ACM Gold

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ACM Gold & Forex Trading
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
FounderIrfan Pardesi, Hina Kassam and Farhan Pardesi
Headquarters,
Number of locations
Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe
Key people
  • Dano Fotiadis, CEO
ServicesForeign Exchange (Forex, FX), Retail foreign exchange trading, Precious Metals Trading, CFDs.
Number of employees
300 (2012)
Websitewww.acmgold.com

ACM Gold is a South African-based financial brokerage company. ACM Gold offers trading in CFDs (Contract for Differences) & Spot Products for Foreign Exchange, Indices, Metals, Energy and Commodities.

ACM Gold holds offices in South Africa, Nigeria,[1] Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Kenya, Malaysia, India, Macedonia, Croatia and has also recently ventured in Botswana.

History[edit]

ACM Gold was established in 2004 and was founded by Irfan Pardesi and Hina Kassam in the United Kingdom. ACM is the abbreviation of Accentuate Capital Markets and commonly referred to as ACM Gold, having offices in several countries, with major presence in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and some parts of Eastern Europe.

ACM Gold & Forex Trading is known to tap into emerging markets and its strategy involves opening up offices in untapped financial avenues.[2]

Regulations[edit]

ACM Gold & Forex Trading is regulated and licensed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (South Africa).[3] It is also licensed by Financial Services Commission of Mauritius. In addition to this, ACM Gold is a Trading-Cum-Clearing Member of Global Board of Trade.[4] In Pakistan, ACM Gold (Pvt.) Ltd. operates as a member of Pakistan Mercantile Exchange[5] and is regulated with Securities Exchange Commission, Pakistan. In 2014, ACM Gold got the NBFIRA license to start operations in Botswana.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Greenberg, Michael (14 November 2011). "ACM Gold expands to Nigeria with a new local office and a trading floor". Forex Magnates. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ Finberg, Ron. "A Look at the Nigerian Forex Market". Forex Magnates. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. ^ Finance, Board. "FSB Reports". FSB Journal. FSB-SA. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  4. ^ GBT, Trade. "GBT-Journo". GBT-Journal. GBT. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  5. ^ PM, Paki. "Registered Brokers". Journal - PMEX. PMEX. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.