries, /prohibited-countries, /accepted-countries, /where-we-operate, /terms, /terms-and-conditions, /legal, /client-agreement, /documents, /privacy, /aml, /aml-policy, /kyc, /faq and /faqs all return 404 on https://www.pkf.sc, and the site uses no locale prefix (/en/ returns 404 as well). The firm's own site search at https://www.pkf.sc/search/ returns no results for restricted, prohibited, sanctions, residents, eligibility or Iran, and the published sitemap at https://www.pkf.sc/xml-sitemap/ lists 62 pages, none of which is a countries or restrictions page.
  5. 5The help centre at https://www.pkf.sc/publications/faqs/ holds two items, the KYC FAQs and a Q&A guide for Seychelles IBCs. The KYC FAQs, at https://www.pkf.sc/publications/faqs/faqs/ and https://www.pkf.sc/media/310c1b2n/pkf-capital-kyc-faqs_26-may-2021.pdf, set out the onboarding documents required and the funding and withdrawal rules, and name no excluded jurisdiction.
  6. 6Account opening: https://www.pkf.sc/services/securities/trading-account/ states that a brokerage account is opened by contacting the firm, and links the client login at https://login.velocity.trade/PKFCapital. That login also offers a public self-service route, 'Create an account', into the firm's branded client portal at https://tradedesk.co/tenant/PKFCapital/signup. The first step of that form collects only an email address and a password; the country question sits behind account creation, which this review did not perform, so the country list the firm actually enforces at onboarding could not be read. The portal application's country reference list is the complete ISO 3166-1 set of 249 countries, so it is not a closed accepted-countries list and no whitelist was derived from it.
  7. 7The United States is recorded as likely blocked rather than confirmed. The firm's branded client portal publishes, on both https://tradedesk.co/tenant/PKFCapital/home and https://tradedesk.co/tenant/PKFCapital/signup: 'The information on this site is not directed at residents of the United States and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person in any country or jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation.' The same portal's onboarding help content states that the platform operator 'does not accept US clients' and is 'unable to accept: US Nationals; US Tax Residents; US Citizens; or US Persons'. Both statements sit on the portal rather than on the firm's own site, and the refusal is written in the platform operator's name, so the United States is recorded as likely-unconfirmed and no dependent territory was derived from it.
  8. 8The second limb of that disclaimer, covering any country or jurisdiction where distribution or use would be contrary to local law, names no country and was not expanded into any list.
  9. 9The payment page https://www.pkf.sc/services/corporate-services/payment-portal/ offers card payment through an external payment page and names no excluded jurisdiction. The introducer and professional intermediary terms at https://www.pkf.sc/services/corporate-services/introducers-professional-intermediaries/ name none either, and the site publishes no separate AML policy page.
  10. 10The footer on every page of https://www.pkf.sc names the licences held and the PKF Global network and states no market the site is not directed at. The site is published in English only: the page language is declared as en, there are no hreflang alternates, and /fa, /fa-ir, /ar, /zh and /vi all return 404.
  11. 11Iran is recorded in no list. No page on the firm's own domains mentions Iran, Iranian residents, a Persian-language service or rial funding, and the firm publishes no Persian-language site variant, partner page or registration flow.
  12. 12No regulator filing was consulted for this record. A filing states the jurisdictions a licence permits rather than the ones a firm refuses, so it could not set a confirmed block in any case.
  13. 13No confirmed block is recorded, because the firm's own documents name no country at all. Absence of a stated block is not treated as acceptance, so the whitelist is empty as well.
Recorded by WIKILIX research, not published by the broker, and not a guarantee. A country listed nowhere above is not thereby accepted — check PKF Capital's own terms before you open an account.
Deposits & withdrawals

Funding Methods

One way to fund an account.

