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On the desk for one reason: single-entity structure. 1 register lines are on this file, spread across 1 legal entity in 1 jurisdiction, none of them with a top-tier regulator.


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Register lines are confirmed; several commercial figures remain unread and are left blank.

Register entries as filed
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    register entry

    Mwali International Services Authority (MISA), Comoros entry T2023236 for Parlance Trading Ltd (reg. HY00423015)

    Source: alpari.com

Entity by entity

1 lines
Register lines on file for Alpari. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
Mwali International Services Authority (MISA), ComorosComoros (Mohéli)Parlance Trading Ltd (reg. HY00423015)T2023236T3alpari.com

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 open$30
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertisedup to 1:3000 (ECN/Pro ECN accounts); Micro up to 1:500; Standard up to 1:1000
PlatformsMT4 · MT5
Account booksMicro · Standard · ECN · Pro ECN · Demo

What the record says

Alpari's own site states the brand was founded in 1998 and that it serves more than 1 million clients.

Alpari states it is licensed by the Mwali International Services Authority (MISA) as an International Brokerage and Clearing Company under number T2023236; MISA is a Comoros (Mohéli) offshore authority.

Alpari's legal footer names the operating company as Parlance Trading Ltd, registered number HY00423015; the MISA registrar's public verification page lists the same licence number T2023236 against the name Alpari (Comoros) Ltd.

Alpari (UK) Limited, a separate former UK group company, entered the Special Administration Regime on 19 January 2015 following the Swiss National Bank's removal of the EUR/CHF cap (source: FCA).

The current Alpari offering is not covered by any tier-1 regulator's supervision.

Alpari's Client Agreement (clause 7.8) states: "Your funds are held in our accounts, including segregated accounts opened in our name on your behalf for holding your funds. This is separate from our own funds" (alpari.com)

Alpari's Client Agreement (clause 8.6) states a client who owes more than their account balance "will pay the amount representing the excess within two (2) Business Days of the obligation arising other than where negative balance protection exists under Applicable Regulation" — i.e. the agreement does not itself grant negative balance protection (alpari.com)

Alpari's account comparison lists Micro (min $30, leverage up to 1:500), Standard ($100, up to 1:1000), ECN ($300, up to 1:3000) and Pro ECN ($500, up to 1:3000) accounts, and its leverage page states forex and metals leverage of up to 1:3000, cut to a maximum of 1:200 during Dynamic Margin Requirement periods around major news and market closures (alpari.com)

Not verified

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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.