Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASIC · Australia · Established 1998
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is the financial regulator of Australia, established 1998. It caps retail leverage at 1:30 and requires negative balance protection and segregated client funds.
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What this licence gets you
The rules a firm has to follow to keep this licence. A dash means we hold no answer on file, which is not the same as a no.
- Maximum leverage, retail
- 1:30
- Maximum leverage, professional
- 1:500
- Compensation if the firm fails
- —
- Negative balance protection
- Required
- Client funds held separately
- Required
- Hedging
- Permitted
- FIFO order closing
- Not mandatory
- Supervision covers
- Margin Forex supervised
- Body type
- Government
About ASIC
ASIC is Australia's corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator. It enforces and regulates company and financial services laws to protect consumers and investors.
- Negative Balance Protection
- Segregated Funds