Arqaam Securities LLC at a glance
Arqaam Securities LLC is the brokerage and markets arm associated with Arqaam Capital, a Dubai-based investment bank that provides institutional brokerage, equities execution, capital markets advisory and regional research across the Middle East and North Africa. The firm is primarily oriented toward institutional, corporate and high-net-worth clients rather than retail forex/CFD traders.
Arqaam Securities LLC reports a founding year of 2005 and a head office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It lists 5 regulators and 2 trading platforms.
BrokerBazaar verdict
Arqaam Securities is a reputable MENA-focused institutional broker with strong research and capital markets capabilities; it is not a retail forex/CFD provider and is best suited to institutional and high-net-worth clients.
Legal entities, regulation and licences
Arqaam Securities LLC operates through 2 legal entities, each supervised separately. Your account is with one specific entity, so the protections you receive depend on which one onboards you, not on the group's strongest licence. Overall, the group is supervised by no regulator we could map to a public register.
Licence check: Not independently checked. This broker has submitted its details. BrokerBazaar has not yet independently checked them. A company registration or general business licence is not permission to offer regulated brokerage services; only the register entries linked in the table count.
Countries accepted and restricted
Arqaam Securities LLC states that it accepts clients from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon. Availability is decided per entity and can change without notice; residents of jurisdictions such as the USA, and often the EU and UK, are frequently excluded from offshore entities.
Trading products, platforms and account types
Instruments: UAE Equities, Shares, Bonds. Platforms: Electronic Trading, ArqNet. Account types: Individual, High-Net-Worth, Family Office, Institutional.
Best-for tags assigned by our team: UAE Investors, Institutional Investors, High-Net-Worth Investors, UAE Equities, Active Traders.
Minimum deposit, spreads, commissions and other charges
The minimum deposit is NOT VERIFIED. Spreads start from N/A — exchange-traded secu… and commission is NOT VERIFIED — current officia…. Maximum leverage is NOT VERIFIED, subject to the cap of the entity that holds your account.
Swap-free / Islamic account: not specified. Swap type: not specified. Headline spreads are usually quoted for the most expensive account tier's cheapest instrument; compare total cost for your typical trade.
Deposits and withdrawals
Deposit methods: NOT VERIFIED. Withdrawal methods: NOT VERIFIED.
Withdrawal speed and fees are set by the entity and payment provider. Withdrawal delays are the most common complaint category on BrokerBazaar across all brokers; keep identity documents current and withdraw to the same method you deposited with where required by anti-money-laundering rules.
Execution model, negative balance protection and client money
Negative balance protection: Not specified. Scalping allowed: Not specified. Algorithmic trading allowed: Not specified. News trading allowed: Not specified. Hedging: not specified.
Client-money rules follow the regulator of the entity that holds your account. Check that regulator's rules on its register.
Complaints and dispute process
Formal complaints: ascomplaints@arqaamsecurities.com. Phone: +971 4 507 1790. Submit the complaint to Arqaam Securities through the dedicated complaints email and retain all correspondence and supporting documents. If the matter remains unresolved, investors may escalate through the applicable UAE Capital Market Authority or exchange investor complaint channels.
If the broker does not resolve a complaint, escalate to the ombudsman or regulator of the entity that holds your account. BrokerBazaar's Dispute Support Desk can help you document and escalate a case.
Strengths and limitations
- Strength: Specialist coverage of MENA capital markets and equities
- Strength: Integrated capital markets and research capabilities
- Strength: Institutional-grade execution and relationships with regional market participants
- Strength: Part of an established regional investment banking groupRegulated UAE securities brokerage firm
- Strength: Authorised for securities brokerage services
- Strength: Officially holds IPO management permissions
- Strength: Officially holds market-making permissions
- Strength: Member of Dubai Financial Market
- Strength: Member of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
- Strength: Recognised by the DFSA as a Non-DIFC Company
- Strength: Nasdaq Dubai exchange membership listed by the DFSA
- Strength: Established Dubai-based brokerage operation
- Strength: Electronic trading available
- Strength: Part of the wider Arqaam financial services group
- Strength: Strong regional expertise in MENA and emerging markets
- Strength: Provides brokerage services for UAE-listed securities
- Strength: Active liquidity provider for listed UAE companies
- Strength: Supports institutional and sophisticated investors
- Strength: Professional research and capital markets ecosystem through the wider Arqaam Group
- Limitation: No universal minimum deposit publicly verified
- Limitation: No maximum leverage publicly verified
- Limitation: Current retail commission schedule not comprehensively verified
- Limitation: Primarily focused on UAE securities rather than OTC forex trading
- Limitation: No publicly verified CFD offering through the UAE securities entity
- Limitation: No publicly verified public API trading service
- Limitation: Deposit methods are not clearly published
- Limitation: Withdrawal methods are not clearly published
- Limitation: Detailed retail account conditions are limited in publicly available information
- Limitation: Services appear more focused on institutional and sophisticated investors
- Limitation: International market access may be provided through other Arqaam Group entities rather than Arqaam Securities LLC itself
- Limitation: Prospective clients should confirm current fees and eligibility directly before account opening
Who this broker suits, and who it does not
Arqaam Securities LLC is most relevant to traders looking for: UAE Investors, Institutional Investors, High-Net-Worth Investors, UAE Equities, Active Traders.
It is less suitable for anyone who needs a strict-tier regulator in their own country of residence, for residents of restricted jurisdictions, and for beginners who have not yet understood leverage and margin. Nothing on this page is personal financial advice.
Arqaam Securities LLC change history
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No fact changes recorded for Arqaam Securities LLC yet. Changes appear here as soon as the broker updates its profile or our editors confirm a change.
Frequently asked questions about Arqaam Securities LLC
Data sources. Broker submission, the regulator registers linked above, web-archive and domain records, and third-party traffic data. No independent licence check date is recorded yet. External ratings: Trustpilot N/A/5; WikiFX 1.18/10; Apple App Store N/A/5; Google Play Store N/A/5.
Commercial disclosure. BrokerBazaar is independent and not owned by any broker. We may receive a referral fee if you open an account with Arqaam Securities LLC through our links; this never affects scores or verification. How we make money. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss.