Services & customers
Sections ↑Scope Prime supplies institutional market access and operating services to brokerages, investment managers, hedge funds, family offices and professional investors. A broker can obtain liquidity for hedging client flow, while an investment manager can use exchange access and financing for a portfolio. Its published customer set also includes high-net-worth investors. The service is part of Rostro Group, but an institutional relationship needs its own account and legal entity; a Scope Markets retail account is a different proposition.[2]
Market access and financing choices
| Offering | Published scope | How the exposure differs |
|---|---|---|
| OTC CFDs | FX, indices, metals, energy, equities and futures-linked CFDs. | Contractual derivative exposure rather than ownership of the underlying asset.Source 3 |
| Listed derivatives | Direct access to exchange-traded futures and options. | Exchange contracts have their own specifications, expiries and margin requirements.Source 3 |
| Equities and ETFs | Fully paid holdings, CFDs or share-finance arrangements. | These are distinct funding and ownership structures, despite referencing similar securities.Source 3 |
| Fixed income | Government, corporate and municipal bonds; fixed-income collateral can support trading. | Collateral acceptance is part of the financing arrangement, not unlimited borrowing capacity.Source 3 |
| Funds | Mutual funds, hedge funds and other managed products. | Availability and reporting follow the selected investment product.Source 3 |
The prime-services package extends beyond a price stream. Scope Prime markets single-security and portfolio financing, cross-margin trading, smart routing and execution algorithms. It also describes access to the interdealer currency market through EBS Market and Refinitiv Matching. For a brokerage, these functions address different needs: external execution, use of portfolio collateral and management of the trading book. No universal margin schedule or financing advance rate is published with the service description.[4]
Its broker-services offering also includes outsourced risk frameworks, real-time analytics, consulting and transactional reporting described for EMIR and CySEC requirements. These services sit around the broker’s platform and liquidity-provider connections, helping the operating team monitor exposure and trade flow. The service description does not define one standard managed-risk mandate for every customer.[4]
Platforms & integrations
Sections ↑Trading interfaces and broker connections
| Route | Supported role | Useful distinction |
|---|---|---|
| Iress | DMA desktop/web access, Level 2, routing and execution algorithms; Bloomberg EMSX integration. | Exchange execution can be held as cash or CFD exposure under the account arrangement.Source 5 |
| CQG and Trading Technologies | Listed futures and options workflows; TT includes exchange and synthetic spreads. | These are third-party trading platforms supplied through the service.Source 5 |
| MT4, MT5 and FIX | Broker platform distribution and programmatic connectivity. | The connected platform does not itself define the legal counterparty or available products.Source 5 |
| Client Portal and Back Office | Real-time and historical reporting, corporate-action monitoring, API integration and bespoke branding. | An operational interface for account visibility and integration with the client’s own systems.Source 4 |
The named technology network includes oneZero, Your Bourse, m-FINANCE, PrimeXM, Gold-i, FXCubic, Centroid Solutions, Iress and MetaQuotes. This gives a broker several routes into an existing stack. The partner list establishes published relationships; it does not specify which bridge licence, adapter, market-data entitlement or implementation work is included in a particular quote. Scope Prime’s proposal needs to identify the actual route, because a partner logo is less specific than an agreed production connection.[6]
Pricing & commercial terms
Sections ↑Most institutional economics are negotiated. The EU costs document is an ex-ante illustration, not a current wholesale rate card: the retrieved copy has a November 2022 cover and November 2023 footer. It describes estimated trading costs, but its examples are unsuitable as a live price quotation. The reviewed documents do not establish one standard opening deposit, credit line, monthly minimum or collateral haircut for the entire institutional brand.[8]
Published cost information and its scope
| Item | Public basis | Applicable scope |
|---|---|---|
| Gold futures campaign | Approximately $25 per million. | Indicative landing-page figure; the page does not define the dollar currency, charging side or complete all-in inclusions.Source 7 |
| Underlying clients in the futures offer | No market-data, platform or setup fees advertised. | Specific to this offer and recipient; it does not establish a free wholesale broker relationship.Source 7 |
| CFD execution and holding | Spreads may include markup; overnight swaps and commissions can be separate from the quoted price. | SM Capital Markets order-execution policy, December 2024.Source 9 |
| Physical-share dealing | Commissions may be a percentage of transaction value or a fixed charge. | No universal amount is specified by that policy.Source 9 |
Implementation & onboarding
Sections ↑Corporate onboarding under the Cyprus application
| Area | Documents or authority requested |
|---|---|
| Corporate identity | Signed application, incorporation, registered-office, directors and shareholder documents, constitutional documents and group structure.Source 10 |
| Financial and operating evidence | Operating-address evidence within six months; latest audited accounts or management accounts where available; good-standing certificate where available.Source 10 |
| People and ownership | Identity and address evidence for directors, authorised representatives and natural-person shareholders or beneficial owners at 25% or above; corporate ownership chains require entity documents.Source 10 |
| Mandate and certification | Board authority identifies permitted account operators. Certification differs by jurisdiction, including apostille requirements outside the EEA.Source 10 |
