Forex and CFD broker

ACY Securities

Website: acy.com (opens in a new tab) Headquarters: Australia Regulatory status: Verified licence Profile updated

ACY Securities is a forex and CFD brand run from Sydney. Australian residents deal with ACY Securities Pty Ltd, licensed by ASIC, and other clients may be signed up by ACY Capital LLC, an unlicensed company in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The website also names ACY Securities SA Pty Ltd as an FSCA-authorised company in South Africa. ACY’s group website names Jimmy Ye and Winson Cao as co-founders and directors of the ACY Group of companies.

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Verified licences

Regulator Licence Legal entity Register status Source
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) AFSL 403863 ACY Securities Pty Ltd Authorised Checked 26 Oct 2026 Register entry for ACY Securities Pty Ltd (opens in a new tab) 2
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) AFSL 474738 ACY Capital Pty Ltd Authorised Checked 26 Oct 2026 Register entry for ACY Capital Pty Ltd (opens in a new tab) 2

Each licence was matched on the regulator’s own register on the date shown. Unverified claims are listed under Regulation and legal entities.

Assessment summary

ACY’s Australian licence matches ASIC’s records; we could not check the South African one. Clients outside Australia may be signed up by ACY Capital LLC in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which holds no licence, although ACY’s documents and help centre present its company registration as a licence and its international pages describe ASIC protections. Australian clients get ASIC’s safeguards: client money held on trust at Commonwealth Bank, negative balance protection, leverage limits and complaints to AFCA. Clients of the St Vincent company do not: one clause of their agreement lets client money be used as the company’s working capital and for hedging while another rules this out, they must repay negative balances, no outside dispute body is named and leverage goes up to 1:5000. No compensation scheme applies. ACY does not name its owners or publish financial statements. In 2017 the Australian company, then Synergy Financial Markets, paid a $10,800 ASIC infringement notice over misleading website claims. Japan’s and Ukraine’s regulators have warned against ACY; French, Spanish and Malaysian alerts have since been removed.

Key positives

  • Authorisations are current and unrestricted 2

    The Australian licence is current, with no suspension or restriction shown.

  • Legal entity details are published 123410

    The footer and documents give the Australian company’s ABN and registered address, the St Vincent company’s number and Kingstown address and the South African company’s registration number and address. The Australian details match ASIC’s data and ABN Lookup, and the St Vincent number matches the FSA’s register.

  • Withdrawal terms are disclosed 1617

    The help centre says withdrawals requested before 21:00 AEST on a business day are processed the same day, that five withdrawals a month are free and later ones cost $25, and sets out conditions such as a 150% margin level; the funding page lists the payment methods.

  • Directors or senior managers are identified 1112

    The ACY Group website names Jimmy Ye and Winson Cao as co-founders and directors, and ACY’s history page names Andrew Taylor as Managing Director since 2022. ASIC’s company records that would show the directors are paid extracts, so we could not match the names.

  • The client agreement is available before sign-up 4571327

    The Australian PDS, FSG and account terms and the St Vincent KIS and client agreement can be downloaded from the legal page without an account.

Key concerns

  • ASIC infringement notice: ACY’s Australian company, then Synergy Financial Markets, paid $10,800 over misleading website claims 101218

    Reduced the enforcement dimension by 2.5 points (moderate severity, 9.4 years before the review, counted at a quarter of its weight).

  • On the Ukrainian securities regulator’s list of doubtful investment projects 2034

    Reduced the enforcement dimension by 2 points (low severity, 2.4 years before the review).

  • Warned by Japan’s Financial Services Agency for soliciting derivatives business without registration 1933

    Reduced the enforcement dimension by 1 points (low severity, 3.7 years before the review, counted at half weight).

  • Regulatory claims on the website are accurate 123567

    Not met The ASIC licence ACY states matches the register, but the St Vincent KIS says ACY Capital exercises its discretions “as the holder of a FSA license”, the help centre lists its St Vincent incorporation among ACY’s “regulated license”, and the international legal page tells clients signed up by that company that ACY is an ASIC-licensed broker and that their funds are segregated under ASIC’s client money requirements. The St Vincent FSA’s register lists the company only as an incorporated LLC. We could not confirm the FSCA licence.

  • An investor compensation scheme applies 71315

    Not met No investor compensation scheme covers clients of the Australian or St Vincent companies. The Australian FSG offers only professional indemnity insurance as its compensation arrangement, which covers claims against the company.

Breakdown by dimension

Each dimension is scored from its criteria, then weighted. Dimensions without enough evidence are left out and the remaining weights are rescaled. Open a dimension to see every criterion, our rationale and the sources.

