Understand the authorities, explore their official registers and follow our related reporting.
ADGM financial-services permissions, professional-client and client-asset restrictions, official alerts and FSRA complaint scope.
AOFA licence claims must be read against the Comoros central bank’s explicit December 2025 warning, not treated as verified regulatory permissions.
How to check an Australian financial services licence, understand retail CFD protections and choose the right route for a complaint, suspected misconduct or an unpaid compensation award.
Dutch investment-firm and passport checks, Kifid complaints, asset separation and DNB investor-compensation scope.
The French prudential authority, its banking and insurance remit, and the current REGAFI route for checking named legal entities, active permissions and custody authorisations.
The French financial-markets authority and the distinct official checks for banks, investment firms, fund managers and intermediaries, with a clear boundary between authorisation and investment protection.
How to check an Indonesian futures broker, distinguish a broker licence from exchange membership and segregated-account details, and account for the 2025 transfer of financial-derivatives supervision to BI and OJK.
Italy’s banking supervisor, the ABF/ACF dispute split and the different treatment of deposits, custodied securities and bank-issued investments.
Bank Indonesia’s role in money-market and foreign-exchange derivatives, the product boundary with Bappebti and OJK, and the steps for checking a company’s permission and escalating a consumer complaint.
Reference for the BVI financial-services regulator and its investment-business register, including entity status and the scope of listed permissions.
Canada’s national investment-industry self-regulatory organisation oversees member dealers and trading activity, within a system that also includes provincial regulators, CIPF and OBSI.
UAE capital-market activity permissions, the limits of Category 5 introductions and advice, and the complaint service’s timing, jurisdiction and remedies.
Montenegro investment-firm checks, domestic versus EU-accession rules and new investor-fund evidence, with unresolved claim details identified explicitly.
How to check Saudi capital-market institutions, understand client-asset safeguards, file a CMA complaint and follow the distinct CRSD claim and appeal procedure.
Kenyan online-FX licence roles, client-fund segregation, complaint submission and why stockbroker compensation must not be assumed for forex accounts.
A practical reference to Turkey’s Capital Markets Board, licensed intermediary checks, MKK investor records, complaint and enforcement routes, and the scope of Investor Compensation Center protection.
Cayman Islands regulator reference for securities investment business, regulated-entity searches and the distinction between a firm’s name, registration and licence category.
A guide to the Irish investment-firm register, retail CFD measures and the distinction between investment compensation and bank-deposit protection.