HF Markets (Europe) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange
Commission (CySEC) with Licence Number 183/12 and holds a cross border licence, authorising the
company to provide investment services internationally.
CySEC is the supervisory and regulatory authority for Investment Services firms in Cyprus and is
a member of the Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
The European Parliament and Council adopted Directive 2014/65/EU, dated 15 May 2014, on Markets
in Financial Instruments and Amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (recast)
(MiFID II), which came into effect on 03/01/2018 and aims to regulate the markets of financial
instruments for the provision of investment services and activities within the European Economic
Area (EEA). The Directive has also been adopted in Cyprus through the Cyprus Investment Services
and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 (Law 87(I)/2017).
The European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments and Amending Directive 2002/92/EC and
Directive 2011/61/EU (recast) (MiFID II) provides a harmonised regulatory regime for investment
services within the European Economic Area. The main objectives of the Directive are to increase
efficiency, enhance financial transparency, increase competition, and offer greater consumer
protection in investment services.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. is required to disclose information relating to its capital, the risks
that the Company is exposed to as well as to promote market discipline.
To view the HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. Pillar 3 Disclosures please click here.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd. is a member of the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund. The Fund
constitutes a private legal entity and its administration is exercised by an administrative
committee of five members, who are designated for a three-year term.
The objective of the Fund is to secure the claims of the covered clients against investment
firms that are members of the Fund by the payment of compensation for clients' claims given
the
failure of the member of the Fund to compensate the client. For further detail for the
membership and the fund, please click here.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd is a member of Association of Cyprus International Investment Firms
(ACIIF). The Association of Cyprus International Investment Firms (ACIIF), is a representative
body of Cyprus Investment Firms (CIF’s). All members of ACIIF are licenced and regulated by the
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). To view the HF Markets (Europe) Ltd.
membership please click here.
Reglamento de HF Markets Group:
FCA
Autoridad de Conducta Financiera (Reino Unido)
HF Markets (UK) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under
firm reference number 801701.
FCA is an independent public body governed by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(FSMA), working alongside the UK Treasury with the aim to support and empower a healthy and
successful financial system where firms can thrive and consumers benefit from honest, fair and
effective markets that are trustworthy and transparent.
DFSA
Autoridad de Servicios Financieros de Dubái
HF Markets (DIFC) Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority
(DFSA) under licence number F004885.
Aiming to develop, administer and enforce world-class regulation of financial services within
the Middle East's leading financial hub, DFSA is the independent regulator of financial services
conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre.
FSCA
Autoridad de Conducta del Sector Financiero
(Sudáfrica)
HF Markets SA (PTY) Ltd is authorized and regulated as a Financial Service Provider (FSP) from
the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa, under the licence number
46632.
FSCA is an independent institution established by statute to oversee the South African
non-banking financial services industry. It regulates the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE),
the
largest exchange in the African continent.
CMA
Autoridad de los Mercados de Capitales (Kenia)
HFM Investments Ltd is authorized by the Capital Markets Authority in the Republic of Kenya as a
non-dealing online foreign exchange broker with licence no. 155.
The CMA is a regulating body charged with the prime responsibility of supervising, licensing,
and monitoring the activities of Kenya's market intermediaries, including the stock exchange and
the central depository and settlement system and all other persons licensed under the Capital
Markets Act.