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ADSS

On the desk for one reason: licence no longer active on file. 2 register lines are on this file, spread across 2 legal entities in 2 jurisdictions, none of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

2 items · 0 notices

Every figure below was read off a regulator register or the firm's own filing.

Register entries as filed
  • 01
    register entry

    Capital Market Authority (CMA) UAE, formerly SCA entry Category 1 licence 305027; Category 5 licence 20200000217 for ADS Securities L.L.C - S.P.C

    Source: adss.com

  • 02
    register entry

    FCA (authorisation ended) entry 577453 for ADS Securities London Limited — no longer active

    Source: register.fca.org.uk

Entity by entity

2 lines
Register lines on file for ADSS. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
Capital Market Authority (CMA) UAE, formerly SCAUnited Arab EmiratesADS Securities L.L.C - S.P.CCategory 1 licence 305027; Category 5 licence 20200000217T2adss.com
FCA (authorisation ended)United KingdomADS Securities London Limited577453T1no longer activeregister.fca.org.uk

Tier is the desk's shorthand for the supervising regime, not a quality score: T1 a top-tier statutory regulator, T2 a mid-tier one, T3 an offshore registration.

Commercial detail on the record

Minimum to opennot verified
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertisednot verified
PlatformsADSS Platform · MT4 · MT5
Account booksStandard · Institutional · Demo

What the record says

ADSS is the trading name of ADS Securities L.L.C - S.P.C, registered in the UAE under commercial licence 1190047 with a registered office on Corniche Road, Abu Dhabi.

The UAE entity holds Capital Market Authority Category 1 licence 305027 covering trading broker, clearing, OTC derivatives and financial products dealing activities, plus Category 5 licence 20200000217 for introduction.

ADS Securities London Limited was FCA-authorised under reference 577453; the FCA register records that the firm can no longer carry on regulated activities.

ADSS states it is an execution-only service provider and does not give investment advice.

ADSS's LinkedIn page and site date the business from 2011 and 2010 respectively for its founding and first awards.

Not verified

6 fields

The desk left these blank rather than fill them from secondary sources. They stay on the file as open questions and will be filled the day a primary source carries them.

Other open files

The whole desk

This file reports what regulators and the firm have published. It is not a review, not a rating and not advice to open or close an account anywhere.