Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
FINMA · Switzerland · Established 2008
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is the financial regulator of Switzerland, established 2008. It caps retail leverage at 1:100, requires negative balance protection and segregated client funds, and compensates clients up to CHF 100,000 if a firm fails.
Official register
Check a firm's licence yourself
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
- 1:100
- Maximum leverage, professional
- 1:500
- Compensation if the firm fails
- CHF 100,000
- 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 FINMA
FINMA is responsible for financial regulation in Switzerland, supervising banks, insurance companies, exchanges, securities dealers and collective investment schemes. Known for extremely high standards.
- Strict Capital Requirements
- Investor Protection