HFM
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Brand overview and official site
HFM operates through 4 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Cyprus, Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mauritius.
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What you can conclude
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Provider licence disclosure
HF Markets (SV) Ltd / HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
The provider distinguishes SVG incorporation from the Cyprus investment firm. Its Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund membership relates to the European entity; it is not evidence of cover for an SVG account.
Sources and scope →Entity matched; identifier scope below
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
The FSA list names this Seychelles entity. This entry does not print its licence number or establish which residence-specific account contracts with it.
Sources and scope →1 of 3 licence records have been checked against regulator information.
Important differences
Companies within the same brand can have different regulation and protections.
- HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
CySEC
- HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
Seychelles FSA
Open items and verification notes
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- Live CySEC CIF card for HF Markets (Europe) Ltd timed out from this host.
- SD015 is not printed on the FSA list row; FSA does not publish that number next to the company name.
- Mauritius FSC live register was not opened for C110008214.
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Where can residents use HFM?
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Key Facts
From the current research file.
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Legal entities in research file
1/3
Verified licences in research file
Not recorded
Client protection
2
Official-source conflicts
Aug 23, 2026
Last checked
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Research coverage
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About HFM
HFM is a brand used by several companies. The catalog previously stored only HF Markets (Europe) Ltd CySEC 183/12. CySEC approved domains for that CIF are hfeu.com, not hfm.com. Pillar III 2025 states that entity discontinued EU retail on 20 September 2025.
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd, company 8419176-1, is named on the FSA Seychelles capital-markets list with website https://www.hfm.com/sc/en/. SD015 is stated on official HFM regulatory copy and is not printed on the FSA list row.
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Licence verification
1 regulator-register confirmed
3 licences recorded
Primary sources
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Outstanding issues
- Official-source discrepancies 2 View discrepancies
- Unresolved licences 2 View licences
- Research gaps 4 View gaps
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Research notes
Editorial summary from the research file. Recorded answers follow below.
HFM is a brand used by several companies. The catalog previously stored only HF Markets (Europe) Ltd CySEC 183/12. CySEC approved domains for that CIF are hfeu.com, not hfm.com. Pillar III 2025 states that entity discontinued EU retail on 20 September 2025.
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd, company 8419176-1, is named on the FSA Seychelles capital-markets list with website https://www.hfm.com/sc/en/. SD015 is stated on official HFM regulatory copy and is not printed on the FSA list row.
Legal entities & current licences
Brand is not a licence. Each legal entity is listed with the current licence record(s) isolated for that entity.
HFM
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- CY
- Company number
- 277582
- Registered office
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- CySEC CIF stored on the catalog; approved domains are hfeu.com, not hfm.com; Pillar III 2025 says EU retail discontinued 20 September 2025
- Parent
- Not recorded
Current licence evidence
CySEC · 183/12
Regulator verified- Regulator
- CySEC
- Licence number
- 183/12
- Status
- stored as verified on the catalog CySEC CIF page; live card timed out in this pass
- Permissions
- Not recorded
- Issue date
- Not recorded
- Checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Research-file sourceCySEC register
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- SC
- Company number
- 8419176-1
- Registered office
- FSA list: Unit C, F28, Eden Plaza, Eden Island, Seychelles. Account-opening legal line: Room S203A, Second Floor, Orion Complex, Victoria, Mahe.
- Status
- Named on FSA capital-markets list 2026-09-12
- Role
- Seychelles FSA securities dealer; FSA list website https://www.hfm.com/sc/en/
- Parent
- Not recorded
Seychelles FSA · SD015
Broker published- Regulator
- Seychelles FSA
- Licence number
- SD015
- Status
- entity named on FSA capital-markets list; SD015 not printed on that row
- Permissions
- Not recorded
- Issue date
- Not recorded
- Checked
- Sep 12, 2026
Research-file sourceRegulator list
HF Markets (SV) Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- VC
- Company number
- 22747 IBC 2015
- Registered office
- Suite 305, Griffith Corporate Centre, P.O. Box 1510, Beachmont Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- SVG IBC named on the international live-account legal line; IBC is not a financial licence
- Parent
- Not recorded
No current licence record is recorded for this legal entity.
