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FP Markets

Australia · First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

Costs: Raw: AUD3.50/lot/side, from 0 pips. Standard: zero commission, from 1 pip.
Platforms: MT4/MT5/cTrader; TradingView is listed for Raw.
Client protection: Current Australian-entity FAQ states retail negative balance protection.

Sources and applicability

Australian entity disclosures; check account/product applicability.

Costs

AUD is not equivalent to USD pricing. Holding/platform fees are separate.

Forex account types — commission per lot / spreads ↗ · 2026-09-29

PlatformsForex account types — Standard / Raw platform lists ↗ · 2026-09-29

Client protection

Provider disclosure supplements the saved 2021 terms. It does not confirm the agreement used at application, Pro/other-entity coverage or insolvency compensation.

AU FAQ — negative balance protection; First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd footer ↗ · 2026-09-30

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

FP Markets

Active coverage

Brand overview and official site

FP Markets operates through 6 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Australia, Cyprus, Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Lucia.

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Residency support is not confirmed here for 249 other countries or regions.

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Legal entities in research file
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Verified licences in research file
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Client protection
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Official-source conflicts
Aug 23, 2026
Last checked
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What our research means for you

Entity matters
Regulator and client protection can differ by legal entity for FP Markets.
Licence verification
This research file currently records 2 of 4 current licences as verified against official records.
Client protection
This research file does not record client-protection evidence.
Official-source conflicts
This research file records 5 official-source conflicts. Official sources disagree on at least one documented fact in the file.

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Regulator register
data.gov.au
Sep 19, 2026
Open source
Regulator register
cysec.gov.cy
Aug 23, 2026
Open source
Regulator register
cysec.gov.cy
Aug 23, 2026
Open source
Regulatory disclosure
fpmarkets.eu
Aug 23, 2026
Open source

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About FP Markets

FP Markets is the brand. The legal-name family is First Prudential Markets.

EEA approved domains map to First Prudential Markets Ltd, CySEC 371/18. Australia is stated as First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd, AFSL 286354. Separate international companies are named for Seychelles, Saint Vincent, and Saint Lucia.

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Research summary

Full research file

From the full research file on record.

The catalog-applicable comparison scope is narrower, so its counts can be lower. Neither figure contradicts the other.

Research confidence

Medium

Research completeness/source coverage; not broker safety or suitability.

Licence verification

2 regulator-registers confirmed

4 licences recorded

Primary sources

Research file review

Aug 23, 2026

Latest source check

Sep 30, 2026

Outstanding issues

Official-source discrepancies 5 View discrepancies
Unresolved licences 2 View licences
Research gaps 3 View gaps

Researched by FXVeritas Research Desk · Evidence standard: Primary-source verification · Research evidence methodology · Editorial independence · Corrections policy

Research notes

Editorial summary from the research file. Recorded answers follow below.

FP Markets is the brand. The legal-name family is First Prudential Markets.

Legal entities & current licences

Brand is not a licence. Each legal entity is listed with the current licence record(s) isolated for that entity.

FP Markets

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

Jurisdiction: AU
Company number: 16 112 600 281
Registered office: Level 5, 10 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (2021 PDS contact address)
Status: ABR ABN 16 112 600 281 Active from 07 Jun 2005; ASIC professional registers returned an error page 2026-09-12
Role: Australian AFS licensee
Parent: Not recorded

Current licence evidence

ASIC · 286354

Regulator verified

Regulator: ASIC
Licence number: 286354
Status: matched on ASIC current AFS extract 202609 as FIRST PRUDENTIAL MARKETS PTY LTD; start date 31/05/2005
Permissions: Not recorded
Issue date: 2005-05-31
Checked: Sep 19, 2026

Research-file sourceASIC register

First Prudential Markets Ltd

Jurisdiction: CY
Company number: 372179
Registered office: Georgiou Griva Digeni 109, 3rd floor, 3101 Limassol, Cyprus
Status: listed on CySEC CIF register
Role: Cypriot investment firm
Parent: Not recorded

