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Blueberry Markets regulation: what happens if the firm fails

The licence is what decides where your money sits and who is obliged to do something about it. Here is who licenses Blueberry Markets and what the protections are.

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Regulation and safety

Regulated by
ASIC (AFSL 535887); Mauritius FSC (GB24203929); Vanuatu VFSC (700697)
Regulator tier
Tier 1
Register entry
ASIC Professional Registers, AFSL 535887
Client money segregated
Yes
Held at
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
Negative balance protection
Yes
Compensation scheme
No statutory investor compensation scheme
Audited by
Independent external auditors
Not available to
United States retail clients, Japan, Central African Republic, North Korea, Congo, DR Congo/Zaire, Iran, Libya, Mali, Northern Mariana Islands/Saipan, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, Ontario, Indonesia and Malaysia

Check the licence yourself: ASIC Connect, the Mauritius FSC register of licensees.

What this means

The licence is what decides where your money sits and who is obliged to do something about it.

Blueberry Markets holds a tier-one authorisation from ASIC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (VFSC and FSC). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

ASIC caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection, and obliges the broker to hold client money in a separate trust account.

Vanuatu's VFSC is an offshore licence with limited oversight and no compensation scheme. It is often the entity that offers the highest leverage.

An FSC licence (Mauritius or Belize, depending on the entity) is an offshore authorisation with lighter reporting duties than a tier-one regulator.

Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.

Negative balance protection applies, so a losing position cannot take the account below zero and leave you owing the broker money.

Covered by No statutory investor compensation scheme, which pays eligible clients up to its limit if the firm fails owing client money.

Questions about Blueberry Markets regulation

Is client money segregated at Blueberry Markets?

Yes. Blueberry Markets holds client money separately from its own funds, at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).

Does Blueberry Markets offer negative balance protection?

Yes. Blueberry Markets offers negative balance protection, so a losing position cannot leave you owing the broker more than your account held.

Is there a compensation scheme at Blueberry Markets?

Blueberry Markets's compensation scheme is recorded as: No statutory investor compensation scheme. A scheme covers the broker failing, not losses on your trades.

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