Admirals (company)

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Admirals
Company type Public
Nasdaq Baltic:  ADMB080027A
Industry Financial services
FoundedMarch 5, 2001;22 years ago (2001-03-05)
FoundersAlexander Tsikhilov
Headquarters
Tallinn, Estonia
Area served
worldwide
Key people
Sergei Bogatenkov (CEO) [1]
Alexander Tsikhilov (Founder and Chairman)
[2]
Services Electronic trading platform
Forex & CFD Brokerage Services
Number of employees
300+ [3]
Website admiralmarkets.com

Admirals (previously referred to as Admiral Markets) is a Tallinn, Estonia-based trading platform for forex, contracts for difference (CFDs) and foreign exchange transactions across various financial markets. [4] [5] [6] Established in 2001 by Alexander Tsikhilov, it is listed on the Nasdaq Nordic stock exchange. [2]

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History

Admirals was founded in 2001 in Kesklinn, Estonia by Alexander Tsikhilov, a former engineer. [7] In 2019, Admiral Markets started collaborating with Trading Central, Acuity and Dow Jones & Company to provide an analytical portal for its clients. [8] The company was registered as a security and commodity contracts broker in 2003, [2] and listed on Nasdaq Tallinn's Baltic Bond Lis in January 2018. [2] In 2019, Admiral Markets received the Global Banking & Finance Awards as the Best Forex Company Estonia 2019. [9] It was awarded ADVFN International Financial Awards in 2021. [10] In 2021, the company changed its brand name from Admiral Markets to Admirals. [11] [12] [13] [14] As of 2021, the company has affiliates and trading licenses in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Australia and Jordan. [15] [16]

In March 2021, the company rebranded from "Admiral Markets" to "Admirals", also changing the company's logo. [17]

In June 2022, Admirals SA (PTY) Ltd., an operating subsidiary of Admirals, received regulatory approval to offer CFD trading to investors in South Africa. [18]

As of 2022, Admiral Markets Group had representative offices in 18 countries through its regulated investment company subsidiaries and had a client portfolio in more than 145 countries. In the same year, Admirals started its operations in Jordan, expanding its presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and also obtained a license for financial activities in South Africa. [19]

Management

In 2017, Admiral Markets underwent a change in management after Jens Chrzanowski, Victor Gherbovet and Mindaugas Deksnys, were appointed on the board, along with Sergei Bogatenkov and James Chernikov, who had been serving on the board previously. [20] In 2018, Stephen Ayme was appointed as the company's general manager, replacing Simon Roberts. [21] [22]

In September 2022, the Board of Admirals consisted of two members: Sergei Bogatenkov and Andrey Koks after Jens Chrzanowski left the company. [23] [24]

Controversies

Admiral Market reported fake, clone websites offering unrealistic promises using the brand of Admiral Market and this happened several times, specifically in the year 2017, 2018 and 2020. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

In March 2020, the mass media reported that Admiral Markets allegedly exited the Poland Market, though the company stated that it denied such a report that its Polish branch was scheduled for a "switch of affiliations" as previously the branch had been working under the Estonian arm whereas it had been switched to be worked under its subsidiary Admiral Markets Cyprus Ltd, which is a CySEC regulated firm. [30] [31]

In February 2021, Estonian financial watchdog Finantsinspektsioon fined Admiral Markets a sum of €32,000 for allegedly not complying with its legal obligations toward providing investment services. [32] [33] Consequently, the company moved to the Harju County Court, challenging the imposition of fine by Finantsinspektsioon. On April 1, 2021, The Harju County Court annulled the decision of the fine by Finantsinspektsioon. [34] On May 26, the second-tier Tallinn Circuit Court endorsed the decision of Harju County Court. [35] [36]

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