Regulatory status and licence verification 26% of score 64 out of 100

Whether the firm’s licences exist, are current and cover what it offers.

  • Partly met

    Client-facing entities appear on the regulator’s register 123

    We matched ACY Securities Pty Ltd in ASIC’s licensee data. ACY Capital LLC, which signs up clients outside Australia, appears on the St Vincent FSA’s register only as an incorporated company, with no licence, and we could not check the South African company’s FSCA licence.

  • Met

    Authorisations are current and unrestricted 2

    The Australian licence is current, with no suspension or restriction shown.

  • Partly met

    Permissions cover the services offered 234

    ASIC authorises ACY Securities Pty Ltd to issue and make a market in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for retail clients. ACY Capital LLC issues CFDs to international clients as principal without any licence, and we could not see the South African company’s permissions on the FSCA’s register.

  • Not met

    Regulatory claims on the website are accurate 123567

    The ASIC licence ACY states matches the register, but the St Vincent KIS says ACY Capital exercises its discretions “as the holder of a FSA license”, the help centre lists its St Vincent incorporation among ACY’s “regulated license”, and the international legal page tells clients signed up by that company that ACY is an ASIC-licensed broker and that their funds are segregated under ASIC’s client money requirements. The St Vincent FSA’s register lists the company only as an incorporated LLC. We could not confirm the FSCA licence.

  • Partly met

    Clients can tell which regulated entity serves them 145689

    The regulations page says Australian residents are signed up with ACY Securities Pty Ltd and that non-Australians may be signed up with ACY Capital LLC, and the international documents name that company. But the same company is also called ACY Capital Australia LLC in the help centre and in the notice for Jordanian clients, whose introducing broker the Jordan Securities Commission lists as licensed, and the international pages describe ACY as an ASIC-licensed broker without saying that ASIC does not cover the St Vincent company.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Corporate transparency and ownership 13% of score 73 out of 100

Whether you can find out who owns and runs the firm.

  • Met

    Legal entity details are published 123410

    The footer and documents give the Australian company’s ABN and registered address, the St Vincent company’s number and Kingstown address and the South African company’s registration number and address. The Australian details match ASIC’s data and ABN Lookup, and the St Vincent number matches the FSA’s register.

  • Not determined

    Ultimate ownership can be identified 111

    The ACY Group website names Jimmy Ye and Winson Cao as co-founders and directors, but we found no statement or free public record that says who owns the ACY companies.

  • Partly met

    Group structure is explained 1811

    ACY says ACY Securities is a trading name of the Australian and St Vincent companies, and the group website describes the ACY Group’s businesses and its two Australian licences, but neither explains how the companies, including the South African one, are owned or related.

  • Met

    Directors or senior managers are identified 1112

    The ACY Group website names Jimmy Ye and Winson Cao as co-founders and directors, and ACY’s history page names Andrew Taylor as Managing Director since 2022. ASIC’s company records that would show the directors are paid extracts, so we could not match the names.

  • Not met

    Financial statements are available 15

    We found no financial statements or capital disclosures published by ACY for any of its companies.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Client fund protections and disclosed safeguards 13% of score 63 out of 100

What protects client money if something goes wrong.

  • Partly met

    Client money segregation is disclosed 4813

    The Australian PDS holds client money on trust under ASIC’s client money rules and does not use retail client money for hedging or as working capital. The St Vincent agreement contradicts itself: clause 3.6 lets the company use client money as working capital, for its own obligations and for margining and hedging, while clause 23 says retail client money is segregated and not used for those purposes.

  • Partly met

    Retail clients have negative balance protection 571314

    Australian retail clients have negative balance protection under the PDS. Clients of the St Vincent company must repay negative balances, which the KIS treats as debts to be collected, and the help centre says their rebalance requests are subject to approval.

  • Not met

    An investor compensation scheme applies 71315

    No investor compensation scheme covers clients of the Australian or St Vincent companies. The Australian FSG offers only professional indemnity insurance as its compensation arrangement, which covers claims against the company.

  • Met

    Banking and custody arrangements are disclosed 8

    ACY says all client funds are held in segregated client trust accounts at Commonwealth Bank.

  • Met

    Withdrawal terms are disclosed 1617

    The help centre says withdrawals requested before 21:00 AEST on a business day are processed the same day, that five withdrawals a month are free and later ones cost $25, and sets out conditions such as a 150% margin level; the funding page lists the payment methods.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Enforcement and substantiated adverse findings 13% of score 95 out of 100

Regulator warnings, enforcement actions and final legal findings on record.

