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WOCOM: SFC licence AAG705

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Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Oct 29, 2026

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Securities and Futures Commission AAG705

Wikilix read the SFC register on Oct 29, 2026. This is what it said.

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Effective
Apr 1, 2003
Register status
Active (advising on securities and asset management; not a dealing licence)

Checked Oct 29, 2026

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Our check
Checked

What we checked

This authorisation is in force but limited — it does not carry the same protections as a full trading licence.

Wikilix check
Limited
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Oct 29, 2026
Register says
Active (advising on securities and asset management; not a dealing licence)

Finding

Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) licence held by Wocom Investment Management Limited 宏高投資管理有限公司, both active since 1 April 2003; its corporate finance permission ended on 24 November 2004. It is an advice and portfolio-management authorisation, not a dealing licence, and the firm presents it that way. Client protection: Top-tier supervision of investment advice and asset management; it does not by itself authorise dealing for clients. Effective: 01 Apr 2003.

Exhibit

Register screenshot, captured Oct 29, 2026
The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
AAG705
Register status
Active (advising on securities and asset management; not a dealing licence)
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About SFC

Securities and Futures Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Hong Kong.

Full name
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
189 firms
Regulates
forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Type 3 Leveraged FX, Type 1 Dealing in Securities
Typical cost of a licence
HKD 500000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

SFC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSFC Complaints / FDRC
  • Maximum leverage1:13
This describes the authority's regime, not how WOCOM applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Wocom Group
Based in
Hong Kong
Operating
Above 20 years
Wikilix score
41.0the 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.

  • WOCOM FOREIGN EXCHANGE CO. LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 0255221 · Jun 16, 1989
  • WOCOM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 0100043 · Jul 3, 1981
  • WOCOM SECURITIES LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 0098108 · May 19, 1981
  • WOCOM LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 0042008 · Mar 7, 1975
Provenance

Where this record came from

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Official source
The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
Last checked by Wikilix
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
Evidence held
A screenshot of the register entry is on file.
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Also on record

Other licences WOCOM holds

3 other licences are on record for WOCOM.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions

Partly. Hong Kong's Investor Compensation Fund can pay up to HK$500,000 per claimant when a licensed broker defaults, and it covers Hong Kong exchange-traded shares, including Northbound Stock Connect trades, dealt through Wocom Securities Limited, and Hong Kong exchange-traded futures dealt through Wocom Limited. Over-the-counter leveraged forex is outside the fund, so the Forex Account with Wocom Foreign Exchange Co. Limited is not covered. The fund compensates for a broker's default, never for trading losses.

Yes. WOCOM's fee schedule for Hong Kong securities, effective 30 June 2025, charges an inactive account fee of HK$100 semi-annually. The same schedule lists other account charges, such as HK$100 a year for paper statements sent by post, and WOCOM states that its charges may be revised from time to time without prior notice. Charges for futures, overseas markets and other products are not published and are given on request.

WOCOM warns that people impersonating it have used fraudulent websites, emails and mobile trading platforms carrying its trademarks, and says its official website is , where its mobile platform should be downloaded. It does not open accounts online, and clients should deposit only into the designated bank accounts shown on that website, never into personal or third-party accounts. Suspected impersonation can be checked with WOCOM on (852) 2853-0111, by WhatsApp on (852) 5616-0672 or at cs@wocom.com.hk, and the identity of its licensed representatives can be confirmed on the SFC website.

WOCOM is part of the Wing On Group, which acquired it in 1986; WOCOM says it began in the 1970s as a branch of an international commodities trading house, and within the group Wing On Company International Limited is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (stock code 0289). The company that holds an account depends on the product: the Securities and Stock Options Account is with Wocom Securities Limited, the Futures Account with Wocom Limited and the Forex Account with Wocom Foreign Exchange Co. Limited, each licensed by the SFC for that activity. Wocom Foreign Exchange Co. Limited is listed on the Hong Kong Companies Registry under company number 0255221, incorporated on 16 June 1989, as checked on 29 October 2026.

WOCOM's commission on Hong Kong securities is negotiable, with a minimum of HK$125 per transaction, and China Stock Connect trades carry a minimum of CNY125 per transaction, plus exchange levies, trading fees and stamp duty at the published rates. Fees for futures, options, overseas markets and other products are given on request rather than published.