1 method
MethodDeposit feeWithdrawal feeMin depositWithdrawal min / maxProcessing
Electronic Funds TransferBank Transfer
Clause 13.1 of the firm's terms and conditions states that all client money received must be paid through electronic funds transfers only. Withdrawals are paid to the bank account the client nominated in the application form, or another bank account nominated later, and the client may not nominate a third party to receive payments (clause 13.4); payments are made net of any outstanding or applicable fees (clause 13.3). Client money is held in a segregated funds account with one or more registered banks in Seychelles or with overseas banks (clause 16.1) and may be pooled with other clients' money (clause 16.2.2). The firm publishes no processing time, no per-transfer fee and no minimum or maximum transfer amount; its charges sit in a Markets and Fees Schedule (clause 10.1) that is not published on the website. The processing-time bucket recorded here is not a published figure - it is the conservative default for a bank transfer, since the firm states none.
Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedday
Fees, limits and processing times as published by PKF Capital, recorded by Wikilix.
Websites

Global Domains

2 domains on record. 2 active.

2 domains
  • Seychelleswww.pkf.scMain siteSeychellesActiveHTTPS
  • Seychelleswww.pkf-capital.comBackupSeychellesActive
Domains recorded by Wikilix. Only a domain listed here is known to belong to this broker.
Social channels

Social Presence

2 official channels on record.

2 channels
Channels as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Legal entities

Corporate Network

3 legal entities behind the PKF Capital brand.

3 entities
  • PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) LimitedActiveLicence holderSeychellesRegistration C8410175Established Oct 20, 2011Holds FSAThe operating entity: licensed Securities Dealer (SD001) and Seychelles Fund Administrator (FA007), member of SECDEX Exchange.
  • PKF Corporate Services LimitedActiveSeychellesGroup company: licensed International Corporate Services Provider (ICS013) with the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles. Not a trading permission.
  • PKF Business Solutions LimitedActiveSeychellesRegistration 308275Group company: licensed to provide professional services as an Accountant (308275) by the Seychelles Licensing Authority. Not a trading permission.
Entities named in the broker's own documents and company registers, recorded by Wikilix.
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Company Registration

The operating company is PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited. Registered in Seychelles. Registration number C8410175.

Verified on registry
Legal entity
PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited
Registration number
C8410175
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
Incorporated
Oct 20, 2011
Registry
Seychelles Business Registry (entity recorded and validated through the GLEIF legal-entity register)
Registered address
104 First Floor, Waterside Property, Eden Island, Mahe, Seychelles
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about PKF Capital

Most Popular Questions

By telephone on +248 434 6770, by email at support@pkf.sc, or through the online enquiry form on its contact page. The registered office is 104 First Floor, Waterside Property, Eden Island, Mahé, Seychelles. There is no live chat and no published business hours, the firm operates in English only, and a small help centre covers onboarding documentation.

Institutional investors, investment funds, listing candidates and high-net-worth or ultra-high-net-worth individuals who want a Seychelles-domiciled securities dealer, custodian, fund administrator or listing sponsor. Its investment-management service is explicitly aimed at that segment. It is not built for a self-directed retail trader, and it publishes none of the comparison figures such a trader would need.

Listed and unlisted securities. The firm highlights US low-priced securities, meaning shares generally trading below five US dollars, global securities with direct market access and high-touch execution, and exchange-traded funds used as the building blocks of its managed portfolios. Its client agreement defines Securities broadly enough to include cryptocurrency and related instruments. Membership of SECDEX Exchange gives access to that Seychelles market in particular.

WIKILIX found no evidence of one. The legal entity is named consistently across the site, it publishes a fixed registered office in Mahé with a telephone number and email address, one of its two licence numbers is recorded as active on the regulator's own register, and it is a member firm of an established international accounting network. What a prospective client carries instead is ordinary offshore risk: a lower tier supervisor with no compensation scheme, commercial terms that are not published at all, and a securities dealer licence number that remains unconfirmed. Nothing here resembles a retail forex operation making leveraged trading claims.