Starts at 100 and loses points for each substantiated adverse finding by severity and age. Allegations, complaints and clone warnings never count. Total deducted: 5.5 points.

  • Met

    Warning lists and enforcement records have been searched 18192021222324

    We searched ASIC, CySEC, FCA, CVM, CNMV, AMF and KNF records, the Indian, Malaysian, Japanese and Ukrainian lists and the FSCA’s 2025 to 2026 actions report, and ran web searches. We found ASIC’s 2017 infringement notice, the Japanese and Ukrainian warnings and three alerts that have since been removed.

  • Enforcement action

    ASIC infringement notice: ACY’s Australian company, then Synergy Financial Markets, paid $10,800 over misleading website claims 101218

    8 Jun 2017. Reduced the enforcement dimension by 2.5 points (moderate severity, 9.4 years before the review, counted at a quarter of its weight).

  • Regulator warning

    Warned by Japan’s Financial Services Agency for soliciting derivatives business without registration 1933

    27 Feb 2023. Reduced the enforcement dimension by 1 points (low severity, 3.7 years before the review, counted at half weight).

  • Regulator warning

    On the Ukrainian securities regulator’s list of doubtful investment projects 2034

    15 May 2024. Reduced the enforcement dimension by 2 points (low severity, 2.4 years before the review).

  • Regulator warning

    acy.com on the French AMF and ACPR Forex blacklist from 2023 until March 2026 21

    29 Sept 2023. Not counted: the matter is not concluded, or was removed or overturned.

  • Regulator warning

    Spanish CNMV warning reported in February 2024, no longer on its list 2235

    5 Feb 2024. Not counted: the matter is not concluded, or was removed or overturned.

  • Regulator warning

    Securities Commission Malaysia alert reported in 2022, no longer on the list 2336

    2 Mar 2022. Not counted: the matter is not concluded, or was removed or overturned.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Complaint handling and documented resolutions 8% of score 75 out of 100

How the firm handles complaints, and what independent records show.

  • Partly met

    A complaints procedure is published 4725

    The Australian complaints procedure gives contact details and a 30-day response time. For the St Vincent company the KIS says a copy of the internal procedure can be obtained on request and gives no address or time frame.

  • Partly met

    Independent dispute resolution is available 781325

    Australian clients can take unresolved complaints to AFCA. The St Vincent documents and the international regulations page say only that complaints can be escalated to “an external body”, without naming one.

  • Not determined

    Independent complaint outcomes show no adverse pattern 24

    ACY has no UK company, so there are no Financial Ombudsman Service decisions, and we did not find published decisions of other dispute bodies.

  • Not determined

    Complaint data is disclosed 25

    We found no complaint statistics published by ACY. AFCA publishes complaint figures for its members, but its data site refuses automated requests, so we could not check the Australian company.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Trading terms and operational transparency 8% of score 84 out of 100

Whether costs, execution and risks are disclosed before you sign up.

  • Partly met

    Costs are disclosed before account opening 713161726

    Spreads, commissions and deposit fees are published, and the help centre gives the withdrawal fee. Swap rates are shown only in the trading platform, and the St Vincent KIS reserves an additional fee or spread on currency conversion without saying how much.

  • Partly met

    An order execution policy is published 471213

    ACY publishes no order execution policy. The PDS and KIS say the companies deal as principal and market maker, hedge with counterparties they do not name and face a conflict of interest, while ACY’s history page describes an “ECN trading model”.

  • Met

    The client agreement is available before sign-up 4571327

    The Australian PDS, FSG and account terms and the St Vincent KIS and client agreement can be downloaded from the legal page without an account.

  • Partly met

    Leverage and margin terms are disclosed 5713262829

    Australian clients get ASIC’s limits (30:1 on major currencies) and a 50% close-out. For international clients the account page gives leverage of up to 1:5000 and also up to 500:1, the help centre 500:1, and the close-out level is 50% in the KIS but 30% on the legal page and in the help centre.

  • Met

    Risk warnings are clear and current 1713

    Every page carries a risk warning that trading carries significant risk, and the documents warn that losses can exceed deposits; neither ASIC nor St Vincent requires the share of losing accounts.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Public disclosures and communication 4% of score 60 out of 100

Whether public claims hold up and the firm communicates openly.

  • Not met

    Marketing claims are accurate and attributable 4567812153031

    ACY calls itself a multi-regulated broker and presents the St Vincent company’s incorporation as a licence, tells international clients their money is segregated under ASIC’s rules and that both companies hold professional indemnity cover in compliance with ASIC’s guide, although the Australian FSG’s cover applies to activities under its licence, and describes an ECN model while its agreement calls it a market maker.