The corporate application’s board resolution authorises named persons to trade, convert currencies, deposit from company accounts and request payments back to company accounts. Where a shareholder certificate is unavailable, it calls for an incumbency certificate within six months; a good-standing certificate, where supplied, should be within one year.[10]
The categorisation notice separates retail, professional and eligible-counterparty treatment and describes requests to change classification. A request is subject to the company’s acceptance and, where relevant, written acknowledgment of reduced protections. This older shared Scope Markets/Scope Prime policy establishes the classification process; it does not mean every retail applicant is eligible for the current institutional service.[12]
For its MT5 futures offering, Scope Prime advertises a dedicated bridge handling symbol creation, contract-specification updates, margin and expiry management, with an approximate one-week setup. That estimate is specific to the advertised technology package; corporate approval and the final production scope remain separate parts of onboarding.[7]
Support & operations
Sections ↑Scope Prime advertises 24/5 specialists and a high-touch dealing service, with connectivity at LD4, NY4 and TY3. These are support and connectivity descriptions, rather than a published restoration-time guarantee. The platform page additionally describes private/public cloud infrastructure at LD4, security and network operations teams and external penetration testing. Those are provider statements about the operating model; the hosting references do not certify every client deployment.[5][2]
Cyprus complaints process
| Stage | Published timing and route |
|---|---|
| Submission | [email protected]; provide account details, the event date, disputed amount/currency and supporting evidence.Source 13 |
| Acknowledgement | Within five business days from receipt.Source 13 |
| Investigation | A decision within two months; if delayed, the company explains the reason, with a maximum of three months from submission.Source 13 |
Official service and account routes
Entities, permissions & client treatment
Sections ↑Brand and contracting-entity boundaries
| Entity or route | Verified or published position | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| SM Capital Markets Ltd / scopeprime.eu | CySEC’s current list records licence 339/17, company 346068 and approved trade name Scope Prime; licence date 2 November 2017. | Cyprus investment firm. The official list was read; the individual detail page did not load.Source 14 |
| Cyprus approved domains | CySEC associates scopeprime.eu, scopemarkets.eu and smcapitalmarkets.com with SM Capital Markets. | Shared company identity does not make the institutional and retail offers identical.Source 15 |
| MMCD Resources Limited | The Seychelles FSA list matches the Scope Prime trade name and scopeprime.com, mmcd.sc and scopeprime.sc domains. | This is a different company from the separately listed Scope Markets Global Ltd.Source 16 |
| Other global-brand entities | The global footer also names RS Global Ltd, Scope Markets SA (PTY) Ltd and RGL Capital Ltd. | These are the provider’s named Belize, South Africa and Mauritius routes; their detailed permissions were not independently established here.Source 1 |
SM Capital Markets’ 2025 solo prudential report describes an STP intermediary that transmits orders for execution and does not internalise market risk. That entity-specific description is more precise than extending the website’s broad OTC market-making label to every group company. Its December 2024 execution policy applies to retail and professional clients, while excluding eligible-counterparty relationships from that policy’s scope.[18][9]
Money and protection provisions for the Cyprus route
| Provision | Documented treatment |
|---|---|
| Client money | July 2026 terms describe segregated client money as the default, but professional clients and eligible counterparties may be required to enter a title-transfer collateral arrangement. That arrangement prevails where inconsistent with the general terms.Source 11 |
| Compensation | The published ICF policy excludes professional clients and eligible counterparties, as well as specified institutional categories. Institutional status therefore cannot be paired with a generic retail compensation badge.Source 17 |
| Securities financing | The terms authorise securities-financing arrangements using held instruments. Lending benefits may be retained by the company or third party and voting rights can be limited. Margin lending can lead to asset sales without prior contact.Source 11 |
Company & financial context
Sections ↑Scope Prime is a Rostro Group institutional brand. The global website names several operating companies, while the EU site presents SM Capital Markets as its operator. The common brand gives access to a wider group proposition, but the legal account still sits with one company. In particular, an entity’s local permission, balance sheet or complaint process should be read against that company rather than aggregated into a worldwide guarantee.[1]
SM Capital Markets: 2025 solo disclosure
| Measure | Reported value | Period and scope |
|---|---|---|
| Own funds | EUR 2.935 million | 31 December 2025; company-only disclosure, reported in EUR thousands.Source 18 |
| Minimum own-funds requirement | EUR 275,000 | The report’s applicable requirement; not an account-opening requirement for clients.Source 18 |
| Permanent minimum capital | EUR 150,000 | A separate regulatory component, not the company’s total own funds or a client protection limit.Source 18 |
The legal library provides both solo and consolidated prudential reports alongside trading policies. This makes the reporting perimeter visible: the solo figures above describe the Cyprus company, while a consolidated document can cover a different group of entities. They are historical financial disclosures, not a real-time credit assessment of an institutional account.[20]
- Operator
- Rostro Group operating companies; SM Capital Markets Ltd operates scopeprime.eu
- Service scope
- OTC liquidity, exchange-traded securities and derivatives access, portfolio financing, broker risk services and reporting.
