Here at Global Investment Strategy UK Ltd, we take a proactive approach to prime broking services, moulding our prime broking offering to each client's specific requirements. As a result, we provide the complete package from trading to settlement, clearing services to stock lending, and more. As well as ongoing investment in new technology, we have a dedicated team ensuring that we also stay ahead of new regulations.
Prime broking for all your needs
It is crucial to offer the full range of prime broking services in the modern era to ensure a seamless service from trade to settlement. Prime broking can mean different things to different clients. We provide the full range including:-
- Global multi-asset trade execution
- Safe custody
- Stock lending
- Clearing services
While these are essential elements of any prime broking offering, this needs to be supported by the full range of investment assets, including:-
- Currencies
- Equities
- Fixed income
- Government securities
- Derivatives
We have an extended reach across global markets, and together with our Hong Kong office, we can offer clearing services, safe custody and settlement services across up-and-coming frontier markets. We have on the ground experience in frontier markets such as:-
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- China
It is essential to understand the characteristics and operational realities of dealing in very different global markets.
The importance of post-trade services
The seamless connection between trading and settlement, clearing services and safe custody, and stock lending services is crucial to our success. Our constant investment in new trading technology/platforms is mirrored across our post-trade services. As well as investment in technology, we pride ourselves on our strong relationships with tier 1 custodians across the world.
These are all elements of our prime broking offering, allowing us to provide efficient, transparent and trustworthy services. This ensures that our clients can focus on their key competencies of research and trading, confident in the knowledge that post-trading services are in hand. Our range of post-trading services includes:-
- Settlement and status reporting
- Fail management
- Reconciliation
- Custody banking
- Corporate actions
- Transaction reporting
- Straight-through-processing back-office platforms
Our in-depth understanding of prime broking allows us to incorporate a vital mix of hands-on services and cutting-edge technology. We continually assess issues such as latency, with our services backed up by the latest cutting-edge FinTech solutions with integrated robotics. While innovation is important, we never lose sight of the need to be available 24 hours a day, five days a week via our trading helpdesk.
Regulation and transparency
While our post-trade services are seamless and often unseen, it is essential to provide transparency within a robust regulatory framework. GIS UK Ltd has been regulated by the FCA since 2005 and a member of the London Stock Exchange since 2009. We also have a deep-seated knowledge of our broader regulatory obligations under which our global safe custody and clearing services operate.
Our significant and ongoing investment in new technology for frontline services such as trade execution is vital. However, significant resources are also targeted at monitoring and adapting to new regulations on a global basis. It is our duty to stay one step ahead of the regulations, maintaining extensive transparency while providing a seamless trade-to-settlement service.
Confidence is the key
Here at GIS UK Ltd, we appreciate that every client has different requirements, timescales and aspirations. Consequently, each prime broking package must be moulded around individual clients. While many of our competitors attempt to shoehorn clients into specific pigeonholes, this is not how we operate. Instead, we provide a perfect mix of new technology and client interaction, fully appreciating that confidence breeds success.