Mauritius
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Mauritius sits between the lightest offshore regimes and European supervision, with real substance requirements. The brokers below are licensed here or serve traders in Mauritius.
Brokers in Mauritius
Swiss Markets
Swiss Markets是一家提供伊斯兰账户和隔离账户、ECN式定价、剥头皮交易以及涵盖广泛交易品种的联盟计划的离岸外汇经纪商。
- 信任評分
- 4/10
- 法律便利性
- 5/10
- 最低存款
- 200
FP Markets
FP Markets是一家受ASIC和CySEC监管的ECN/DMA经纪商，提供MT4、MT5和IRESS交易平台，最低存款100美元，并提供PAMM/MAM账户选项。
- 信任評分
- 5/10
- 法律便利性
- 6/10
- 最低存款
- 100
Mauritius occupies a middle position in the offshore spectrum. Its Financial Services Commission licenses forex brokers as Investment Dealers, usually inside a Global Business Company structure, under requirements meaningfully heavier than Vanuatu or Saint Vincent and meaningfully lighter than the European Union.
What the licence requires
An Investment Dealer must maintain stated minimum capital, appoint at least two resident directors, use a licensed management company, hold board meetings in Mauritius and file audited accounts. Those substance requirements are not decorative — Mauritius rebuilt them after being placed on the FATF grey list in 2020 and removed from it in October 2021, and the FSC applies them with that history in view.
Client money segregation is required and the FSC conducts inspections and publishes enforcement decisions.
Leverage and protections
There is no statutory leverage cap. Mauritian entities typically offer more than European rules permit and less than the 1000:1 seen from the lightest jurisdictions. Client classification and suitability testing are not required in the MiFID sense, and negative balance protection is contractual rather than statutory. There is no investor compensation scheme.
Trading from Mauritius
Residents can open accounts with local and international brokers. The country's financial sector is developed by regional standards, with a functioning commercial court system and a body of financial services case law — which makes it a more navigable jurisdiction for a substantial claim than most offshore centres, even though the cost still exceeds a retail balance.
What to check
Confirm the licence category actually covers dealing in securities or derivatives. An Investment Adviser licence does not authorise a firm to be your counterparty, and the two are easy to confuse when a website simply says "FSC regulated". Note also that FSC is an acronym shared with the commissions of Belize and the British Virgin Islands — ProForexBrokers.com lists them separately because they are separate regulators with different requirements.
Forex brokers and the Mauritius licence
How does a Mauritius licence compare with Seychelles or Vanuatu?
Mauritius imposes heavier substance requirements — resident directors, a licensed management company, local board meetings and audited accounts — and has a working commercial court system. It still has no leverage cap and no investor compensation scheme.
What is an Investment Dealer licence?
The FSC category that authorises a firm to deal in securities and derivatives, usually as a Full Service Dealer. An Investment Adviser licence does not authorise a firm to act as your counterparty, so check the category rather than the phrase 'FSC regulated'.
Is my money protected with a Mauritius broker?
Client fund segregation is required and enforced, but there is no compensation scheme. Recovery in a failure depends on segregation having been correctly maintained and on Mauritian insolvency proceedings.
Can residents of Mauritius trade forex?
Yes, with local and international brokers. The domestic financial sector is developed by regional standards, and local banking rails make funding straightforward.