LEARN / UAE

Where does your client money sit?

The logo, introducing company, product issuer, custodian and receiving bank can be different organisations.

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Trace five separate names

Start with the brand on the site. Then find the legal entity on the signed account agreement, the entity executing your trade, the organisation responsible for client money, and the receiving bank and its country. A local bank-transfer option does not by itself establish UAE custody.

What a register can tell you

A register can show authorised activities, endorsements, restrictions and withdrawal dates. It will not necessarily identify the bank holding your money. IG Limited’s captured DFSA entry includes a client-assets endorsement, but the bank and account-specific arrangements remain unverified here.

Questions to ask before funding

Ask which agreement applies to a UAE resident, whether funds are segregated, who holds them, whether money can be transferred to another group entity, what happens on insolvency, and which complaint or compensation mechanism applies. Do not assume segregation is insurance.

A concrete routing example

Pepperstone’s UAE legal page describes an LLC introduction route to Pepperstone Markets Limited. Its DIFC register record separately lists arranging permission. Match the route shown during your application; do not combine separate entities into a single “regulated” badge.

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Eight priority brokers: what is established?

Published company and agreement evidence is separate from your final account. Read each profile for clauses, source dates and unresolved questions. This is an evidence comparison, not a broker ranking.

Broker	Published company / route	Finding and remaining gap
Century Financial	Century Financial Consultancy LLCPublished terms inspected	August 2026 documents inspected; minimum-commission example and overseas third-party permissions explained. Account applicability and actual bank remain unconfirmed.
Equiti	Equiti Securities Currencies Brokers LLCAgreement inspected	UAE company established in published terms; client-money third parties and bank location still need account-specific confirmation.
Pepperstone	Pepperstone Markets Limited — published LLC introduction routePublished introduction route and issuer terms inspected	Bahamas issuer terms obtained; retail/professional money-policy differences identified. Final account route and actual bank remain unconfirmed.
IG	IG LimitedAgreement inspected	Published IG Limited agreement reviewed; outside-DIFC banks are permitted, actual bank remains unconfirmed.
Saxo	Saxo Bank A/S — marketed bank entityBroker disclosure inspected	Representative-office role clarified; final bank account entity and protection eligibility still need confirmation.
ADSS	ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.CCurrent index and linked historical documents inspected	Linked direct/referral tariffs and margin terms inspected; referral components and the utilised-margin exception now visible. Current account applicability remains open.
AvaTrade	Ava Trade Middle East Ltd — Abu Dhabi columnArabic agreement cover inspected; version mismatch	Linked Arabic agreement located; English/Arabic effective dates conflict. Funding-minimum conflict and actual custody remain unresolved.
Capital.com	Capital Com Mena Securities Trading L.L.CAgreement inspected	Current UAE agreement and segregation clauses inspected; actual bank, country and account-specific fee application remain open.

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