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Deriv

Malta · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited

Costs
MT5 advertises zero trading commission; spreads and dormancy charges are separate.
Platforms
This research covers the Deriv MT5 account.
Client protection
MT5 account-level negative balance protection; professional clients and prohibited trades excluded.
Sources and applicability

European entity / EEA documents; not applied to BVI or other entities.

Costs

Not zero total cost. Dormancy terms are in General Terms section 12.

MT5 — zero commission ↗ · 2026-09-29
PlatformsDeriv MT5 ↗ · 2026-09-29
Client protectionGeneral terms — section 10 ↗ · 2026-09-29

Terms for the named entities. Minimum spreads are not total costs or a cheapest-first ranking.

Deriv

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Brand overview and official site

Deriv operates through 7 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guernsey, Malaysia, Vanuatu, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

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Official website snapshot

File section · 03

Client protection

Protection is stored by legal entity and jurisdiction, not by brand name. Unknown is not No.

Not in file — No entity-level protection facts are stored yet. Unknown is not No.

Brand-level claims are not shown as entity-level facts. Missing data stays unknown.

What the sources show

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Entity matched; identifier scope below ·

Deriv (BVI) Ltd

BVI FSC lists Deriv (BVI) Ltd as currently regulated for dealing as principal. This page has no licence number; the company match must not be mistaken for verification of an identifier.

Sources and scope
Regulator records →

Source disagreement — unresolved ·

Deriv (FX) Ltd / Deriv Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd

Deriv's page still names Deriv (FX) Ltd. Its linked certificate records a rename to Deriv Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd on 4 December 2025, company LL13394. This is a name-change certificate, not a financial licence; current licensing remains unresolved.

Sources and scope

Client-protection evidence ·

Deriv (BVI) Ltd

BVI additional terms R26|03, dated 6 April 2024, permit using client money to meet obligations arising from clients' derivative trades. This clause does not establish a compensation scheme or unconditional segregation guarantee.

Sources and scope
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Research changes

These are saved research additions, not dates when a regulator changed a licence. Previous source-check and import records remain in the audit archive.

  1. · Research record updated

    Deriv · BVI entity match and Labuan name-change discrepancy recorded

    Primary source ↗Open research file →

  2. · Source check

    Deriv · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited · costs source check

    Primary source ↗Open research file →

  3. · Source check

    Deriv · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited · protection source check

    Primary source ↗Open research file →
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