  • Met

    An address and working contact channels are published 12432

    ACY publishes office addresses in Chatswood and Melbourne, phone numbers, an email and live chat; the Chatswood address matches ASIC’s data, and the St Vincent agreement gives that company’s address for notices.

  • Met

    Material changes are communicated 4727

    Documents are dated and versioned, and both the Australian and the St Vincent terms give five days’ written notice of changes.

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

On-site office verification 5% of score 0 out of 100

What our visit confirmed in person: a real, staffed office of the assessed entity, not a ghost address.

We have not checked this firm’s office in person, so this dimension scores zero. We check offices through our on-site verification programme.

  • Not met

    Real office at the stated address, not a ghost address

  • Not met

    Office of the assessed entity

  • Not met

    Staffed and operating

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

On-site assessment and platform testing 10% of score Not assessed: no on-site assessment yet

What our on-site checks and 30-day platform testing found.

We have not completed an on-site assessment of this firm, so this dimension does not count and its weight is shared among the others.

  • Not determined

    Company identity

  • Not determined

    Regulatory claims

  • Not determined

    Office visit

  • Not determined

    Account opening

  • Not determined

    Platform usability

  • Not determined

    Costs and disclosures

  • Not determined

    Customer support

  • Not determined

    Deposits and withdrawals

  • Not determined

    Trading functions

  • Not determined

    Complaints process

Criteria and their weighting are explained in the methodology.

Regulation and legal entities

A brand can trade through several companies, each licensed in a different place with different protections. Check which entity your account would be with.

ACY Securities Pty Ltd

Client-facing entity · Incorporated in Australia · Company number ABN 80 150 565 781 · Australian residents, who are all signed up with this company

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) · Reference AFSL 403863 2

General advice, dealing in and issuing derivatives and foreign exchange contracts, and making a market in them, for retail and wholesale clients

Licence start date 11 July 2011.

Check the register entry yourself (opens in a new tab)

Authorised Verified on register, 26 Oct 2026

ACY Capital LLC

Client-facing entity · Incorporated in St. Vincent & Grenadines · Company number 2610 LLC 2022 · Clients outside Australia, who may be signed up with this company; not licensed (registered with the St Vincent FSA as a limited liability company only)

No licence recorded for this entity.

ACY Securities SA Pty Ltd

Affiliate · Incorporated in South Africa · Company number 2009/008731/07 · Named in the website footer as an FSCA-authorised financial services provider; ACY’s documents do not say which clients it serves

Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) · Reference FSP 51008 1

Financial services under section 8 of the FAIS Act, as stated by ACY

Stated by ACY. The FSCA’s FSP search did not respond to our request on 26 October 2026.

Claimed by the firm, not yet verified

ACY Capital Pty Ltd

Affiliate · Incorporated in Australia · Company number ABN 49 167 260 504 · ACY Group company; the group website cites its licence next to ACY Securities’ licence, but acy.com does not name it

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) · Reference AFSL 474738 2

General advice on and arranging deals in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for retail and wholesale clients

Licence start date 28 July 2015; licensee address in Chatswood NSW.

Check the register entry yourself (opens in a new tab)

Authorised Verified on register, 26 Oct 2026

ACY Capital Australia Limited

Other · Incorporated in Vanuatu · Vanuatu company that Japan’s FSA names as providing the ACY SECURITIES service from ACY’s Australian office addresses; not named on acy.com

No licence recorded for this entity.

Dated findings

Warnings, enforcement actions, legal findings, allegations and complaint records are labelled separately. What each label means.

Regulator warning Active

On the Ukrainian securities regulator’s list of doubtful investment projects 2034

· National Securities and Stock Market Commission (Ukraine) · Ukraine · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

On 15 May 2024 Ukraine’s National Securities and Stock Market Commission added “ACY Securities”, with the websites acy.com/ru/ and acyhk.com/ru/, to its list of unreliable investment projects, warning investors about persons whose activity in Ukraine is not regulated. The entry was still on the list when we checked on 26 October 2026.

Regulator warning Removed by the regulator

Spanish CNMV warning reported in February 2024, no longer on its list 2235

· Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores · Spain · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

Trade press reported that on 5 February 2024 Spain’s CNMV added ACY Securities and its website to its warnings about firms not authorised to provide investment services in Spain. The CNMV’s search engine showed no warning about ACY on 26 October 2026, while the other warnings issued that day are still listed, so we record it as removed. It rests on a press report and does not count in the score.

