Both the Salma Markets and AsiaMarkets sites tell you your money sits in segregated accounts, untouched. The customer agreement lets Salma Markets pledge, commingle and invest it, even as security for its own loans.
Why this matters
If Salma Markets fails, a lender holding your deposit as security collects before you do. The risk disclosure says you can look only to Salma Markets to get your money back.
Exhibit 1Every flagged clause gets its own number so you can point at this one. The number does not change, so a link to it keeps working.CriticalHow much this clause can cost you, in our reading. Critical can take your money or your profit. Warning can delay or limit it. Notice is simply worth knowing before you sign.Rarely seenHow ordinary this wording looks next to the contracts we read. This is our reading of the clause, not a count of other brokers.
Notwithstanding applicable laws or regulations, Salma Markets shall have the right to sell, pledge, rehypothecate, assign, invest, commingle and otherwise use any Collateral it holds (including, but not limited to, using the Contracts as collateral for a loan to Salma Markets free from any claim or right of any nature whatsoever of the Customer
Where it sits: section 19 of 58 in the Privacy Policy, 33% of the way through.We counted the numbered sections in the Privacy Policy. This clause sits in section 19 of 58, about 33% of the way through. A fee written on the first page and the same fee written near the end are not the same disclosure.
Firms licensed by the FCA or ASIC must keep retail client money in segregated client accounts and may not use it for their own purposes. This contract lets Salma Markets sell, pledge, rehypothecate and commingle it.
SalmaMarkets is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.
Our readingOur own comment on the clause, not the broker's words. Anything we quote is marked as a quotation.Pledging client money as security for the broker's own borrowing is a prime brokerage device for professional clients. In a retail agreement it puts your deposit behind Salma Markets' lenders, and clause 9 grants it notwithstanding applicable laws or regulations.
- Worse together with Exhibit 10Read these two clauses together. Each one costs more because the other exists.Clause 9 lets Salma Markets pledge your deposit for its own loans and also spend it on a debt from another account, so two claims come before yours.

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