Dossier · Brokerage / CFD firm · CY
Exness.
Also known as: Exness · Exness Group · Exness Limited
Regulator Record
48
Authorised, with restrictions
Cyprus-headquartered retail FX/CFD broker that built one of the largest retail FX flows in the world in the late 2010s. After tightening EU rules and ESMA leverage limits, the group restructured: the CySEC entity was retained but EU retail acquisition was wound down in favour of non-EU group entities operating from Seychelles, Curaçao and elsewhere.
Editorial caveat: Same pattern as BDSwiss: a live, reputable-regulator authorisation that is no longer used for the firm's main retail-onboarding flow. Volumes today are routed through non-EU group entities under offshore licences.
Items on file
0
Warnings
0
Enforcement
0
Range
—
Licences on file
- cysec178/12active2012-09-04
- fca730729active—
- fsa-sc—active—
- cbcs—active—
Status timeline · 3 events
2020-01-15
Other
Group reorganisation: dominant retail-onboarding flow shifted to Seychelles (FSA) and Curaçao (CBCS) entities; CySEC and FCA entities retained for institutional and selected retail business.
2018-08-01
Authorisation restricted
esma
Following ESMA's intervention measures on retail CFDs, the group narrowed its EU retail offering substantially and routed higher-leverage retail flow to non-EU group entities.
2012-09-04
Authorisation granted
cysec
Exness (CY) Ltd authorised as a Cyprus Investment Firm by CySEC under licence 178/12.
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