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CMA licence recorded for EFG Holding

Holder
EFG Holding
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Licence type
Dealing in securities

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Capital Markets Authority Lebanon. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Jul 27, 2026

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Capital Markets Authority Lebanon No number on the register

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Issuing authority
Capital Markets Authority Lebanon
Holder
EFG Holding
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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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
Bahrain
Last checked
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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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 type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About CMA

Capital Markets Authority Lebanon is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Bahrain.

Full name
Capital Markets Authority Lebanon
Jurisdiction
Bahrain
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
2011
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
2 firms
Regulates
Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
CMA covers Beirut Stock Exchange participants; does not authorise leveraged OTC CFD dealers.
Typical cost of a licence
Minimum share capital of 3 billion LBP for collective investment scheme managers
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium

CMA 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

CMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeLebanon’s deposit guarantee scheme covers up to 75 million LBP per depositor
  • Complaints routecomplaint form via CMA website
  • Maximum leverageN/A (no leveraged FX)
This describes the authority's regime, not how EFG Holding applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
EFG Holding
Wikilix score
70.2the 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.

  • EFG HOLDING(Egypt)Egypt · Reg. 823129192 · Oct 14, 2016
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 EFG Holding holds

8 other licences are on record for EFG Holding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
EFG Holding is authorized to offer trading in various regulated financial instruments including stocks, options, derivatives, and futures. The availability of instruments may depend on the regulatory region and specific licenses held by the broker.
EFG Holding does not have mandatory client fund insurance but follows strict fund segregation policies. Some of its regulators, like FINRA and FCA, provide client fund insurance coverage up to certain limits, such as USD 500,000 under SIPC and £85,000 under FSCS respectively.
EFG Holding offers a maximum leverage of 1:1 under its trading conditions. However, leverage limits may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction and specific license.
EFG Holding supports various deposit and withdrawal methods including bank transfer, Visa/Mastercard, Skrill, Bitcoin, and PayPal. Deposits and withdrawals are generally free of charge, but processing times and terms may vary depending on the method and client location.
EFG Holding is regulated by multiple authorities including the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in the UAE, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the USA, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK. These regulators ensure compliance with financial service standards and investor protection measures.
EFG Holding holds this CMA 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 CMA 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 CMA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, CMA 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.
EFG Holding has 8 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 8 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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