Regulator warning Removed by the regulator

acy.com on the French AMF and ACPR Forex blacklist from 2023 until March 2026 21

· Autorité des marchés financiers and Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution · France · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

France’s AMF and ACPR listed acy.com among the websites offering Forex investments in France without authorisation identified in the third quarter of 2023, announced on 29 September 2023. The AMF now notes that acy.com was removed from the Forex blacklist on 26 March 2026. A removed entry does not count in the score.

Regulator warning Active

Warned by Japan’s Financial Services Agency for soliciting derivatives business without registration 1933

· Financial Services Agency (Japan) · Japan · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

On 27 February 2023 Japan’s Financial Services Agency warned ACY Capital Australia Limited, of Port Vila, Vanuatu, for soliciting over-the-counter derivatives trading over the internet without registration in Japan, under the service name “ACY SECURITIES”. The FSA’s list also gives ACY’s Chatswood and Melbourne offices as the company’s addresses. The entry was still on the list updated on 23 October 2026. The company is not on the Vanuatu regulator’s current list of licensed financial dealers, and ACY’s website no longer names it.

Regulator warning Removed by the regulator

Securities Commission Malaysia alert reported in 2022, no longer on the list 2336

· Securities Commission Malaysia · Malaysia · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

A trade site reported on 2 March 2022 that the Securities Commission Malaysia had added ACY Securities to its Investor Alert List for dealing in securities without a licence. The SC’s list had no entry for ACY when we checked on 26 October 2026, and we did not find the SC’s own announcement, so we record it as removed. It does not count in the score.

Enforcement action Concluded

ASIC infringement notice: ACY’s Australian company, then Synergy Financial Markets, paid $10,800 over misleading website claims 101218

· Australian Securities and Investments Commission · Australia · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

On 8 June 2017 ASIC announced that Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd, the company now named ACY Securities Pty Ltd, had paid a $10,800 penalty under an infringement notice for false or misleading statements on its website. It told investors in its managed discretionary accounts that they would only pay Synergy “when your account profits”, although it charged brokerage fees and commissions, and on one account a 2% annual management fee, whatever the result. Paying an infringement notice is not an admission of a contravention. The conduct predates ACY’s acquisition of the company in 2018, according to ACY.

Company response

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Assessment history

Review date Result Methodology Status
26 Oct 2026 Trust score 68 out of 100 Sound 1.2 Current

Corrections and updates

No corrections have been made to this profile.

Sources

  1. 1
    ACY Securities website: home page and footer (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    The page data holds an Australian and an international version of the footer. Both name ACY Securities Pty Ltd (ABN 80 150 565 781, AFSL 403863, ACY Tower, Level 18, 799 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood NSW 2067), and the international version also names ACY Capital LLC, incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (company number 2610 LLC 2022, Suite 305, Griffith Corporate Centre, Beachmont, Kingstown), and says the KIS and terms are available on request or registration. Both name ACY Securities SA Pty Ltd (registration 2009/008731/07, 4 Stan Road, Sandton) as regulated by the FSCA under number 51008, and say ACY Securities is a brand name of ACY Securities Pty Ltd and ACY Capital LLC. A notice for Jordanian clients says Al Bilad Securities and Investment Company, licensed by the Jordan Securities Commission, acts as introducing broker for “ACY Capital Australia LLC (Company Number: 2610 LLC 2022)”. Each footer carries a risk warning that clients do not own the underlying assets and that trading carries significant risk.

  2. 2
    Australian Financial Services Licensee dataset (data as at 21 October 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    Lists AFSL 403863 held by ACY Securities Pty Ltd (ABN 80150565781), Chatswood NSW 2067, from 11 July 2011, authorising general advice and dealing in derivatives, foreign exchange contracts, securities and managed investment schemes, issuing derivatives and foreign exchange contracts and making a market in them, for retail and wholesale clients. Also lists AFSL 474738 held by ACY Capital Pty Ltd (ABN 49167260504), Chatswood, from 28 July 2015, authorising general advice on and arranging deals in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for retail and wholesale clients.

  3. 3
    St Vincent and the Grenadines FSA: entity name search (updated 19 October 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    Financial Services Authority, St Vincent and the Grenadines Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 St. Vincent & Grenadines

    Lists “ACY Capital LLC”, registration number 2610, a limited liability company, active, incorporated on 5 October 2022, with Euro-Caribbean Trustees Ltd as registered agent. The register is a list of incorporated companies; it shows no licence.

