At Global Investment Strategy UK Ltd, we constantly invest in new technology and best of class trading platforms. This ensures that we can offer highly efficient trading services at extremely competitive rates. While many of our competitors struggle to either keep pace with new technology or remain competitive on pricing, we continue to maintain that sweet point between the two. So what are the main issues to consider when looking at trade execution as a broker and a client?
Improvements in latency
While the Internet has changed trade execution in the investment world, it is essential to maintain low latency trading channels. Latency is the time taken for a request to be received and executed, which is especially important for day traders. Historically, electronic trading was managed via a broker's servers with instructions then passed on to the market. However, the situation has changed dramatically in recent years, with Direct Market Access (DMA) a game-changer for many traders.
Even though we have seen dramatic improvements, monitoring latency and working with business partners toidentify and execute further enhancements is vital. Our constant and ongoing investment in new technology is reaping huge rewards for our customers.
FinTech solutions
While FinTech is something of a buzzword at the moment, if you dig a little deeper, it will be the engine room of many brokers for years to come. The opportunity to incorporate robotics and artificial intelligence to execute trades, complete settlement and clear stocks and funds should not be dismissed. Know Your Client and Anti-Money Laundering legislation have been and continue to be a critical part of the modern-day regulatory regime. While we are only scratching the surface at the moment, there is a range of FinTech solutions on the horizon that will strengthen an already robust regulatory framework.
Physical contact with clients
Many brokerages either focus solely on electronic trading or taking instructions directly from clients via the telephone. Here at GIS UK Ltd, we firmly believe that electronic trading is essential, but so is maintaining physical contact with customers. We have experience across all major investment markets and specific expertise in frontier markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam and the emerging markets of China.
While we appreciate that speed is of the essence when executing trades, trading in volatile markets and illiquid stocks will often require direct market knowledge and trade management. Consequently, alongside our low latency high-tech trading services, we operate a trading helpdesk available24 hours a day, five days a week.
Maintaining a balance
As a broker, we feel our role is to embrace and incorporate the latest technology into our trading services. We know that confidence breeds success and attracts vast volumes, which allow us to remain competitive. Over the last three years, we have cleared more than 250,000 transactions with a combined value in excess of £50 billion. Continually enhancing our capacity means that services are never overstretched and quality, integrity and speed are never compromised. This is only possible due to our continued investment in new technology while ensuring the priceless client-broker relationship is not broken.
Summary
GIS UK Ltd is incredibly proud of the client-facing services we provide together with access to best in class electronic trading platforms. This allows us to maintain a highly competitive "schedule of charges" which is constantly under review. It is crucial that technology-enhanced savings are passed on to clients while still maintaining our high quality of services.
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