ThinkMarkets Group

Who owns ThinkMarkets?

ThinkMarkets is owned by ThinkMarkets Group, a private company controlled by founders Nauman Anees and Faizan Anees. There is no outside controlling shareholder or public parent company.

Is ThinkMarkets Group a public company?

No. The group is privately held. It explored a public listing in 2021 and 2022 but did not complete one and remains private as of November 2026.

Where is ThinkMarkets Group headquartered?

The group operates dual headquarters in London, England and Melbourne, Australia, with regional offices in Limassol, Johannesburg, and Dubai.

How is ThinkMarkets regulated?

Through separate licensed subsidiaries. Key authorizations include the FCA in the UK, ASIC in Australia, CySEC in Cyprus, the FSCA in South Africa, the DFSA in Dubai, and the FMA in New Zealand, plus offshore licenses in the Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands.

How many clients does ThinkMarkets serve?

The private group does not publish client numbers. It states that it serves clients in more than 165 countries with support in more than 20 languages.

The group traces to ThinkForex, a MetaTrader-based forex and CFD brokerage launched in 2010 by brothers Nauman and Faizan Anees. The initial operation targeted retail traders in Australia and New Zealand and was regulated by ASIC.

In 2015 the founders added a second regulated base, incorporating TF Global Markets (UK) Limited and securing FCA authorization. The London office gave the group access to the center of the global online trading industry and a regulated pathway into European business. Around the same period the brand name changed from ThinkForex to ThinkMarkets, reflecting a product set that had grown past currencies into indices, commodities, and share CFDs.

Licensing expansion continued through the late 2010s. A CySEC license in Cyprus established an EU presence, and the group added an FSCA license in South Africa, which became one of its faster-growing markets. Authorizations in the Dubai International Financial Centre, New Zealand, the Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands completed a structure designed to serve clients in most of the world through a local or offshore entity.

On the technology side, the group built ThinkTrader, a proprietary platform positioned as an alternative to MetaTrader 4 and 5, and integrated TradingView charting. It added the ThinkCopy copy trading product and built out ThinkLiquidity, an institutional unit providing liquidity and prime services to other brokers.

In 2021 and 2022 ThinkMarkets pursued a public listing that was covered extensively in trade press but ultimately did not proceed, leaving the company in private hands. Through 2024 to 2026 the group focused on platform development, expanding its instrument count to roughly 4,000 CFD markets, and broadening its presence in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. As of November 2026 it reports clients in more than 165 countries and 24-hour multilingual support.

The dual-headquarters arrangement reflects the group's history rather than convention. Melbourne is where the company was founded and where the Australian license sits; London is where the industry is centered and where the FCA entity operates. Management, compliance, and finance functions split across the two, with regional offices in Limassol, Johannesburg, and Dubai handling their jurisdictions.

No major enforcement action against the group's onshore entities has defined its public record through November 2026. The main scrutiny applies to its offshore subsidiaries in the Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands, where clients receive weaker protections than under FCA, ASIC, or CySEC rules, a common criticism of multi-entity brokers in independent reviews.

Like all CFD providers, its retail entities must disclose the percentage of client accounts that lose money, and the product category as a whole remains under periodic regulatory pressure in the UK, EU, and Australia over leverage limits and marketing practices.