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CautionRECORD BW-4043LICENSED — WITH A STRUCTURAL CAVEAT

HFM (formerly HotForex)

7 legal entities are on file for this firm, across 7 jurisdictions. The strongest supervision on file is Tier 1.

Caution means: The group holds a licence we could verify, but the record shows a caveat you have to read: an offshore entity in the same structure, a registration that is not a financial licence, or leverage well above tier-1 retail caps.

LAST CHECKED 2026-08-07ENTITIES 07JURISDICTIONS 07BEST TIER T1CONFIDENCE HIGHREGISTER SYNC 2026-08-06
Jurisdiction gap — read this before you deposit

Holds a tier-1 FCA licence, but also operates 2 offshore entities. Which one your account sits under determines the protection you get.

A group can hold a tier-1 licence and still onboard you through an offshore entity in the same structure. The licence protects clients of the entity that holds it — not every client of the brand. Check which company name appears on your own client agreement, then look that company up in the table below.

Entity-by-entity licence record

One row per legal entity in this firm's structure. Numbers are reproduced exactly as published; every row links to the source we read them from.

Legal entityAuthority / registryNumberJurisdictionTierWhat it isSource
HF Markets (UK) LtdFCA801701United KingdomT1Financial licencehfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/documents
HF Markets (Europe) LtdCySEC183/12CyprusT2Financial licencehfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment
HF Markets SA (Pty) LtdFSCA46632South AfricaT2Financial licencehfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment
HF Markets (DIFC) LtdDFSAF004885United Arab Emirates (DIFC)T2Financial licencedfsa.aehttps://www.dfsa.ae/public-register/firms/hf-markets-difc-limited
HFM Investments LtdCMA Kenya155KenyaT2Financial licencehfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment
HF Markets (Seychelles) LtdFSA SeychellesSD015SeychellesT3Financial licencehfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment
HF Markets (SV) LtdRegistered IBC, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (not a financial licence)22747 IBC 2015Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesT3Company registration — not supervisionhfm.comhttps://www.hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment

Scroll the register sideways — the entity column stays pinned.

1 row is a company registration, not financial supervision

A registration number issued by a company registry — St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, the Marshall Islands, a BVI or Comoros IBC — records only that a company exists. It carries no conduct supervision, no client-money segregation requirement and no compensation scheme. Rows marked company registration above are printed because the firm cites them, not because they protect you.

  • 22747 IBC 2015 HF Markets (SV) Ltd — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Paste any number above into the named authority's own search. If a number a firm advertises does not return that firm on the authority's register, treat the claim as unverified.

What the record says

Statements of fact drawn from the entities above. Each one is checkable against a source URL in the licence table.

  • F01Register note: HF Markets (SV) Ltd is an International Business Company registration in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, not a financial services licence.

Not verified at last check

Recorded openly rather than filled with a plausible guess. A blank on this register means we could not confirm it on 2026-08-07.

  • not verifiedheadquarters city (group-level) — no primary source located at the last check.
  • not verifiedmaximum leverage per specific entity — no primary source located at the last check.
  • not verifiedtypical EUR/USD spread (source only gave an advertised 'from 0.0' raw-account figure) — no primary source located at the last check.

Account conditions on file

As published by the firm. Blank fields were not confirmed.

Incorporated2010
Registered officeEbene, Mauritius
Minimum deposit0 USD
Leverage offeredup to 1:2000 (offshore entities); 1:30 retail under FCA/CySEC
Quoted EUR/USD spreadnot verified
Trading systemsMT4 · MT5 · HFM app
Account tiersCent · Premium · Pro · Pro Plus · Zero · Top-up Bonus

Leverage above a tier-1 retail cap is normally only available through an offshore entity. If the figure above is far above 1:30, check which entity is offering it in the licence table.

Sources

Every URL below was read before this record was published.

PN
Priya Nair
Register office · Regulation & Safety Lead

Every entity row on this record was checked against the authority's own database or the firm's own published legal page. Where no number was published, the field is left as “not verified” rather than filled.