  4. 4
    ACY Capital LLC client agreement, version 2 (February 2024) (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Capital LLC Company document Published 1 Feb 2024 Checked 26 Oct 2026 St. Vincent & Grenadines

    Issued by ACY Capital LLC (2610 LLC 2022), which deals as principal and market maker and may hedge with hedging counterparties. Clause 3.6 says client money in its trust account is not kept separate from other clients’ money and may be used as ACY Capital’s working capital, to meet its own obligations and for margining and hedging, and that amounts withdrawn belong to ACY Capital; clause 23 says the money is segregated from ACY Capital’s own funds and that retail client money is not used for those purposes. Disputes go to an internal process described in the KIS. Amendments take effect on five days’ written notice. Governed by St Vincent law, with the courts of New South Wales having jurisdiction. Notices go to the Kingstown address and support@acy.com. One clause still refers to requests from the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission.

  5. 5
    ACY Securities: legal documents and important information page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Links the Australian PDS, FSG, account terms, TMD, privacy policy and complaints policy, and ACY Capital LLC’s key information statement, client terms and privacy policy, all downloadable without an account. The international version of its important information says “ACY Securities is an Australian licensed regulated financial derivatives broker (ASIC: AFSL 403863)”, that all customer funds are segregated “according to ASIC Client Money requirement”, that positions are closed when the margin level falls below 30% (50% in the Australian version), that losses may exceed the account’s value and ACY may act to recover a negative balance, and that ACY Capital LLC is not regulated in the EEA, the UK or Canada and serves residents there only on a reverse solicitation basis.

  6. 6
    ACY help centre: Are you regulated? (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Updated 29 June 2026. Says “ACY Securities holds different regulated license as follow”, listing ACY Securities Pty Ltd’s ASIC licence and “ACY Capital Australia LLC Incorporated in St Vincent and the Grenadines, with Company number: 2610 LLC 2022”.

  7. 7
    ACY Capital LLC key information statement, version 3 (April 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Capital LLC Company document Published 1 Apr 2026 Checked 26 Oct 2026 St. Vincent & Grenadines

    Says the KIS has not been lodged with the St Vincent FSA and that, in exercising its discretions, ACY Capital will comply with its obligations “as the holder of a FSA license”. Losses are not limited to the money paid and may be unlimited; clients must repay negative balances, which are treated as debts and pursued by debt collection. Margin call at 100% of the requirement and close-out at 50%. Prices include a spread in ACY Capital’s favour, swaps are shown in the platform, currency conversion may carry an additional fee or spread, and ACY charges no deposit fees. Complaints are handled internally and can be escalated to “an external body”, which is not named; the address for complaints is left blank after “Compliance Team”.

  8. 8
    ACY Securities: regulations page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Says ACY Securities is a trading name of ACY Securities Pty Ltd (“ACY AU”) and ACY Capital LLC (“ACY LLC”), that all Australian residents are onboarded with ACY AU and that non-Australians may be onboarded with ACY LLC subject to local laws. In both versions it says all client funds are held in fully segregated client trust accounts at Commonwealth Bank and will not be used to pay creditors if ACY becomes insolvent, and that ACY AU and ACY LLC have professional indemnity insurance for their clients “in compliance with ASIC’s Regulatory Guide”. Australian clients are referred to AFCA; the international version says complaints are handled internally and can be escalated to “an external body”, without naming one.

  9. 9
    Jordan Securities Commission: companies licensed to deal in foreign exchanges (opens in a new tab)

    Jordan Securities Commission Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Jordan

    Entry 12 is Al Bilad Securities and Investment, licensed as an introducing broker for foreign exchanges. The JSC’s separate list of the foreign brokers each Jordanian company has contracted does not show an entry for Al Bilad or ACY.

  10. 10
    ABN Lookup: historical details for ABN 80 150 565 781 (opens in a new tab)

    Australian Business Register Official filing Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    The company, an Australian private company active since 6 May 2011 and based in NSW 2067, was named Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd until 27 February 2019 and ACY Securities Pty Ltd since. Its current business names include ACY Securities (from 14 March 2019), Synergy Markets, Synergy FX and Blueberry Markets Group (from 16 December 2022).

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    ACY Group website: home page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Group Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Describes the ACY Group as a Sydney fintech and financial services group regulated by ASIC under AFSLs 403863 and 474738, with businesses including ACY Securities, ACY Partners (white labels and introducing brokers), ACY Advisory and Trading Cup. Names Jimmy Ye and Winson Cao as co-founders and directors of the ACY Group of companies, and says they founded ACY in 2013. It does not say who owns the companies.

  12. 12
    ACY Securities: company history page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Says ACY Capital was founded in Melbourne in 2013 and that ACY gives traders fast execution “using our ECN trading model”. Its timeline says Synergy Financial Markets (Synergy FX) was founded in Sydney in 2011 and acquired by ACY in 2018, and that Andrew Taylor was appointed Managing Director in 2022.

