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PRIME CDEX: AFSA licence recorded for PRIME CDEX

Issuing authority
The Astana Financial Services Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Astana Financial Services Authority. 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 Astana Financial Services Authority No number on the register

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Holder
PREMIER Q SECURITIES LTD
Issuing authority
The Astana Financial Services Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate
Effective
Feb 5, 2019

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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
South Africa
Last checked
Never

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What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service Corporate
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About AFSA

The Astana Financial Services Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is South Africa.

Full name
The Astana Financial Services Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
2018
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
0 firms
Regulates
Forex, Derivatives
Licences it issues
AIFC Brokerage Licence
Typical cost of a licence
USD 20000-30000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium

AFSA 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

AFSA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Complaints routeAIFC Court / IAC
  • Maximum leverage1:500
This describes the authority's regime, not how PRIME CDEX applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
PREMIER Q SECURITIES LTD
Based in
Hong Kong
Operating
10-15 years
Wikilix score
54.2the 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.

  • PREMIER Q SECURITIES LTDHong Kong · Reg. 0194199 · Jul 24, 1987
  • Prime Cdex Securities LimitedHong Kong · Jul 24, 1987
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 PRIME CDEX holds

7 other licences are on record for PRIME CDEX.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, PRIME CDEX prohibits clients from North Korea and other UN-sanctioned countries. Additionally, some licenses restrict clients from the USA, Iran, and other sanctioned regions.
Not specified in the provided context.
PRIME CDEX offers trading in a wide range of regulated financial instruments including forex, stocks, derivatives, securities, futures, options, commodities, bonds, funds, binary options, and CFDs. The availability of instruments may vary depending on the regulatory license.
The minimum deposit amount required to open an account with PRIME CDEX is 70 USD. This information is based on the latest trading conditions available for the broker.
According to WIKILIX data, PRIME CDEX offers a maximum leverage of up to 500:1 depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. For example, leverage is capped at 13:1 under Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission regulation, while other licenses allow higher leverage up to 500:1.
PRIME CDEX is regulated by multiple authorities including the Moroni International Services Authority in Australia, the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, the Astana Financial Services Authority in South Africa, the Financial Markets Authority in the Bahamas, and the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. These licenses cover various financial instruments and markets, ensuring compliance with regional regulations.
PRIME CDEX holds this AFSA 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 AFSA 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 AFSA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, AFSA 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.
PRIME CDEX has 7 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 5 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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