Financial Conduct Authority
FXCN tier 1
34 brokers
Why it matters:
• Mandatory segregated funds → bankruptcy protection
• Mandatory negative balance protection → no debt risk
• Compensation schemes → insurance backstop
• Public enforcement → transparency
fxcn assigns 30% weight to regulation — highest single dimension.
Forex regulation must be resolved to the legal entity, permitted activity, licence status and client location; saying a brand is regulated is incomplete.
This is not an isolated definition. The data below comes from FXCN regulator records and active licence relationships and shows what requires verification.
34 brokers
29 brokers
5 brokers
29 brokers
0 brokers
10 brokers