Forex broker regulators

A broker is only as safe as the regulator that licenses the entity you sign up with. We group regulators into three tiers; see the methodology.

Regulator	Country	Tier	Brokers
FCA Financial Conduct Authority	GB	1	19
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission	AU	1	12
MAS Monetary Authority of Singapore	SG	1	7
JFSA Financial Services Agency (Japan)	JP	1	4
BaFin Federal Financial Supervisory Authority	DE	1	4
CIRO Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization	CA	1	3
CBI Central Bank of Ireland	IE	1	3
FINMA Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority	CH	1	2
CMVM Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (Portugal)	PT	1	2
KNF Polish Financial Supervision Authority	PL	1	2
SFC Securities and Futures Commission (Hong Kong)	HK	1	2
NFA National Futures Association (CFTC)	US	1	1
Bank of Italy Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy)	IT	1	1
CSSF Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier	LU	1	1
Danish FSA Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet)	DK	1	1
SEC US Securities and Exchange Commission	US	1	1
EFSA Finantsinspektsioon (Estonia)	EE	1	1
CySEC Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission	CY	2	22
DFSA Dubai Financial Services Authority	AE	2	8
FSCA Financial Sector Conduct Authority	ZA	2	6
SCA Securities and Commodities Authority (UAE)	AE	2	3
CMA Capital Markets Authority (Kenya)	KE	2	2
FMA Financial Markets Authority (NZ)	NZ	2	1
FSRA Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM, Abu Dhabi)	AE	2	1
FSA Seychelles Financial Services Authority (Seychelles)	SC	3	6
SCB Securities Commission of The Bahamas	BS	3	6
FSC Mauritius Financial Services Commission (Mauritius)	MU	3	2
FSC Belize Financial Services Commission (Belize)	BZ	3	1
FSA SVG Financial Services Authority (St Vincent & the Grenadines)	VC	3	1
FSC BVI Financial Services Commission (BVI)	VG	3	1