Licenses, Regulation & Compliance
At GBE brokers, your security is our top priority. As a regulated broker, we meet the highest standards of transparency, client protection and compliance. Our licenses and regulatory framework guarantee that you can operate in a trustworthy and secure trading environment.
Find out more about our official licenses, international regulations and the measures we take to protect your deposits and data. Your trust is our motivation – and our commitment.
GBE brokers is licensed and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) – one of the most well-known global financial regulators (registration number 240/14).
GBE brokers branch is licensed by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) under registration number 148129 and operates an office in Hamburg.
GBE brokers operates in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) — the European Union’s regulatory framework for investment services.
MiFID II aims to ensure:
- Greater investor protection
- Increased market transparency
- Harmonized regulation across EU member states
It applies to all firms offering investment products such as CFDs, shares, bonds and derivatives and sets strict standards for client classification, best execution and product governance. As a MiFID-compliant broker, GBE brokers upholds the highest standards of fairness, transparency and regulatory integrity.
The objective of the ICF is to safeguard the requirements of clients against its members by paying compensation (up to 20,000 EUR or 90% of the covered investor’s claim, whichever is lower), for demands arising from covered services provided by its members in the cases that the member is unable to fulfill its obligations to:
Return Client’s funds to its covered Clients which are held by the member directly or indirectly in the framework of provision of covered services by the member to said Client, and which the latter requested the member to return, in exercise of their relevant right, or
Return to the covered Clients financial instruments which belong to them and which the member of the ICF manages or safeguards on their behalf, including cases in which the member is the manager of said financial instruments.
For more information about the Investor Compensation Fund, please click here to visit the CySEC website.
A separate insurance policy has been purchased from Lloyds for GBE brokers’ clients. This provides additional protection to clients who qualify under the Investor Compensation Fund for amounts in excess of EUR 20,000 up to a maximum of EUR 300,000 per client.
This additional insurance policy is subject to the general terms and conditions and only comes into effect if the requirements for the ICF are met. The ICF covers the company’s private clients (incl. companies with private client status). Neither professional clients nor eligible counterparties are covered.
Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A. is a global specialist insurer that brokers syndicates to cover risks through the Lloyd’s Insurance Marketplace. Lloyd’s currently has an A (Excellent) rating with a “Stable Outlook” from the A.M. rating agency, and an A+ (Strong) rating with a “Stable Outlook” from the Fitch rating agency and Standard and Poor’s.
Germany – Branch Office
Große Elbstraße 145b,
22767 Hamburg, Germany
+49 40 605 90 10 40
Dubai – Representative Office
Business Bay, The Binary Tower, 18th floor,
Office 1809, Dubai, UAE
+97 14 55 47 500
Cyprus – Headquarters
11 Thesalonikis , Agia Zoni,
3025 Limassol, Cyprus
+357 2528 1736