CySEC · 371/18

Regulator verified

Regulator: CySEC
Licence number: 371/18
Status: Authorised on the register
Permissions: Reception/transmission and execution for instrument class 9 (CFDs) plus listed ancillary services. Register page does not show dealing on own account.
Issue date: 2018-11-19
Checked: Sep 12, 2026

Research-file sourceCySEC register

First Prudential Markets Limited

Jurisdiction: SC
Company number: 8426368-1
Registered office: F20, 1st Floor, Eden Plaza, Eden Island, Seychelles (AML policy)
Status: Not recorded
Role: Seychelles securities dealer
Parent: Not recorded

Seychelles FSA · SD130

Official legal document

Regulator: Seychelles FSA
Licence number: SD130
Status: stated SD130 in official legal docs; listed on FSA Seychelles capital-markets page without SD130 on that row
Permissions: Not recorded
Issue date: Not recorded
Checked: Sep 12, 2026

Research-file sourceSeychelles FSA register

FP Markets LLC

Jurisdiction: VC
Company number: 126 LLC 2019
Registered office: Not recorded
Status: Not recorded
Role: Group entity named in the FSA client agreement
Parent: Not recorded

No current licence record is recorded for this legal entity.

FP Markets Ltd

Jurisdiction: LC
Company number: 2025-00853
Registered office: Ground Floor, Rodney Court Building, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Status: Not recorded
Role: Saint Lucia contracting entity
Parent: Not recorded

Unknown · Not recorded

Unverified

Regulator: Unknown
Licence number: Not recorded
Status: Company registration only, in the opened client agreement
Permissions: Not recorded
Issue date: Not recorded
Checked: Aug 23, 2026

Research-file sourceSource unavailable

Bivalto Ltd

Jurisdiction: CY
Company number: HE 442382
Registered office: Omonias, 135, UAD COURT, 3045, Limassol, Cyprus
Status: Not recorded
Role: Paying agent
Parent: Not recorded

No current licence record is recorded for this legal entity.

Client routing

Only regions named on an official page or legal document. A site loading is not acceptance.

EEA

First Prudential Markets Ltd

Not recorded

Region

EEA

Legal entity

First Prudential Markets Ltd

Regulator / licence

Not recorded

EvidenceCySEC approved domains www.fpmarkets.eu and www.fpmarkets.com/eu are assigned to First Prudential Markets Ltd.

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

Not recorded

Region

Legal entity

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

Regulator / licence

Not recorded

Evidence2021 PDS presents First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd as the issuer of OTC CFDs for that document. Current AU onboarding mapping was not re-opened on a live ASIC page.

Historical licences

Withdrawn, revoked, or closed retail authorisations. Not current onboarding licences.

No historical licence row was isolated.

Regulatory and corporate history

Dated events from official pages or registers. Incidents are historical records, not current licence status.

2005
EU regulation page: group of companies established in 2005.
Recorded event
2018-11-19
First Prudential Markets Ltd CySEC licence 371/18 granted.
Licence
2025
FP Markets Ltd Saint Lucia registration 2025-00853 appears on the 26 Jan 2026 client agreement.
Recorded event

Accounts and trading conditions

Advertised figures only. Observed spreads were not measured. Marketing ECN/STP is not treated as the legal model.

EU site advertises 800+ CFD instruments, spreads as low as 0.0 pips, min deposit as little as $50, and average execution under 40ms for 01/01/2020–31/12/2021 except most index CFDs.
Retail loss rate on EU site: 74.56%.
Observed spreads: not collected.

Recorded account types: 2 account types
Terms: Varies by account
Recorded entity scopes: fpmarkets.com account-types pages; HTML fetch later Cloudflare-blocked; snippets from official URL · fpmarkets.com account-types pages
Observed spread: Not measured

Account	Minimum deposit	Spread	Commission	Leverage	Margin / stop-out	Swap / Islamic	Execution type
Standard Entity scope: fpmarkets.com account-types pages; HTML fetch later Cloudflare-blocked; snippets from official URL	Not recorded	Advertised minimum spread: from 1.0 pipsNot recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
Raw Entity scope: fpmarkets.com account-types pages	Not recorded	Advertised minimum spread: from 0.0 pipsNot recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded

Standard

Entity scope: fpmarkets.com account-types pages; HTML fetch later Cloudflare-blocked; snippets from official URL

Minimum deposit: Not recorded
Leverage: Not recorded
Advertised minimum spread: from 1.0 pips
Advertised typical spread: Not recorded
Commission: Not recorded
Execution type: Not recorded
Margin call: Not recorded
Stop out: Not recorded
Swaps: Not recorded
Islamic: Not recorded

Raw

Entity scope: fpmarkets.com account-types pages

Minimum deposit: Not recorded
Leverage: Not recorded
Advertised minimum spread: from 0.0 pips
Advertised typical spread: Not recorded
Commission: Not recorded
Execution type: Not recorded
Margin call: Not recorded
Stop out: Not recorded
Swaps: Not recorded
Islamic: Not recorded

MT4
MT5
cTrader
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Execution and conflicts

Legal documents first. Advertised ECN, STP, or NDD is not certified unless a legal policy confirms it.

Advertised model: EU page: liquidity streams from top-tier financial institutions; institutional-grade interbank liquidity.
Legal model: Not recorded
Principal or agent: unknown
Venues: Not recorded
Liquidity-provider disclosure: Not recorded

Funding and withdrawal

Only methods and rules isolated on opened official pages.

Methods

credit card, Neteller, Skrill, BPAY, Poli, PayPal

Sources

Primary-source ledger for this public record. Affiliate and coupon pages are excluded.

Official broker website
Official broker source · Unverified · Not checked
Official page · other · 2026-09-12View source
ASIC current AFS extract 202609
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-19 · 2026-09-10View source
Official page · other · 2026-09-12View source
CySEC settlement 4 Feb 2026
Regulator · regulator · 2026-08-23View source
CySEC First Prudential Markets Ltd
Regulator · regulator · 2026-08-23View source
FSA Client Agreement 26 Nov 2025
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-08-23View source
Saint Lucia Client Agreement 26 Jan 2026
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-08-23View source
FP Markets EU regulation
Official page · official_product · 2026-08-23View source

Official-source discrepancies

Official pages disagree. FXVeritas does not pick a winner. This is not a fraud or safety label.

Official-source discrepancy

Cyprus registered address

Source A: CySEC CIF list retrieved 2026-09-12: Georgiou Griva Digeni 109, 3rd floor, 3101 Limassol.

Source B: Earlier CySEC extract in this file (2026-08-23): 135 Omonoias, UAD Court, 7th Floor, 3045 Limassol. Official EU footer previously matched the Griva Digeni address.

Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Sep 12, 2026

Official-source discrepancy

CySEC licence number formatting

Source A: CySEC register and EU footer: 371/18.

Source B: FSA Client Agreement Group definition: CIF License Number 18/371.

Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Aug 23, 2026

Official-source discrepancy

Australian ABN last three digits

Source A: 2021 PDS, Partners Hub FAQ, and ABR ABN Lookup 2026-09-12: ABN 16 112 600 281 (Active from 07 Jun 2005).

Source B: Saint Lucia CA Group definition: ABN 16 112 600 291. FSA CA also prints a garbled ABN 112 16 291 600.

Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Aug 23, 2026

Official-source discrepancy

Group entity list

Source A: FSA CA Group: Seychelles FSA entity, FP Markets LLC SVG, AU Pty Ltd, CySEC Ltd.

Source B: STL CA Group: Saint Lucia FP Markets Ltd, Seychelles FSA entity, AU Pty Ltd, CySEC Ltd. SVG LLC omitted.

Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Aug 23, 2026

Official-source discrepancy

Seychelles registered address

Source A: AML policy in this file: F20, 1st Floor, Eden Plaza, Eden Island, Seychelles

Source B: FSA Seychelles capital-markets list: Office 205, Waterside Property, Eden Island

Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Sep 12, 2026

Research gaps

Unknowns are part of the public record. They are not filled from other brokers.

