Desk audit TBR-A-2026-032

FXTM

Independent desk audit of a retail broker, from public sources.

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Current. Valid to 10 October 2027.

TBR DESK AUDIT · PUBLIC SOURCES · BBB 53/100

Adequate

Desk audit. TBR carried out this audit on its own initiative, using public sources only. No firm paid for it. No accounts were opened or tested, so Execution & Pricing and Operational Resilience were not assessed and do not count towards the grade. FXTM may respond, and any response is published in full. How desk audits are scored. See Verified audits, which our trading experts test hands-on.

Summary

FXTM’s clients are served by Exinity Limited, a Mauritius company also approved in South Africa, after the group renounced its Cyprus licence in 2024 and its UK company applied in June 2026 to cancel its FCA authorisation. Clients have no compensation scheme, and its terms make them liable for negative balances. We found no enforcement action in the last eight years.

Grade
BBB
Score
53/100
Fieldwork
10 Oct 2026 to 10 Oct 2026
Findings
3 medium2 strength

Scorecard

PillarWeightScoreGrade
Regulation & Licensing19%40BB
Corporate Structure & Ownership14%68A
Client Money & Payouts19%40BB
Execution & Pricingn/aNot assessed: requires live testing
Conduct & Disclosure14%88AAA
Operational Resiliencen/aNot assessed: requires live testing
People & Community5%0C
Overall71%53BBB

The overall score is the weighted average of the assessed pillars, with their weights scaled back up to 100.

This grade summarises the evidence we reviewed up to 10 October 2026. It is not a guarantee of the firm's safety or future conduct, and changes after that date are not reflected. Nothing here is financial or legal advice.

Findings

Licences verified

Each licence was checked directly against the regulator's public register on the date shown.

EntityRegulatorLicenceCheckedResult
Exinity UK LtdFCAFRN 77791110 Oct 2026Confirmed with notesAuthorised since 1 February 2018; status “applied to cancel” since 9 June 2026.
Forextime LtdCySEC185/1210 Oct 2026Confirmed with notesListed among former investment firms; licence 185/12 recorded as a voluntary renunciation, withdrawn on 20 May 2024.
Exinity LimitedFSCAOTC derivative provider10 Oct 2026ConfirmedListed as Exinity Limited, status Approved, foreign non-bank.
Exinity Capital East Africa LimitedCMA Kenya13510 Oct 2026ConfirmedListed as a non-dealing online foreign exchange broker.

Notes and sources

Evidence and scope

Scope

Desk audit of the brand’s client-facing entities, using public sources only: regulator registers and announcements, enforcement records, company registries, the global LEI system, and the firm’s own published documents, as available on 10 October 2026. No accounts were opened, nothing was tested live, and the firm was not asked for evidence.

Limitations

Absence of a public enforcement record is not evidence of good conduct. The Mauritius licence, the South African FSP number and the UAE licence are taken from the firm’s disclosures; the FSC Mauritius register could not be reached and the FSCA’s FSP search could not be queried. We did not establish why Exinity UK Ltd applied to cancel its authorisation or whether it still has clients. The share of clients served by each company could not be measured from public sources.

Evidence reviewed

  • FCA, CySEC, FSCA and CMA Kenya register entries
  • CySEC decision announcement, 24 May 2024
  • CySEC board decisions, 2014 to 2026
  • FSCA enforcement actions search
  • Financial Commission announcement, 6 February 2024
  • Bank of Russia list of companies with signs of illegal activity; Reserve Bank of India Alert List
  • FXTM client agreement and Terms of Business, versions of 13 August 2025, and site disclosures
  • Companies House record of persons with significant control; GLEIF records

Version history

  1. Report published.

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