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Regulators

Tier 1 regulators offer the strongest client protection (segregated funds, compensation schemes, strict audits). Offshore licenses are easier to obtain and offer much less recourse.

Tier 1 23 regulators

🇨🇦 Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization CIRO · Canada · 5 licensees SRO 🇸🇪 Finansinspektionen FI · Sweden · 0 licensees 🇦🇺 Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC · Australia · 86 licensees 🇬🇧 Financial Conduct Authority FCA · United Kingdom · 58 licensees 🇨🇾 Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission CySEC · Cyprus · 63 licensees 🇺🇸 Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC · United States · 1 licensee 🇺🇸 National Futures Association NFA · United States · 1 licensee SRO 🇨🇭 Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA · Switzerland · 1 licensee 🇸🇬 Monetary Authority of Singapore MAS · Singapore · 7 licensees 🇯🇵 Financial Services Agency FSA · Japan · 33 licensees 🇺🇸 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC · United States · 0 licensees 🇭🇰 Securities and Futures Commission SFC · Hong Kong SAR China · 18 licensees 🇩🇪 Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) BaFin · Germany · 0 licensees 🇫🇷 Autorité des marchés financiers AMF · France · 0 licensees 🇪🇸 Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores CNMV · Spain · 0 licensees 🇮🇹 Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa CONSOB · Italy · 0 licensees 🇳🇱 Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets AFM · Netherlands · 0 licensees 🇳🇿 Financial Markets Authority FMA · New Zealand · 7 licensees 🇲🇹 Malta Financial Services Authority MFSA · Malta · 4 licensees 🇦🇪 Dubai Financial Services Authority DFSA · United Arab Emirates · 7 licensees 🇦🇪 ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority FSRA · United Arab Emirates · 8 licensees 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing HKEX · Hong Kong SAR China · 0 licensees Exchange 🇺🇸 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority FINRA · United States · 1 licensee SRO

Tier 2 23 regulators

🇮🇩 Jakarta Futures Exchange JFX · Indonesia · 4 licensees Exchange 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Gold Exchange HKGX · Hong Kong SAR China · 11 licensees Exchange 🇲🇺 Financial Services Commission, Mauritius FSC · Mauritius · 36 licensees 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands Monetary Authority CIMA · Cayman Islands · 2 licensees 🇲🇾 Labuan Financial Services Authority Labuan FSA · Malaysia · 4 licensees 🇿🇦 Financial Sector Conduct Authority FSCA · South Africa · 33 licensees 🇮🇳 Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI · India · 0 licensees 🇧🇸 Securities Commission of The Bahamas SCB · Bahamas · 5 licensees 🇮🇲 Isle of Man Financial Services Authority IOMFSA · Isle of Man · 0 licensees 🇧🇭 Central Bank of Bahrain CBB · Bahrain · 0 licensees 🇶🇦 Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority QFCRA · Qatar · 0 licensees 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission BVI FSC · British Virgin Islands · 1 licensee 🇦🇪 Securities and Commodities Authority SCA · United Arab Emirates · 7 licensees 🇰🇷 Financial Supervisory Service FSS · South Korea · 0 licensees 🇰🇷 Financial Services Commission (Korea) FSC · South Korea · 0 licensees 🇹🇭 Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand SEC · Thailand · 0 licensees 🇮🇩 Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) BAPPEBTI · Indonesia · 7 licensees 🇷🇺 Bank of Russia CBR · Russia · 0 licensees 🇨🇳 China Financial Futures Exchange CFFEX · China · 4 licensees Exchange 🇸🇦 Capital Market Authority CMA · Saudi Arabia · 0 licensees 🇸🇦 Saudi Central Bank SAMA · Saudi Arabia · 0 licensees 🇨🇿 Czech National Bank CNB · Czechia · 1 licensee 🇧🇾 National Bank of the Republic of Belarus NBRB · Belarus · 3 licensees

Tier 3 5 regulators

Offshore 6 regulators