MSC: an office at 395 Collins Street
MSC publishes 395 Collins Street in Melbourne. The team found the company there, with its name at reception.
What the team found
MSC publishes Level 2, 395 Collins Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 as its office. The address is in Melbourne. The team were let up and found a reception with the company's name on it.
The team recorded that MSC has a real office at the address it publishes. That says nothing about its regulation, pricing or treatment of clients, which the profile covers separately.
The checks
The checks that decided this outcome, from the visit checklist.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Building match | Building matched |
| External signage | No relevant signage observed |
| Reception check | Confirmed |
| Office signage | Observed |
Who else uses this address
29 other brokers in this set publish an address on Collins Street. When that many financial firms name one building, it is usually a registered-office or mail-forwarding service, and an address of that kind tells you where the post arrives rather than where anyone works.
Across the 29 other visits to that address, the team found nothing 7 times and could not get access 22 times. Among them are ORIGIN ECN, PBFX and pepperstone.
This visit ended differently from most of the others, which is worth weighing against the pattern at the address.
What the published address commits to
MSC publishes a floor and a room rather than only a building, which is the more checkable kind of address: it can be walked to and either holds the company or does not.
What Melbourne looks like across the set
Melbourne accounts for 48 of the addresses the team has visited. Across the 47 other visits to the city, the team confirmed an office twice, found nothing 7 times and could not get access 38 times.
The reports either side of this one in Melbourne are OpenMarkets, ORIGIN ECN and PARKER AVENUE, and reading two or three together is usually more telling than any single visit.
This report runs against the pattern for Melbourne, which is the reason to read the checks below rather than the badge alone.
Reading the checks together
In short, the building was the one the address names, there was no sign for the company outside and reception confirmed it. No single check settles an outcome on its own, which is why each one is listed above rather than folded into a verdict.
What this outcome means
Office presence confirmed. The broker or relevant entity was identified at the visited address using the evidence described in the report.
A field survey confirms only what was observed at the stated address and time. It does not verify regulatory status, client-money handling, trading conditions or financial strength. The photographs are the team's own, taken at the location on the day, and may be cropped for privacy. Read how surveys are conducted.
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