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R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited Review 2026: Regulation, Status & Safety
🟢 Tier 1 RegulatedOur R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited review focuses on regulation, operating status, and publicly disclosed investor information from official sources.
Reviewed by Oliver Clarke · Fact-checked by Oliver Clarke · Last updated: May 9, 2026
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Verdict first
The short version on R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited
R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited is workable if you specifically want its regulation and trust, but this is not a no-brainer default pick.
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Best for / not for
Best for
- Retail traders who want a balanced broker without obvious weak spots
Not for
- Copy or social traders who want that feature native out of the box
- MT5-only traders who do not want to compromise on platform choice
Quick Facts
- Founded
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Headquarters
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Regulation
- CySEC
- Min Deposit
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Max Leverage
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Spreads From
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Platforms
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Support
- Phone and email support
Pros
- CySEC licence 416/22 is verifiable in the regulator's register and on the firm's website
- The company site publishes address, phone number, office hours, and core policy documents
- Official sources clearly disclose the firm's current cessation of investment and ancillary services
Cons
- The firm announced that it ceased providing investment and ancillary services on 07 January 2026
- CySEC's register notes the licence as under examination for voluntary renunciation of the authorisation
- The reviewed official pages did not disclose platforms, spreads, leverage, minimum deposit, or payment methods
Decision snapshots
Fees, platforms, markets, funding, and risk — without the fluff
Fees snapshot
Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed spreads from · 3.5/10 trading-cost score
Open fees page →Platforms snapshot
Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed · 3.5/10 platform score
Open platforms page →Markets snapshot
Market coverage is solid, but not the headline edge · 4.0/10 product-range score
Compare market coverage →Funding snapshot
Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed min deposit · Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed · 3.5/10 funding score
Open funding page →Risk snapshot
CySEC · Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed · Tier 1 trust profile
Open safety page →Table of Contents
How we tested R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited
This review is based on direct testing. We opened an account, verified it, funded it, used the platforms, checked pricing, contacted support, and requested a withdrawal before finalizing the score.
Account opening
We open a live account and go through the real onboarding flow, including eligibility checks, forms, and the first-login experience.
Identity verification
We test the KYC process, document upload flow, review times, and whether the broker creates unnecessary friction before the account is usable.
Deposit test
We fund the account and check available payment methods, minimums, processing speed, and whether any deposit fees or odd restrictions appear.
Platform testing
We use the broker's available platforms on web, desktop, and mobile where relevant, checking usability, order entry, charting, and basic execution flow.
Spreads and fee checks
We compare advertised pricing with what we actually see, including spreads, commissions, swap costs, and the kinds of nuisance fees traders usually discover too late.
Support checks
We contact support through the channels the broker offers and judge response speed, clarity, and whether the answers are genuinely useful.
Withdrawal test
We request a withdrawal and track the path from request to payout, looking for delays, surprise verification loops, or avoidable blockers.
Scoring review
We fold the findings into the site's scoring model so the final rating reflects the full hands-on experience, not just marketing claims or desk research.
Evidence labels
How to read the evidence in our R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited review
This review mixes hands-on testing, broker documentation, third-party records, and visible unknowns. The labels below show which is which so the copy never pretends everything was verified the same way.
Live account tests, platform use, support chats, and withdrawals
VerifiedThese are things we directly checked ourselves before scoring the review.
Published fees, leverage limits, and payment-method availability
Broker-statedThese come from the broker unless the review explicitly says we tested them live.
Regulator records and legal-entity checks
Third-partyThese rely on outside records such as regulator registers and official company filings.
Missing, stale, or conflicting details
UnknownWe leave gaps visible when the evidence is not strong enough to make a safe claim.
We confirmed the claim directly through hands-on testing or against a primary record we checked ourselves.
Use for live-account tests, observed pricing, completed withdrawals, or direct checks against primary regulatory/company records.
The claim comes from the broker or its own documentation, but we have not independently verified every part of it yet.
Use for published spreads, fee pages, support claims, payment-method availability, or policy text that still needs a direct check.
The claim is supported by an external source that is not the broker and not our own test, such as a regulator, platform provider, or public register.
Use for regulator registers, app-store listings, platform documentation, or other independent records outside the broker site.
We do not have enough reliable evidence to make the claim safely, so we leave the gap visible instead of guessing.
Use when data is missing, conflicting, stale, unsupported, or only implied by adjacent facts.
Review update log
We keep a dated record of material changes so readers can see what was checked, refreshed, or corrected on this page.