HF Markets Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- MU
- Company number
- 094286 C1/GBL
- Registered office
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- Mauritius FSC investment dealer named in the opened 2024 Terms of Business
- Parent
- Not recorded
Financial Services Commission (Mauritius) · C110008214
Official legal document- Licence number
- C110008214
- Status
- stated in 2024 Mauritius Terms of Business; Mauritius FSC live register not opened
- Permissions
- Investment Dealer
- Issue date
- Not recorded
- Checked
- Sep 12, 2026
Research-file sourceOfficial broker website
Client routing
Only regions named on an official page or legal document. A site loading is not acceptance.
hfm.com/sc visitors
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
Seychelles FSA · SD015
Region
hfm.com/sc visitors
Legal entity
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
Regulator / licence
Seychelles FSA · SD015
Route protectionOpened Seychelles Client Agreement: omnibus Client Money Accounts distinct from operational funds; retail NBP with abuse carve-outs. No ICF/FSCS.
EvidenceFSA capital-markets list names HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd with https://www.hfm.com/sc/en/. Client Agreement February 2026 names Co. No. 8419176-1.
EU/EEA clients of HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
CySEC · 183/12
Region
EU/EEA clients of HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
Legal entity
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
Regulator / licence
CySEC · 183/12
Route protectionPillar III 2025: as of 20 September 2025 the Company discontinued servicing all EU retail clients and will exclusively serve institutional clients. ICF is not newly confirmed. Catalog retail ICF/NBP on this entity is stale for consumer UI.
EvidenceCapital Requirements Disclosures PDF. CySEC approved domains for this CIF are hfeu.com, not hfm.com.
Clients of HF Markets (SV) Ltd
HF Markets (SV) Ltd
Not recorded
Region
Clients of HF Markets (SV) Ltd
Legal entity
HF Markets (SV) Ltd
Regulator / licence
Not recorded
Route protectionNo EU/UK compensation. SVG IBC is not treated as a licence.
EvidenceInternational live-account legal line names HF Markets (SV) Ltd, 22747 IBC 2015. Terms of Business PDF opened.
Clients of HF Markets Ltd (Mauritius)
HF Markets Ltd
Financial Services Commission (Mauritius) · C110008214
Region
Clients of HF Markets Ltd (Mauritius)
Legal entity
HF Markets Ltd
Regulator / licence
Financial Services Commission (Mauritius) · C110008214
Route protectionOpened 2024 Mauritius Terms of Business named the FSC licence. Segregation, NBP, and a statutory compensation scheme were not found in the opened excerpts.
Evidencehttps://www.hfm.com/load_terms?file=HFMU%2F2024-01_HFMU_Terms_of_Business_2024-01.pdf names HF Markets Ltd, C110008214, 094286 C1/GBL.
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.
No dated history row was isolated.
Client protection
Shown per legal entity. Group-wide claims are not used.
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- ICF is not newly confirmed. Pillar III 2025: as of 20 September 2025 HF Markets (Europe) Ltd discontinued servicing all EU retail clients and will exclusively serve institutional clients. Catalog retail ICF/NBP on this entity is stale for consumer UI.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
- Segregated client money
- Client Agreement 31.1: designated omnibus Client Money Accounts hold client funds; operational funds are held in separate accounts entirely distinct from client funds. Third-party holding (exchange, clearing house, intermediary) may be permitted.
- Negative balance protection
- Client Agreement 20.4: NBP limits a retail client’s aggregate CFD liability to funds available across trading accounts; the company may decline or reverse NBP for abusive trading. NBP does not prevent a temporary negative balance before reset.
- Investor compensation
- No EU/UK investor compensation scheme is stated for the Seychelles company.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- NBP wording is for a retail Client. Professional difference is not separately defined in the opened NBP clause.
- Insolvency treatment
- Client funds are described as distinct from operational funds. No statutory compensation fund is named.
HF Markets (SV) Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- No investor compensation scheme is stated for the SVG IBC.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
HF Markets Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- No investor compensation scheme excerpt was found in the opened 2024 Mauritius Terms of Business.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
Accounts and trading conditions
Advertised figures only. Observed spreads were not measured. Marketing ECN/STP is not treated as the legal model.
