VENUE FILE · filed 2026-09 · last re-checked 2026-09
Goldman Sachs FX (Marquee) — the liquidity layer, one venue at a time
Goldman Sachs FX provides tier-1 bank liquidity through its Marquee platform, serving institutional clients across multiple FX asset classes.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (FX via Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, US; Goldman Sachs International, UK) · New York, USA · evidence score 98/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC) | 8-129 | US | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| FCA (Goldman Sachs International) | 142888 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| FCA (Goldman Sachs International Bank) | 124659 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| SEC (EDGAR, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) | 0000886982 | US | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
- 3testable claims
- 2venue-measured claims
- 4named data centres
- Marquee Trader FX is Marquee's integrated electronic FX platform for accessing liquidity, managing orders and algorithms (marquee.gs.com our-platform page)
- Marquee launched 30 June 2014, offering clients APIs and digital access (goldmansachs.com history/moments)
- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869, headquartered in New York (goldmansachs.com press releases)
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- FX market-share / liquidity rankings (self-measured)
- Algo execution performance claims (self-measured)
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX spot, FX forwards, FX swaps, NDFs, FX options | EBS, Reuters, CME FX, CLS | FIX, REST/API (Marquee API), Marquee Trader FX platform | Banks, Institutional investors, Asset managers, Hedge funds, Corporates | Retail clients |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to assess than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.
What the desk watches next
The follow-up plan attached to this file — each item re-checked on a future pass, dated and kept falsifiable.
- Self-measured execution performance claims
- Limits of Tier-1 license scope