- Customer types
- Regulated brokers; Asset managers; Hedge funds; Family offices; Professional investors; Proprietary trading firms
- Delivery
- API; Hosted; Managed service
- Pricing publication
- Public and quoted pricing
- Platforms
- Proprietary Back Office and Client Portal
- Integrations
- Iress; CQG; Trading Technologies; MT4; MT5; Bloomberg EMSX; FIX API; Broker bridge partners
- Pricing scope
- Most institutional terms are negotiated; a futures campaign publishes indicative transaction costs and scoped fee waivers.
- Implementation
- Corporate verification, account classification and trading setup; the MT5 futures offer includes a dedicated bridge.
- Support
- 24/5 specialist and dealing-desk coverage; Cyprus complaints follow the published SM Capital Markets procedure.
- Permissions and regulatory scope
- The Cyprus company and Seychelles company were matched to official records. Permissions and client-money terms attach to the contracting entity and client category.
Provider metadata checked 20 Oct 2026Source 1Source 2Source 4Source 3Source 5Source 7Source 14Source 16Source 13
Additional Information
Sections ↑Data, account exit and future products
| Topic | Useful operating detail |
|---|---|
| Personal-data retention | The Cyprus notice retains information during the relationship and for required legal/regulatory periods afterward, with longer retention for legitimate claims. It does not publish one universal deletion deadline.Source 19 |
| Portability and deletion | The notice provides structured, machine-readable portability where applicable and feasible. Erasure can be limited by legal, regulatory and claims requirements; these rights do not amount to automatic migration of an entire trading account.Source 19 |
| Funding and withdrawals | Cash, anonymous and third-party deposits are rejected. Withdrawals generally return to the remitter by the original method, subject to documents and obligations. Conversion can carry markup; third-party transfer charges fall to the client.Source 11 |
| Ordinary termination | July 2026 terms allow either party three business days’ written notice. Pending transactions and open positions must be dealt with; the company may close remaining positions, restrict further access and retain sums needed for outstanding liabilities.Source 11 |
| Event contracts | The futures landing page labels event contracts as coming soon; they are not included here as an established live service.Source 7 |
Sources & further reading
- Scope Prime global service and operating-entity disclosures Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- About Scope Prime and its institutional customers Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime products Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime liquidity, financing, risk and back-office solutions Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime platforms and technology Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime technology partner network Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime Futures & Options offer Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets costs and charges illustrations SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets order execution policy SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets corporate account application SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets terms and conditions, July 2026 version 4 SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets client categorisation notice SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets complaints handling policy SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- CySEC current Cyprus investment-firm list: SM Capital Markets Ltd Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- CySEC approved investment-firm domains Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Seychelles FSA capital-markets entities: MMCD Resources Limited Financial Services Authority Seychelles · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets investor compensation fund policy SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets 2025 solo prudential disclosure SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- SM Capital Markets privacy notice SM Capital Markets Ltd · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
- Scope Prime EU legal-document library Scope Prime · Accessed 20 Oct 2026
This profile reports dated public information, including provider-published services and terms. It does not independently test or guarantee service delivery, integrations or performance. Inclusion is not an endorsement. Permissions and protections apply only to the named legal entity, service and client category; check the current official records and your contract.