- Brand-wide leverage is not stored. Entity leverage schedules were not opened beyond the Seychelles NBP clause.
- Observed spreads: not collected.
No account-type table was isolated.
- MT4
- MT5
- HFM WebTrader
- HFM Platform
- Mobile
Execution and conflicts
Legal documents first. Advertised ECN, STP, or NDD is not certified unless a legal policy confirms it.
- Advertised model
- Not recorded
- Legal model
- Seychelles Client Agreement: the company may operate as a market maker for OTC CFDs.
- Principal or agent
- Not recorded
- Venues
- Not recorded
- Liquidity-provider disclosure
- Not recorded
Funding and withdrawal
Only methods and rules isolated on opened official pages.
Sources
Primary-source ledger for this public record. Affiliate and coupon pages are excluded.
- Official broker website
Official broker source · Unverified · Not checked
FSA Seychelles capital-markets list
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
HFM international live-account legal line
Official page · official_product · 2026-09-12View source
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd Capital Requirements Disclosures 2025
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12 · 2025View source
CySEC HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
Regulator · regulator · 2026-08-23View source
HF Markets Ltd Mauritius Terms of Business January 2024
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12 · 2024-01View source
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd Client Agreement February 2026
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12 · 2026-02View source
HF Markets (SV) Ltd Terms of Business January 2026
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12 · 2026-01View source
Official-source discrepancies
Official pages disagree. FXVeritas does not pick a winner. This is not a fraud or safety label.
Official-source discrepancy
HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd registered-office wording
Source A: FSA capital-markets list: Unit C, F28, Eden Plaza, Eden Island, Seychelles.
Source B: International live-account legal line: Room S203A, Second Floor, Orion Complex, Victoria, Mahe, Republic of Seychelles.
Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Sep 12, 2026
Official-source discrepancy
HF Markets (Europe) Ltd retail vs institutional clients
Source A: Catalog stores CySEC 183/12 plus generic ICF/NBP against HF Markets (Europe) Ltd as if it were a current EU retail contractor.
Source B: Pillar III 2025 Capital Requirements Disclosures: as of 20 September 2025 the Company discontinued servicing all EU retail clients and will exclusively serve institutional clients, starting with HF Markets Ltd.
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.
- hfm.com/int/en/about/regulatory-environment was Cloudflare-gated in this pass.
- Live CySEC CIF card for HF Markets (Europe) Ltd timed out from this host.
- SD015 is not printed on the FSA list row; FSA does not publish that number next to the company name.
- Mauritius FSC live register was not opened for C110008214.
Recorded answers
Short answers from the full FXVeritas research file for HFM. They describe recorded evidence, not safety or suitability.
What the sources show →Is HFM regulated?
What the provider discloses
HF Markets (SV) Ltd / HF Markets (Europe) Ltd — The provider distinguishes SVG incorporation from the Cyprus investment firm. Its Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund membership relates to the European entity; it is not evidence of cover for an SVG account. Sources and scope →
Independent regulatory check
FXVeritas records 4 legal entities in the research file for HFM. 1 of 3 research-file licences are regulator-verified. Regulatory protection can differ by the entity serving the client.
A provider disclosure is not an independent licence confirmation. Match your agreement’s company name, service permissions and residence conditions before applying.
Which legal entities are recorded for HFM?
The current FXVeritas file records 4 legal entities. A brand name is not a licence.
- HF Markets (Europe) Ltd
- HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd
- HF Markets (SV) Ltd
- HF Markets Ltd
Which regulators are recorded?
The current file records 4 regulator codes: CySEC, Seychelles FSA, Unknown, Financial Services Commission (Mauritius).
Which licence identifiers are recorded?
The current file records 3 licence identifiers.
- CySEC · 183/12Primary source
- Seychelles FSA · SD015Primary source
- Financial Services Commission (Mauritius) · C110008214Primary source
How many research-file licences are verified?
FXVeritas has independently verified 1 of 3 research-file licences.
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.
What remains unresolved?
2 licence items remain unresolved, and 2 official-source discrepancies are recorded. These are research-file states, not confirmed misconduct.
Incidents and regulatory actions
Historical record only. A past settlement or withdrawn licence is not the current licence status.
No dated incident or regulatory action was isolated.
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