The operating company was incorporated on 20 October 2011, giving roughly fifteen years of corporate history under the same name. Its website is current, carries a 2026 copyright line and still names the same two licence numbers and the same registered office in Mahé. The company's registration details have not yet been checked against the Seychelles company registry, so the incorporation date stands as the firm's own published position.

Probably, outside the United States, but the firm does not publish a list. No restricted countries page and no accepted countries page exist on its website, and its client terms contain no clause excluding residents of any jurisdiction. The one restriction on record sits on the hosted client portal the firm's login page links to, which states that it is not directed at residents of the United States and that US clients are not accepted. Because accounts are opened by direct contact, whether a given jurisdiction is served is decided case by case.

The client agreement provides for a Segregated Funds Account in which client money is held, which is a meaningful protection. It is not, however, backed by an investor compensation scheme: the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles operates no client-fund insurance. In an insolvency, recovery would depend on the segregation arrangements and Seychelles law rather than on a statutory payout.

No public price list exists. The client terms refer to a Markets and Fees Schedule containing the applicable rates, fees, commissions and charges, published from time to time or available on request, and warn that a minimum fee can raise total trading costs where an order is split over a period. Investment-management fees are described as tiered according to engagement and assets invested, agreed with each client at the outset.

By electronic funds transfer only. Clause 13.1 of the firm's February 2022 terms and conditions requires all client money to be paid through electronic funds transfer, and withdrawals go only to a bank account the client has nominated, net of any outstanding fees, with no third party permitted to receive payment. Client money is held in a segregated funds account with registered banks in Seychelles or overseas and may be pooled with other clients' money. No fee, limit or processing time is published, and there is no card, wallet or crypto channel for a trading account.

By contacting the firm. The Trading Account page states that anyone wishing to open a brokerage account for trading on SECDEX Exchange should get in touch, and it links a login for existing clients. That login also offers a public 'Create an account' route into the firm's hosted client portal, which collects an email address and a password at the first step, but the brokerage relationship itself is still opened by direct contact.

No MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 or cTrader offering exists. The firm refers to an unnamed Electronic Trading Platform in its client agreement and describes access to global markets through a trading and investment platform with visual and one-click trading for professional clients. Existing clients reach it through a hosted login linked from the Trading Account page. The platform is not named on the website, so WIKILIX has recorded none.

No leverage figure is published anywhere on the site. The February 2022 client terms contain no leverage or margin provisions, and the firm's published services are securities dealing, custody and investment management rather than leveraged derivatives. A separate margin client agreement and a margin product disclosure statement dated January 2017 do sit on the firm's client documents page, so margin dealing is documented, but no ratio or margin rate is stated in public.

The firm publishes one minimum: the PKF Investment Platform, its managed investment service, states 20,000 US dollars. No minimum is published for a brokerage trading account, which is opened by contacting the firm, and the client terms refer only to a Markets and Fees Schedule issued on request, so any other commercial minimum is quoted privately.

The operating company is PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited, a Seychelles company limited by shares, registration number C8410175, incorporated on 20 October 2011. It is a member firm of the PKF Global network, and its published directors are Carmen Turner (Managing Director), Nico Ackermann and Daniel Carter. The group also includes PKF Corporate Services Limited and PKF Business Solutions Limited.

Yes, but not as a forex broker, and only one of the two licence numbers it publishes is confirmed. The Seychelles Fund Administrator licence FA007 is recorded as active on the register of the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles; it covers fund administration work and gives a trading client no protection. The Securities Dealer licence SD001, which the firm claims in its site footer, is treated here as claimed rather than confirmed. The Authority is an offshore, lower tier supervisor and operates no client money compensation scheme.

No. PKF Capital Markets (Seychelles) Limited does not offer foreign exchange or CFD trading. Its own website sets out a securities dealing, custody, investment management, fund administration and corporate services business, and its February 2022 client terms cover securities, custody and nominee services rather than foreign exchange or contracts for difference. Anyone looking for a leveraged currency account will not find one here.

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