MUFG FX — institutional liquidity provider
This record highlights notable gaps in regulatory disclosures and self-measured claims.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (FX via MUFG Bank, Ltd.; MUFG Securities EMEA plc, UK; MUFG Securities Americas Inc., US) · Tokyo, Japan
- evidence score
- 98/100
Licence, read literally
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA (MUFG Securities EMEA plc) | 124512 | UK | T1 | open source |
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, MUFG Securities Americas Inc.) | 8-43026 | US | T1 | open source |
| JFSA (Japan Financial Services Agency) | not verified | Japan | 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
Unpublished JFSA registration number
The JFSA registration number for MUFG FX is not published via accessible register paths.
Source: firm disclosures page
- R02
Self-measured claims
MUFG FX's market-position and risk-advisory quality claims are self-measured.
Source: firm disclosures page
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
Testable claims
- MUFG EMEA offers spot, forward and global options trading with electronic trading including 360T, FXall, Currenex, Bloomberg and Integral (mufgemea.com foreign-exchange page)
- FX services are provided to corporate, institutional, central bank and government clients (mufgemea.com foreign-exchange page)
- Mitsubishi Exchange House was established in 1880 by Yataro Iwasaki — one of the precursors of Mitsubishi Bank (mufg.jp English history pages)
- 24-hour FX trading services provided through a worldwide network (tr.mufg.jp markets page)
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- FX market-position claims (self-measured)
- Risk-advisory quality claims (self-measured)
Perimeter and coverage
- Asset classes
- FX spot, FX forwards, FX options, FX swaps
- Venues
- 360T, FXall, Currenex, Bloomberg, Integral
- Connectivity
- FIX, 360T, FXall, Currenex, Bloomberg, Integral
- Clients accepted
- Corporates, Institutional clients, Central banks, Governments
- 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.