No. WOCOM does not offer online account opening: applicants make an appointment with its staff, complete the forms and submit the originals at its registered office in Hong Kong. It offers individual, joint and company accounts, and using its online trading service requires a separate application for its Electronic Trading Services.

WOCOM offers its own online service, WOCOM Online Trading, through a web login and mobile apps for Android and iPhone that its website links to on Google Play and the App Store. The service runs Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. WOCOM presents it as an online stock trading service, and its website names no MetaTrader or cTrader platform and no online platform for its futures or forex accounts.

Withdrawals are requested on WOCOM's Fund Withdrawal Form and paid by cheque, by CHATS to a bank in Hong Kong or by telegraphic transfer, always to an account in the client's own name. Instructions received before 11:00am on a business day are processed that day and later ones on the next working day; how long the money then takes to arrive depends on the bank channel. A handling fee applies to CHATS and telegraphic transfer withdrawals, but WOCOM does not publish the amount.

WOCOM accepts deposits only into its designated bank accounts: by bank transfer or cheque for every account, by FPS or PPS for the Securities and Stock Options Account, and by telegraphic transfer through Hang Seng Bank or Bank of China (Hong Kong) for overseas clients. FPS, bank transfer and cheque deposits made before 4:00 pm on a trading day are credited the same day, PPS deposits before 7:00 pm, and telegraphic transfers normally take 2 to 3 working days. WOCOM does not credit a deposit until it has the depositor's details, may return a deposit it identifies as coming from a third party, and discourages cash deposits, which it may reject.

WOCOM does not publish a minimum deposit. Its account opening page, deposits page and account opening forms give no minimum for the securities, futures or forex accounts, and no minimum or maximum amount is stated for any deposit method.

Yes. Wocom Group's account opening forms require applicants to declare that they are not US citizens or residents for tax purposes, so US persons cannot open an account. The forms are built for Hong Kong clients, and the broker also caters for overseas clients, for example with telegraphic transfer deposits, but it publishes no list of accepted countries. Accounts are opened in person at its registered office in Hong Kong.

Wocom Group can be reached by phone on (852) 2853-0111, by WhatsApp on (852) 5616-0672, by fax on (852) 2854-3822 and by email at cs@wocom.com.hk. Its office at Room 1002 Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, is open 9:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday and closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Chat is offered through a WhatsApp button on its website rather than an on-site live chat.

Wocom Group does not publish a maximum leverage. It offers margin financing on Hong Kong securities and has futures and forex accounts, but its account opening, deposits and products pages give no leverage ratio, and its Margin Trading, Futures Trading and Foreign Exchange Trading Client Agreements are listed on its Download page by title only.

Wocom Group's products page lists Hong Kong securities with margin financing, China Connect, IPOs, stock options, foreign stocks, unit trusts, local and foreign futures, and forex, and its deposits page has separate Securities and Stock Options, Futures and Forex accounts. However, the broker's fraud alert states that it only provides Hong Kong and A-share trading services, and the site does not reconcile the two statements.

Yes. Wocom Group is regulated in Hong Kong by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and the SFC's public register confirmed the licences of all four of its companies on 29 October 2026: Wocom Securities Limited (CE number AAC230, dealing in securities), Wocom Limited (AAH843, dealing in futures contracts), Wocom Foreign Exchange Co. Limited (ACL076, leveraged foreign exchange trading) and Wocom Investment Management Limited (AAG705, advising on securities and asset management). The last is an advisory and asset management licence, not a dealing licence. Which licence covers a client depends on the company that holds the account: securities and stock options sit with Wocom Securities Limited, futures with Wocom Limited and forex with Wocom Foreign Exchange Co. Limited.

Licence AAG705 was issued by Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the financial authority for Hong Kong.
WOCOM holds this SFC licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the SFC register. Note that confirming a register ENTRY is not the same as confirming a live licence — the register’s own wording on this page is what states its current standing.
Wikilix rates SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
This page links straight to the SFC register. Search it for AAG705, and for the name WOCOM rather than the trading brand.
WOCOM has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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