Kenya · Licence coverage
Is IG regulated in Kenya?
The short answer
On the evidence we hold: no. IG is matched to a licence on official registers, and none of them records cover for Kenya. A licence held elsewhere regulates the firm where it was issued; it does not extend supervision, complaints handling or compensation to a client in Kenya.
Investfora publishes what registers say. Nothing on this page is a recommendation, and we do not tell anyone what to do with their money.
What our current checks say
- Financial Conduct AuthorityVerified
Claimed licence 195355 found on register as 'IG Markets Limited', status active. Entity name matched via adjudication (similarity 0.50).
The licences, and what they cover
No evidence of cover for Kenya
| Regulator | Licence | Entity on the register | Register status | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority | 195355 | IG Markets Limited | Active |
- This Financial Conduct Authority licence does not, on the evidence of the register itself, extend to Kenya. A licence issued by Financial Conduct Authority regulates the entity in its home jurisdiction; it does not by itself make the broker supervised in Kenya, and Kenya's local protections or compensation schemes will generally not apply.
Coverage is read from the register record itself and nowhere else. Where a register does not record cover for Kenya, we say we have no evidence of it — not that cover is impossible. The distinction matters, and we will not collapse it.
Regulation in Kenya
The local authority is Capital Markets Authority (CMA). Whether a firm may deal with clients in Kenya, and on what terms, is that authority’s question, not a question a foreign licence answers. Investfora does not currently query the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) register directly; the registers we do read are listed on our methodology page, along with the ones that block us.
The full profile
This page answers one question about one country. The IG profile carries the broker's licence claim quoted in full, every register entry we matched, and the complete append-only record of our checks.