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ASIC licence 257679

Holder
ADFX
Jurisdiction
Australia
Licence type
Institution Forex License (STP)
Last checked
Aug 28, 2026

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Australia Securities & Investment Commission. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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Australia Securities & Investment Commission 257679

Wikilix read the ASIC register on Aug 28, 2026. This is what it said.

Issuing authority
Australia Securities & Investment Commission
Holder
ADFX Global Pty Limited
Jurisdiction
Australia
Licence type
Institution Forex License (STP)
Effective
Feb 17, 2004
Register status
Regulated

Checked Aug 28, 2026

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Open ADFXAbout ASIC
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
Australia
Last checked
Aug 28, 2026
Register says
Regulated

Finding

AFSL 257679 is in force and is published by the licensee on its own regulatory information page, together with its ACN and ABN. Its scope is limited: advice on and dealing in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for wholesale clients only, so it carries none of the retail client protections.

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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
257679
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Institution Forex License (STP)
Register status
Regulated
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About ASIC

Australia Securities & Investment Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Australia.

Full name
Australia Securities & Investment Commission
Jurisdiction
Australia
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1998
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
144 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Securities
Licences it issues
AFSL – OTC Derivatives (Principal Dealer & Agency)
Typical cost of a licence
AUD 50000-100000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

ASIC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeAFCA
  • Maximum leverage1:28
This describes the authority's regime, not how ADFX applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
ADFX Global Pty Limited
Based in
Australia
Operating
Above 20 years
Wikilix score
44.7the 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.

  • ADFX Global Pty LimitedAustralia · Reg. ACN 096 386 686 · Mar 30, 2001
  • ADFX Global limitedVanuatu
  • TradingDynamix LtdSeychelles
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
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 ADFX holds

2 other licences are on record for ADFX.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions

The company has been on the Australian Business Register since 30 March 2001, and its AFSL has been in force since 17 February 2004. That is a genuinely long operating history for a financial services firm, and it is one of the strongest points in its favour. The current wholesale advisory website, however, is recent: its regulatory information page is versioned 1.0 with an effective date of 24 May 2026.

By email at compliance@ad-fx.com, or through the enquiry form at ad-fx.com.au/contact. The office address is 'Angel Place', Level 17, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000. No telephone number, live chat or social media account is published on the site.

WIKILIX found no evidence of one at the Australian company. ADFX Global Pty Limited is a real, registry-confirmed company holding a real AFSL, at a verifiable Sydney address, and its disclosure of what the licence does and does not cover is unusually frank. The genuine risk is a different one: the ADFX brand also carries offshore permissions the official site never mentions, one of them licensed to another company entirely. If you meet a retail trading offer using the ADFX name, treat it as unconnected to the Australian licensee until the operator proves otherwise.

Two offshore permissions are recorded under the ADFX brand: a Seychelles securities dealer licence SD1661 and a Vanuatu licence 701016 effective 6 February 2026. Neither appears anywhere on the official website. The Seychelles licence is recorded against TradingDynamix Ltd, a company with no stated connection to the Australian licensee, and the Vanuatu licence against an entity named ADFX Global limited. Both are low-tier offshore permissions with no client money protection scheme behind them.

Only if you are an Australian resident. The regulatory information page states that the website and the services are intended for residents of Australia only, that the licence authorises financial services in Australia, and that the site is not directed at any person in a jurisdiction where such use would be contrary to local law. The site is published in English only.

A substantial set, and ADFX lists them itself. Wholesale clients are not entitled to a Financial Services Guide, a Product Disclosure Statement or a Statement of Advice, are not covered by the statutory best interests duty for personal advice, and have no access to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. That last point matters most: there is no free external dispute-resolution scheme to fall back on.

ADFX requires evidence before it will act for anyone. Depending on which statutory test applies, that may include a certificate from a qualified accountant confirming net assets of at least $2.5 million, or gross income of at least $250,000 in each of the last two financial years. The firm invites prospective clients who are unsure to email compliance@ad-fx.com.

None are published. The site names no MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader or proprietary terminal, and offers no platform download. The service described is research and adviser consultation, delivered by report and by phone.

The official website publishes no leverage figure, no spread schedule, no commission rate and no execution model, because it does not operate a trading service. Any leverage or spread figure circulating against the ADFX name does not come from the Australian licensee's own website, and WIKILIX has not written such figures into this profile.

There is none, because there is no trading account to fund. The site publishes no minimum deposit, no deposit method and no withdrawal method. The only money that changes hands is the monthly advisory subscription fee.

Three monthly advisory plans are published, in Australian dollars including GST. Market Intelligence is AUD 699 per month for weekly market commentary and a monthly research report. Professional Advisory is AUD 1,199 per month, adding an assigned adviser and weekly phone consultations. Strategic Advisory is AUD 3,999 per month, with a dedicated adviser, bespoke research and up to two consultations a week.

The operator is ADFX Global Pty Limited, an Australian private company with ACN 096 386 686 and ABN 13 096 386 686, registered office at 'Angel Place', Level 17, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000. WIKILIX confirmed the company on the Australian Business Register, where it has been active since 30 March 2001. It previously traded under the name Advance Trading Australia Pty Ltd.

No. The official website offers no live or demo trading account of any kind. ADFX states it provides financial services only to wholesale clients as defined in sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and that if you are a retail client it cannot provide services to you and you should not rely on anything on the site. What it sells instead are monthly advisory subscriptions.

Yes, but narrowly. ADFX Global Pty Limited holds Australian Financial Services Licence No. 257679 from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in force since 17 February 2004, and publishes it on its own regulatory information page. The licence authorises financial product advice on, and dealing in, derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for wholesale clients only. It does not authorise a retail forex or CFD service, and the firm says plainly that holding an AFSL does not mean ASIC endorses or recommends it.

Licence 257679 was issued by Australia Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), the financial authority for Australia.
ADFX holds this ASIC licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the ASIC 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 ASIC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
ADFX has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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