Goldman Sachs FX (Marquee) — institutional liquidity provider
This document contains factual information and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (FX via Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, US; Goldman Sachs International, UK) · New York, USA
- evidence score
- 98/100
Licence, read literally
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC) | 8-129 | US | T1 | open source |
| FCA (Goldman Sachs International) | 142888 | UK | T1 | open source |
| FCA (Goldman Sachs International Bank) | 124659 | UK | T1 | open source |
| SEC (EDGAR, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) | 0000886982 | US | T1 | open source |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
Residuals a counterparty carries
2
- R01
Self-measured claims
Goldman Sachs FX reports its own market-share and execution performance metrics.
Source: self-measured
- R02
Unpublished venue details
The specific venues used by Goldman Sachs FX are not disclosed on their official pages.
Source: unpublished
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
Testable claims
- Marquee Trader FX is Marquee's integrated electronic FX platform for accessing liquidity, managing orders and algorithms (marquee.gs.com our-platform page)
- Marquee launched 30 June 2014, offering clients APIs and digital access (goldmansachs.com history/moments)
- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869, headquartered in New York (goldmansachs.com press releases)
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- FX market-share / liquidity rankings (self-measured)
- Algo execution performance claims (self-measured)
Perimeter and coverage
- Asset classes
- FX spot, FX forwards, FX swaps, NDFs, FX options
- Venues
- EBS, Reuters, CME FX, CLS
- Connectivity
- FIX, REST/API (Marquee API), Marquee Trader FX platform
- Clients accepted
- Banks, Institutional investors, Asset managers, Hedge funds, Corporates
- Explicitly refused
- Retail clients
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to diligence than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.