Asia-Pacific desk
Regulated forex brokers across Asia-Pacific
Country-by-country index of retail-FX brokers licensed by the national regulator. Each page links every broker entry to the regulator's public register so the licence is verifiable outside our editorial. No offshore-only entities.
Last verified: July 2026
By jurisdiction
SG · MAS
Singapore
Monetary Authority of Singapore. Capital Markets Services licence (CMS) required for retail-FX dealing. The MAS Financial Institutions Directory is the canonical register.
Retail leverage: 20:1 (Specified Investment Product retail clients)
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AU · ASIC
Australia
Australian Securities and Investments Commission. AFSL (Australian Financial Services Licence) required. ASIC enforces ESMA-style retail leverage caps and negative-balance protection.
Retail leverage: 30:1 (retail, since ASIC Product Intervention Order 2021)
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HK · SFC
Hong Kong
Securities and Futures Commission. Type 3 regulated activity licence required for leveraged FX trading with retail clients. SFC Public Register is the canonical source.
Retail leverage: 20:1 (Type 3 leveraged FX trading)
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MY · SC
Malaysia
Securities Commission Malaysia. Retail OTC forex trading is restricted to licensed banks and DFI participants. Standalone broker licensing for retail leveraged FX is narrow.
Retail leverage: Regulated DFI scheme · retail OTC FX restricted
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NZ · FMA
New Zealand
Financial Markets Authority. Derivatives Issuer licence required. New Zealand FMA licensing is robust but the absence of an ESMA-style leverage cap matters for retail risk.
Retail leverage: No statutory retail cap (Derivatives Issuer licence)
Documented · page not yet published
Where we deliberately do not publish
Some jurisdictions restrict retail OTC forex so heavily that publishing a “best broker” list would mislead retail visitors. We choose silence over a wrong page.
JP · Japan
Japanese retail forex is regulated under FIEA Art 38 by the JFSA and FFAJ. Retail leverage is capped at 25:1. We deliberately do not market non-FFAJ brokers to Japanese retail residents — the /brokers and /best retail-FX pages are geo-blocked to JP visitors and rewritten to /legal/japan-restriction.
IN · India
Indian retail traders are restricted under SEBI and FEMA rules to currency derivatives on regulated Indian exchanges (NSE, BSE) — OTC FX with offshore brokers is not permitted for residents. We do not publish 'best India forex broker' pages because the structure does not exist legally.