VENUE FILE · filed 2026-09 · last re-checked 2026-09
Vantage Capital Markets LLP (VCM) — the liquidity layer, one venue at a time
Vantage Capital Markets LLP provides essential wholesale broking services in equities and derivatives for institutional clients, enhancing market structure dynamics.
Vantage Capital Markets LLP · London, UK · evidence score 75/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA | 416697 | UK | 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.
- 4testable claims
- 1venue-measured claims
- 0named data centres
- VCM is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (No. 416697); it provides wholesale broking services to institutional and professional clients and does not deal with any party classed as a Retail Client (https://vcmllp.com/legal-disclaimer/)
- Vantage Capital Markets LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales No. OC308882, registered address 11th Floor, 30 Crown Place, London EC2A 4EB (own legal disclaimer)
- FCA register: Vantage Capital Markets LLP, reference number 416697, authorised for specific activities and product types (https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfP7lAAF)
- Services include wholesale brokerage and execution of cash and derivative products across equities, debt, listed derivatives and OTC products (https://vcmllp.com/)
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- 'Premier provider of broking services' positioning is the firm's own marketing characterisation
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash equities & blocks, Equity derivatives, Fixed income / bonds, Listed derivatives, OTC products, Securities financing & bond repo | Institutional and professional clients (wholesale broking) | Retail clients — own disclaimer: 'VCM does not deal with any party classed as a Retail Client' |
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 claims of 'premier provider'
- Limits of FCA tier 1 license