Choose the research question first
| Question | Resource | Important boundary |
|---|---|---|
| What did a reporting company disclose? | SEC EDGAR | Read the relevant issuer, form and reporting period |
| Where is the appropriate EU firm or market record? | ESMA registers | Select the specific register and, when needed, the national authority |
| What does the UK regulator record about a firm? | FCA Register and Firm Checker | Examine the current status and the service concerned, not only a name match |
ESMA registers
A guide to navigating a family of resources: investment firms, prospectuses, instrument references, national disclosure stores and MiCA information. Select the database before drawing a conclusion from its results. ESMA register directory
FCA Register and Firm Checker
A guide to the full Financial Services Register and the simplified consumer tool. It highlights the difference between finding a record and establishing the current permission for a particular service. FCA Register documentation
Use the FCA Register and Firm Checker
SEC EDGAR
A guide to locating a company's filings, choosing the relevant form and recording the original document reference. It also points to the SEC's official structured-data documentation. SEC investor guide
Find company filings with EDGAR
Keep the original context with the source
When saving a document for research, record its publisher, legal entity or issuer, document type, date or period, URL and the passage relevant to your question. This is a suggested research note, not a regulatory form or a new Orbitrum account feature.
Do not turn 'a record exists' into 'all services are authorised', or 'a filing is public' into 'the investment is endorsed'. For instance, the FCA explicitly says its Firm Checker cannot determine that compensation or ombudsman protection will definitely apply. FCA Firm Checker limitations
Sources and expert assessments play different roles
This library helps locate evidence. Orbitrum Academy explains methods for examining it. Project assessments and comparisons remain the work of their named authors, whose reasoning and scope should be read alongside the source material.
Continue with the platform documentation guides when your question is about a provider's tools, pricing documents or product-search instructions rather than an issuer filing or regulatory record.