ASIC current AFS extract 202609 matches AFSL 286354 to FIRST PRUDENTIAL MARKETS PTY LTD, start 31/05/2005. Live Professional Registers Search UI was not opened.
Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent registers were not opened. FSA Seychelles capital-markets list names First Prudential Markets Limited; SD130 is not printed on that row.
The 2021 Australian PDS is stale as a current product disclosure.

Recorded answers

Short answers from the full FXVeritas research file for FP Markets. They describe recorded evidence, not safety or suitability.

Is FP Markets regulated?

FXVeritas records 6 legal entities in the research file for FP Markets. 2 of 4 research-file licences are regulator-verified. Regulatory protection can differ by the entity serving the client.

Which legal entities are recorded for FP Markets?

The current FXVeritas file records 6 legal entities. A brand name is not a licence.

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd
First Prudential Markets Ltd
First Prudential Markets Limited
FP Markets LLC
FP Markets Ltd
Bivalto Ltd

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Which regulators are recorded?

The current file records 4 regulator codes: ASIC, CySEC, Seychelles FSA, Unknown.

Which licence identifiers are recorded?

The current file records 3 licence identifiers. Some recorded licences do not expose an identifier in the source used by FXVeritas.

CySEC · 371/18Primary source
ASIC · 286354Primary source
Seychelles FSA · SD130Primary source

How many research-file licences are verified?

FXVeritas has independently verified 2 of 4 research-file licences.

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What client-protection evidence is recorded?

Client-protection evidence is not yet recorded in this file. Missing evidence is not a finding that protection is absent.

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What remains unresolved?

2 licence items remain unresolved, and 5 official-source discrepancies are recorded. These are research-file states, not confirmed misconduct.

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Incidents and regulatory actions

Historical record only. A past settlement or withdrawn licence is not the current licence status.

Historical regulatory record
2026-02-04
CySEC €100,000 settlement
First Prudential Markets Ltd
Settlement for possible violation of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 600/2014, particularly paragraph 5 of CySEC Directive DI87-09, assessing CFD-restriction compliance for March 2022–August 2025. Amount paid. Board decision date 19 January 2026.
Historical record. Not current licence status.

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Australia · First Prudential Markets Pty LtdOlder document; current terms need checking

Official retail terms, PDS and TMD links; account terms dated 2021.

The Australian document list names First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd. Clause 1.4 requires acceptance of the application. Confirm the version used for a current application.

Raw: AUD3.50/lot/side, from 0 pips. Standard: zero commission, from 1 pip.

AUD is not equivalent to USD pricing. Holding/platform fees are separate.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

MT4/MT5/cTrader; TradingView is listed for Raw.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

Current Australian-entity FAQ states retail negative balance protection.

Provider disclosure supplements the saved 2021 terms. It does not confirm the agreement used at application, Pro/other-entity coverage or insolvency compensation.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-30

Your next check: Confirm current application terms and currency/platform charges.

Read official source ↗

FP Markets — Retail Client Account Terms (2021) · Source checked: 2026-09-29

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.

2026-09-30 · Source check
FP Markets · First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd · protection source check
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Research summary

Research notes

Legal entities & current licences

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

ASIC · 286354

First Prudential Markets Ltd

CySEC · 371/18

First Prudential Markets Limited

Seychelles FSA · SD130

FP Markets LLC

FP Markets Ltd

Unknown · Not recorded

Bivalto Ltd

Client routing

Historical licences

Regulatory and corporate history

Client protection

First Prudential Markets Ltd

First Prudential Markets Limited

First Prudential Markets Pty Ltd

FP Markets Ltd

Accounts and trading conditions

Standard

Raw

Execution and conflicts

Funding and withdrawal

Sources

Official-source discrepancies

Cyprus registered address

CySEC licence number formatting

Australian ABN last three digits

Group entity list

Seychelles registered address

Research gaps

Recorded answers

Is FP Markets regulated?

Which legal entities are recorded for FP Markets?

Which regulators are recorded?

Which licence identifiers are recorded?

How many research-file licences are verified?

What client-protection evidence is recorded?

What remains unresolved?

Incidents and regulatory actions

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