STUDY RECORD · last re-checked 2026-09
iSAM Securities — institutional liquidity provider
iSAM Securities (UK) Limited · London, GB · evidence score 76/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Securities and Futures Commission (Hong Kong) | BOL486 · authorised · checked 2026-09 | HK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority (UK) | 629586 · authorised · checked 2026-09 | GB | 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.
What this record teaches
Reading skills, each anchored to something the firm actually published.
- 01 — Teaching pointThe company serves institutional clients, trading venues, banks, and brokers with FX spot liquidity.
- 02 — Teaching pointNo specific trading venues or connectivity protocols are published for iSAM Securities.
Claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
Testable claims
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- None recorded in this file.
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX: yes, Metals: yes, Indices: yes, Commodities: yes, Crypto: yes | not examined | FIX API: yes, MetaTrader 4 bridge: yes, MetaTrader 5 bridge: yes, apex_bridge: yes, proprietary_gui: yes | retail_broker, hedge_fund, asset_manager, prop_trading_house, family_office, bank, corporate | not examined |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to diligence than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as a disclosure, not a defect.
Self-check
Answer these before you consider the record read. If you cannot, re-read the licence and the claims ledger — the answers are all in what the firm published.
- Who are the primary clients served by iSAM Securities?