Regulatory Status

Hawk Trading Education Pty Limited is a proprietary company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Its Australian Business Number (ABN 53 651 107 158) is registered with the Australian Taxation Office and is verifiable through the ABN Lookup service maintained by the Australian Business Register.

The company is led by directors with direct experience in systematic trading and financial practice. The founding director is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA, ICAEW). Hawk's disciplinary and governance framework reflects the professional standards associated with Chartered Accountancy practice, applied to the specific context of systematic trading education.

Hawk Trading Education does not hold an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence issued by ASIC, and is not authorised to provide financial services within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Hawk is not a registered managed investment scheme, does not operate as a fund manager or investment adviser, and does not hold any authorisation from ASIC to deal in financial products or provide financial product advice to retail or wholesale clients.

Hawk's educational activities are structured on the basis that the provision of systematic trading education — including instruction in analytical methodology, risk management, and trading discipline — does not, of itself, constitute the provision of a financial service requiring an AFS licence under Australian law. This assessment is based on the factual nature of Hawk's activities, the absence of personal financial product advice, and the B2B structure of Hawk's signal licensing arrangements.

Hawk's directors and advisers are of the view that the company operates lawfully within the applicable regulatory framework. However, Hawk makes no representation that ASIC or any other regulatory authority has formally assessed or confirmed this position. Users and prospective partners are encouraged to form their own view, with the benefit of independent legal advice, as to the regulatory characterisation of Hawk's activities in their own jurisdiction.

Hawk is not subject to prudential supervision, does not hold client money, and does not operate under an Australian Credit Licence. Any representation to the contrary, by any person purporting to act on behalf of Hawk, should be reported to Hawk's compliance contact immediately.

In addition to its educational programmes, Hawk Trading Education engages in the licensing of trading signals to regulated Introducing Brokers as a business-to-business commercial activity. Signal licensing is conducted exclusively under written commercial agreements with counterparties that are regulated financial services providers in their respective jurisdictions.

Hawk's signal licensing relationships are structured so that Hawk's role is that of a data and methodology licensor, providing systematic signal outputs to regulated broker counterparties. The broker counterparty is then responsible for determining how, and in what form, those signal outputs are made available to the broker's own clients, in accordance with the broker's own regulatory framework and compliance obligations.

Hawk does not maintain a direct contractual or advisory relationship with retail clients of its licensed broker partners. Any retail client who has access to services connected with Hawk's signals through a licensed broker does so under that broker's terms and conditions, and under the regulatory oversight of the broker's applicable regulator. Hawk is not responsible for the manner in which licensed brokers present or implement signal-related services to their client base.

Prospective Introducing Broker partners seeking to understand the commercial and legal structure of Hawk's signal licensing model are invited to make a formal enquiry through the contact details provided in Section 5 below. All initial enquiries are handled on a strictly confidential basis and will not result in any commitment or disclosure of proprietary information prior to the execution of appropriate non-disclosure arrangements.

Hawk Trading Education's website and educational content are accessible internationally. The regulatory requirements applicable to the receipt of financial education content, and to activities connected with trading in financial instruments, vary significantly between jurisdictions. Hawk does not represent that its content or services are appropriate for, or lawfully accessible by, users in all jurisdictions.

Users accessing this website from outside Australia are responsible for satisfying themselves that their access and use of the site, and any services provided through it, complies with the laws and regulations of their local jurisdiction. In jurisdictions where CFD trading is prohibited, or where the provision of trading-related educational content is subject to licensing requirements that Hawk does not hold, users must refrain from accessing Hawk's content.

Hawk's signal licensing activities are conducted with counterparties that hold regulatory authorisations appropriate for their respective jurisdictions. Prior to entering into any signal licensing arrangement, Hawk conducts due diligence on the regulatory standing of prospective counterparties to satisfy itself that the counterparty holds appropriate authorisations. The specific regulatory requirements that apply to signal licensing counterparties will vary depending on the jurisdiction in which the counterparty operates and the form in which signal outputs are to be used.

Hawk does not proactively market its signal licensing services in jurisdictions where such marketing activities would require a local authorisation that Hawk does not hold. Where Hawk is uncertain about the regulatory implications of an enquiry from a particular jurisdiction, it will seek legal advice before proceeding further. Hawk's approach to jurisdictional compliance reflects its commitment to operating responsibly in an internationally complex regulatory environment.