  13. 13
    ACY Securities Pty Ltd product disclosure statement, version 8 (28 March 2021) (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company document Published 28 Mar 2021 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    ACY Securities issues the CFDs as principal and may hedge with hedging counterparties it nominates case by case, without naming them, and explains the conflict of interest in dealing as counterparty. Client money is held in a pooled trust account under ASIC’s client money rules, reconciled daily, and is not used for hedging, margining or as working capital; wholesale client money may be used for hedging. Retail clients have negative balance protection. Margin call at 100% of the requirement and close-out at 50%; leverage examples at 30:1. Bank fees for international transfers are passed on. Unresolved complaints can go to AFCA.

  14. 14
    ACY help centre: Do you offer negative balance protection? (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Updated 9 May 2025. Negative balance protection is offered to Australian retail clients, as a one-time courtesy to Australian wholesale clients, and for clients from other jurisdictions a rebalance request is subject to approval and may be rejected.

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    ACY Securities Pty Ltd financial services guide (28 March 2021) (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company document Published 28 Mar 2021 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    Says ACY Securities holds professional indemnity insurance under s912B of the Corporations Act covering the activities conducted under its AFSL, up to AUD 2.5 million in the aggregate, as its compensation arrangements.

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    ACY Securities: deposit and withdrawal methods (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Lists deposit methods by country with minimum and maximum amounts and processing times, and says ACY charges no deposit fees, although merchant fees may apply. The list includes Chinese payment methods and a JPY card method for Japan.

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    ACY help centre: withdrawal processing and charges (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Clients get five free withdrawals a month, after which each costs $25 in the base currency. Related articles say withdrawals are requested in the acy.cloud portal and processed the same day if received before 21:00 AEST on business days, that instant crypto withdrawals are limited to 30% of equity, and that a margin level of 150% is needed to withdraw.

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    17-175MR Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd pays $10,800 penalty for misleading advertising (opens in a new tab)

    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Regulator record Published 8 Jun 2017 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd paid a $10,800 penalty after ASIC issued an infringement notice for false or misleading statements on its website: it said investors in its two managed discretionary accounts would only pay Synergy “when your account profits”, while it charged brokerage fees and commissions on both accounts and a 2% annual management fee on one, whether or not the investment made a profit. Synergy removed the statements. Paying an infringement notice is not an admission of a contravention.

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    Names of unregistered overseas firms warned by the Financial Services Agency (updated 23 October 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    Financial Services Agency of Japan Regulator record Published 23 Oct 2026 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Japan

    Lists ACY Capital Australia Limited, with addresses at the Govant Building, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Tower B, Level 18, 799 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood and 80 Collins Street, Melbourne, warned on 27 February 2023 for soliciting over-the-counter derivatives trading over the internet without registration in Japan; the service named is “ACY SECURITIES”.

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    Investor protection: the Commission has updated the list of doubtful investment projects (15 May 2024) (opens in a new tab)

    National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine Regulator record Published 15 May 2024 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Ukraine

    Announces 24 cases added to the NSSMC’s list of unreliable investment projects, including “ACY Securities” with the websites acyhk.com/ru/ and acy.com/ru/, and reminds investors of the risks of dealing with persons whose activity in Ukraine is not regulated.

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    The AMF and the ACPR warn the public against several firms offering Forex and crypto-asset derivatives in France without authorisation (29 September 2023) (opens in a new tab)

    Autorité des marchés financiers Regulator record Published 29 Sept 2023 Checked 26 Oct 2026 France

    Lists the unauthorised Forex websites identified in the third quarter of 2023 and now notes that “Acy.com a été retiré le 26/03/2026 de la liste noire Forex” (acy.com was removed from the Forex blacklist on 26 March 2026). The AMF’s blacklist search returned no entry for ACY on 26 October 2026.

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    CNMV search engine for warned companies: ACY and warnings of 1 to 10 February 2024 (opens in a new tab)

    Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Spain

    A search of the CNMV’s warnings about unauthorised entities for “ACY” returns only an unrelated crypto website. A search by date shows ten warnings issued on 5 February 2024, none of them about ACY.

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    Investor Alert List (checked 26 October 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    Securities Commission Malaysia Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Malaysia

    The current list has no entry for ACY Securities, ACY Capital or acy.com. We did not find the SC’s own 2022 announcement adding ACY in the alert updates we checked from January to March 2022.

