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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.

Official website snapshot
An official website snapshot is not on file for this broker.

Official website snapshot

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

What the sources show

Each finding shows its own check date and applies only to the named entity and source; the group file remains incomplete.

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

Identifiers disclosed by the provider; current regulator status not independently verified here.

Company / corporate identifier
SV: 22747 IBC 2015
Authority or registration system
CySEC for Europe entity
Disclosed financial permission
Europe entity: 183/12

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

Entity-name match only; no licence-number verification inferred.

Authority or registration system
Seychelles FSA
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Research changes

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