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FCA licence 123456

Holder
HFM
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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RecordModified Aug 19, 2026

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Financial Conduct Authority 123456

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Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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wikilix.com/licenses/financial-conduct-authority/hfm/123456Fields on file 2 / 11

Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
123456
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Straight Through Processing(STP)
The authority

About FCA

Financial Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Kingdom.

Full name
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2013
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
108 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Loan, Retail Investment
Licences it issues
MiFID Investment Firm – Dealing on Own Account / Matched Principal (retail & market-making CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
£100000+ (including compliance setup)
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to £85000 (FSCS)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFinancial Ombudsman Service
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how HFM applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
HF Markets Group
Based in
Cyprus
Operating
10-15 years
Wikilix score
58.3the 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.

  • HF MARKETS LIMITEDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 11118651
  • HF MARKETS FINTECH SERVICES LTDCyprus · Reg. ΗΕ 348222
  • HF MARKETS LTDMauritius · Reg. C094286
  • HF MARKETS GROUP LIMITEDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 11286659
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 HFM holds

2 other licences are on record for HFM.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
HF Markets Group prohibits clients from the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries from trading. These restrictions are in place to comply with regulatory and legal requirements across its licensed jurisdictions.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with HF Markets Group is 0 USD. This means clients can start trading without a mandatory minimum deposit, although specific account types or promotions may have different requirements.
On HF Markets Group, the maximum leverage offered can be up to 1000:1 depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. For example, leverage is limited to 30:1 under FCA regulation in the UK, while other licenses may allow higher leverage.
HF Markets Group offers MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 trading platforms. Both platforms support desktop and mobile devices and provide advanced charting, automated trading, and fast execution. MetaTrader 5 also supports multi-asset trading including Forex, stocks, and futures.
HF Markets Group is regulated by multiple authorities including the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The FCA regulation provides client fund insurance up to £85,000 under FSCS. The broker operates under onshore licenses with high transparency and complaint mechanisms such as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Licence 123456 was issued by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial authority for United Kingdom.
HFM holds this FCA 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 FCA 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 FCA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
HFM has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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