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    Searches of ASIC, CySEC, FCA, CVM, CNMV, AMF and other records and alert lists for ACY Securities (opens in a new tab)

    Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and others Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026

    On 26 October 2026 we searched ASIC’s licensee data and media releases, CySEC’s 1,173 board decisions, the FCA’s list and warning pages, the CVM’s declaratory acts, KNF’s lists, the Reserve Bank of India’s alert list (19 November 2025), Bank Negara Malaysia’s and the Securities Commission Malaysia’s alert lists, the Japan FSA’s list of warned unregistered firms (23 October 2026), the CNMV’s warnings, the AMF’s blacklist, the NSSMC’s list, the FSCA’s regulatory actions report for 2025 to 2026 and the St Vincent FSA’s register for ACY Securities, ACY Capital, Synergy Financial Markets and acy.com, and ran web searches for Consob and other actions. We found ASIC’s 2017 infringement notice, the Japanese and Ukrainian warnings and the French blacklist entry, since removed. Press reports of a Spanish warning (2024) and a Malaysian alert (2022) could not be matched on those regulators’ current lists.

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    ACY Securities Pty Ltd complaints handling procedure (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company document Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    Complaints can be made through a portal ticket, in writing to ACY Tower, Chatswood, by phone or by email; ACY acknowledges them and generally deals with them within 30 calendar days, and unresolved complaints can go to AFCA, whose determinations bind ACY.

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    ACY Securities: account types page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    The international version lists Basic, Standard and ProZero accounts (minimum deposits of $50, $100 and $200; zero commission on Basic and Standard, from $3 per lot per side on ProZero) with leverage of “up to 1:5000 (via ACY Trading Platform)”, while the same page says ProZero offers leverage up to 500:1 and that all accounts offer leverage up to 500:1. The Australian version lists ProZero with commissions from $1.5 per lot per side and leverage up to 1:30.

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    ACY Securities Pty Ltd account terms and conditions, version 10 (28 March 2021) (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company document Published 28 Mar 2021 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Australia

    ACY may amend or replace the terms by giving five days’ written notice, for listed reasons such as changes in law, costs or market conditions.

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    ACY help centre: What leverage does ACY provide? (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Updated 4 April 2024. Gives maximum leverage for non-Australian clients of 500:1 on FX and metals, 100:1 on indices and commodities, 10:1 on crypto-assets and 5:1 on shares, and for Australian clients the ASIC limits (30:1 on major FX pairs).

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    ACY help centre: When will my position be closed out? (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Updated 30 June 2025. Australian retail clients’ largest position is closed at a margin level of 50% or lower, other clients’ at 30% or lower “or as outlined in your product terms and conditions”.

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    ACY Securities: about us page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Says ACY Securities was founded in 2011 as a trading education company and calls it a “multi-regulated broker”. Offers leverage of up to 5000:1 on the ACY Trading Platform, more than 2,200 CFDs and liquidity from up to 16 providers. It names no owners or managers.

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    ACY Securities: live spreads page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Says its spreads are sourced from more than 15 bank and non-bank liquidity providers, “including Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, State Street, UBS, Citadel and more”.

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    ACY Securities: contact page (opens in a new tab)

    ACY Securities Pty Ltd Company statement Checked 26 Oct 2026

    Gives offices at Tower B, Level 18, 799 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood NSW 2067 and North Tower, Level 14, Suite 4, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne, with support by phone, email (support@acy.com) and live chat 24 hours a day, five days a week.

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    Financial Dealers Licensee List (opens in a new tab)

    Vanuatu Financial Services Commission Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Vanuatu

    The current list of licensed financial dealers has no entry for ACY Capital Australia Limited or any other ACY company.

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    Investor protection: list of doubtful investment projects (checked 26 October 2026) (opens in a new tab)

    National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine Regulator record Checked 26 Oct 2026 Ukraine

    The current list still includes ACY Securities (acyhk.com/ru/, acy.com/ru/). The NSSMC lists projects that match one or more of its signs of doubtful or unfair raising of investors’ funds.

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    Spain’s CNMV Sounds Alarm Bells for ACY Securities (opens in a new tab)

    Finance Magnates Secondary reporting Published 5 Feb 2024 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Spain

    Reports that on 5 February 2024 the CNMV added ACY Securities and its website to its warning list of firms not authorised to provide investment services in Spain.

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    SC added ACY Securities to its Investor Alert List (opens in a new tab)

    FastBull BrokersView Secondary reporting Published 2 Mar 2022 Checked 26 Oct 2026 Malaysia

    Reports that the Securities Commission Malaysia added ACY Securities to its Investor Alert List for carrying on regulated capital market activities of dealing in securities without a licence from the SC.

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