香港的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu) SFC(the Securities and Futures Commission/證監(jiān)會(huì))在性質(zhì)上類似于FSA,但其職責(zé)說明相對(duì)具體,外匯保證金業(yè)務(wù)明確地被列入規(guī)范的范疇,受制于1994年9月SFC訂立的LFETO條款(Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading Ordinance under Securities and Futures Ordinance)這個(gè)條款對(duì)外匯經(jīng)紀(jì)商的資本金等方面都作了規(guī)定。
加拿大的情況稍有不同,沒有一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu),而是由幾個(gè)主要省份的證監(jiān)會(huì)(the Securities Commission)分別管理。這些證監(jiān)會(huì)對(duì)外匯保證金沒有具體的規(guī)范條例,只是要求那些進(jìn)行外匯培訓(xùn)或經(jīng)營外匯業(yè)務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu)和公司在當(dāng)?shù)刈?cè)。另外,它們對(duì)外匯保證金總體持比較謹(jǐn)慎的態(tài)度。例如,安大略省的證監(jiān)會(huì)的網(wǎng)站上提醒客戶“外匯交易適合那些能承受風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的客戶,因?yàn)樗歉唢L(fēng)險(xiǎn),還有可能是欺詐的。”(原文: As a follow up to a previous alert on investment software, the Ontario Securities Commission(OSC) is warning the public that currency trading and foreign exchange trading, also known as FOREX or FX trading, is for those that can afford to take the risk- and may be fraudulent.)