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On the desk for one reason: multi-entity structure. 5 register lines are on this file, spread across 5 legal entities in 5 jurisdictions, 2 of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

5 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

    FCA entry 502635 for Hantec Markets Limited

    Source: register.fca.org.uk

  • 02
    register entry

    FSC Mauritius entry C114013940 for Hantec Markets Limited (Mauritius)

    Source: hmarkets.com

  • 03
    register entry

    ASIC entry AFSL 326907 for Hantec Markets (Australia) Pty Limited

    Source: www2.hantecgroup.com

  • 04
    register entry

    VFSC (Vanuatu Financial Services Commission) entry 40318 for Hantec Markets (V) Company Limited

    Source: hantecfinancial.com

  • 05
    register entry

    FSA Seychelles entry SD164 for Hantec (Seychelles) Services Limited

    Source: hantecfinancial.com

Entity by entity

5 lines
Register lines on file for Hantec Markets. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
FCAUnited KingdomHantec Markets Limited502635T1register.fca.org.uk
FSC MauritiusMauritiusHantec Markets Limited (Mauritius)C114013940T3hmarkets.com
ASICAustraliaHantec Markets (Australia) Pty LimitedAFSL 326907T1www2.hantecgroup.com
VFSC (Vanuatu Financial Services Commission)VanuatuHantec Markets (V) Company Limited40318T3hantecfinancial.com
FSA SeychellesSeychellesHantec (Seychelles) Services LimitedSD164T3hantecfinancial.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 opennot verified
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertised1:500 (offshore entity, per hmarkets.com)
PlatformsMT4 · MT5
Account booksnot verified

What the record says

Hantec Markets Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 502635.

Hantec Markets Limited is authorised as an Investment Dealer by the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius under licence C114013940, per the broker's own privacy policy.

Hantec Markets (Australia) Pty Limited holds Australian Financial Services Licence 326907, per the Hantec Group site.

The Hantec brand states it holds six licences across jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, Mauritius, Vanuatu and Hong Kong.

Hantec Markets states client funds are held in segregated accounts separate from company operational funds.

The Hantec Group consolidated its global financial operations under the Hantec Financial umbrella brand; the group's own site describes Hantec Financial as 'a co-brand shared by a group of entities' including Hantec Markets (V) Company Limited (VFSC licence 40318), Hantec Markets (Australia) PTY Ltd (ASIC AFSL 326907), Hantec Bullion Limited (Hong Kong Gold Exchange member no. 163) and Hantec (Seychelles) Services Limited (FSA Seychelles licence SD164) (https://www.hantecfinancial.com/en/, checked 21 August 2026).

The Hantec Markets retail brand continues to operate its own website at hantecmarkets.com.

The FCA warning page identifies FC COIN as an unauthorised clone and identifies Hantec Markets Limited (FRN 502635) as the genuine authorised firm with no connection to the clone (fca.org.uk)

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.