Friday, May 22, 2009

Foreign Exchange-United Kingdom

Barclays Capital in United Kingdom provides FX execution and risk management services for clients of the Barclays Group around the globe. Our principle product components are G7 spot, forwards, vanilla and exotic FX options and structured products. The firm has won numerous awards across the full product spectrum ranging from ecommerce to complex derivatives. Our mission is to offer the most comprehensive range of products and services to our clients, executed in the most efficient way.

Barclays Capital is a leader in the FX Prime Brokerage space and our offering is an integral part of the firm’s suite of electronic execution and clearing services alongside equities, fixed income, interest rate derivatives, commodities and futures.

BARX, Barclays Capital's award-winning online platform provides institutional traders with reliable and secure 24 hour access to:

  • FX options prices
  • NDFs
  • Research, FX charting and analytics
  • Independent charting from TraderMade
  • Real time execution
  • STP
  • Single-click dealing
  • Unlimited trade size via RFQ
  • SMS exchange rate alerts
  • Ability to place all types of orders

Our clients range from large multi-strategy hedge funds to active real money accounts and FX specific retail broker-dealers and we service them through the London, New York, and Tokyo time-zone hubs, with regional sales teams located across the globe. Clients benefit from cross-asset margining under Global Netting, with dedicated account service teams across all time zones.

The Foreign Exchange research teams produces a daily notes review data and events for each time-zone, identifying tactical opportunities in the currency market. The FX Weekly Brief leverages provides thematic and insightful macro research, whilst the Global FX Quarterly outlines a comprehensive global currency outlook.

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