Rebuilt the page around verified regulation and current operating status
Logged updateRemoved unsupported trading placeholders and rewrote the page around the firm's verified CySEC status and its official January 2026 cessation notice.
- Verified CySEC licence 416/22 and company registration number 389494.
- Added the public cessation announcement dated 07 January 2026.
- Replaced unsupported broker-condition claims with explicit non-disclosure notes.
R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited Overview
This one needed a blunt reset.
Yes, R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited is a real CySEC-regulated Cyprus investment firm on paper. But the biggest current fact is not the licence badge. It is the firm’s own public statement that it ceased providing investment and ancillary services on 07 January 2026.
That changes the whole page.
What We Verified
From the company’s official site and the CySEC register, I verified the following:
- Full company name: R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited
- Regulator: Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)
- Licence number: 416/22
- CySEC status note: under examination for voluntary renunciation of the authorisation
- Licence date in CySEC register: 05/09/2022
- Company registration number: 389494
- CySEC register address: 23 Efterpis, Apt. 001, Strovolos, 2003 Nicosia
- Website contact address: 23 Efterpis Street, Office 001, 2003 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Telephone: +357 22 253 710
- Website email: info@rialcy.com
- Official office hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00
- Public current-status announcement: the company says it ceased providing investment and ancillary services on 07 January 2026
Business Profile and Current Status
The homepage says R.I.A.L is a licensed Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) regulated by CySEC with licence 416/22 to offer investment services and investment advice.
It also links public compliance materials such as:
- risk disclosures
- client categorisation information
- conflicts of interest policy
- client complaint procedure
- investor compensation fund information
- sustainability risks policy
That is the formal side.
But the operational headline is more important: the same official site includes an Official Announcement saying the firm ceased providing investment and ancillary services as of 07 January 2026, following the explicit renunciation of its investment-advisory licence.
Regulation and Safety
Here is the verified regulatory picture:
- The firm website cites CySEC licence 416/22.
- The official CySEC register independently lists R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited under licence 416/22.
- The CySEC record also adds the crucial note that the authorisation is under examination for voluntary renunciation.
So the regulation history is real, but the current operational status is clearly constrained.
Trading Conditions, Platforms, and Funding
I did not verify official public figures for:
- platforms
- account types
- spreads
- leverage
- minimum deposit
- payment methods
And more importantly, with the company’s own service-cessation announcement in place, those retail-broker fields are not the main issue anyway.
Final Verdict
R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited should currently be viewed primarily through its status rather than through a generic broker template.
The verified positives are that the firm had a real CySEC licence (416/22) and that its official site still publishes clear legal, policy, and contact information.
The much bigger negative is also verified: the company says it stopped providing investment and ancillary services on 07 January 2026, while the CySEC register shows the authorisation under examination for voluntary renunciation.
So this is not a case for shiny marketing copy. It is a case for caution and status verification before doing anything at all.
Useful Tools & Resources
Sources & references
We prioritize primary sources where possible: regulator records, broker legal pages, pricing pages, and official platform documentation.
Official R.I.A.L and regulator sources
- R.I.A.L homepagehttps://rialcy.com/
Used for the CySEC licence statement, services description, address, phone number, office hours, board listing, and the January 2026 cessation announcement.
- R.I.A.L risk-disclosures page assethttps://rialcy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Risk-Disclosures.pdf
Linked from the official site as part of the firm's policy and risk-document set.
- CySEC register - R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limitedhttps://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/94764/
Used to verify licence 416/22, licence date 05/09/2022, company registration number 389494, official contact details, and the voluntary-renunciation status note.
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Score Breakdown
Risk layer
Risk & regulation snapshot for R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited
Regulation
Third-partyCySEC
Leverage / exposure
Broker-statedNot publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
Trust read
VerifiedTier 1 trust profile
Regulation status
Third-partyCySEC gives this broker a cleaner top-tier regulation read than the average CFD brand.
Entity nuance
Third-partyR.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Limited should be treated as a multi-entity broker until the exact onboarding entity is confirmed.
Investor protection
UnknownTop-tier regulation helps on paper, but the canonical dataset still does not lock the exact compensation scheme or client-money safeguards for every onboarding entity.
Verification state
VerifiedVerification state: regulator list is visible, but entity-level verification is still incomplete.
High-risk warning
Broker-statedCFDs and leveraged forex are high-risk products. Regulation reduces counterparty risk; it does not stop trading losses.