Saxo Prime - Saxo Capital Markets

Saxo Prime
FX Direct Market Access
and Prime Brokerage Services
Saxo Prime
- independent FX Prime Brokerage Access
Introduction
Credit intermediation with FX Prime Brokerage
Saxo Capital Markets enables Institutional Clients and their
end ­
customers to trade FX, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures,
Options and other d
­ erivatives via three trading platforms or
via API connectivity.
Each of the most liquid exchanges and venues in FX require
credit relationships for access, and each requires their own user
/ platform agreements.
Saxo Capital Markets has a strong API trading offering with
liquidity ­
tailored to your trading requirements and business
needs.
Saxo Direct provides a solution for clients looking to consume
Saxo Capital Markets l­iquidity. Saxo Prime provides FX Direct
Market ­Access, ­allowing clients looking for connectivity and /
or credit inter­mediation to trade directly on primary FX market
venues.
This folder presents the core building blocks of Saxo Prime,
Saxo Capital Markets FX DMA offering. For more insight please
contact Saxo Capital Markets or visit saxomarkets.com.au.
Prime Brokerage allows Saxo Prime clients access to ALL these
trading venues based on a single account held at Saxo Capital
Markets under a single umbrella user agreement. This means
that Saxo Prime clients have direct access to the institutional
liquidity pools that power the FX markets, with the trades
settling versus their Saxo Capital Markets account.
Saxo Prime provides direct access to a pool of the tier one
­market making banks and non-banks in foreign exchange, or
direct access to the FX ECN’s.
A single API connection gives users flexibility to explore and
choose which managed or custom liquidity pool, or ECN
combination, is best for them. Users connect once, and choose
the best fit over time, without the need for re-plumbing.
Saxo Prime FX DMA Services provide unparalleled
­access to liquidity
Saxo Prime clients get Direct Market Access to multiple FX
­liquidity pools made up of the top market making banks, nonbanks and ECN’s.
Saxo Prime brings clients a market leading liquidity solution by
extending our direct access to the FX markets via our connec­
tivity and clearing services.
By connecting to Saxo Prime, you are connecting directly to
­primary market liquidity via low latency colocated infrastructure.
Saxo Prime combines direct connectivity with access agreements
and credit intermediation where needed.
Saxo Prime is independent of and segregated from Saxo Capital
Markets market making desk and infrastructure.
A range of institutional clients – Asset Managers, Retail Brokers,
Proprietary Trading Firms – can open a margined account with
Saxo Capital Markets providing a single-point-of-contact access
to multiple types of liquidity providers and the most efficient
utilisation of collateral.
Clients who have an existing Prime Brokerage relationship can
also make use of Saxo Prime’s connectivity and access, via give
up agreements with the major prime brokers.
Customised DMA to ECNs, Bank and Non-Bank
­Liquidity
Saxo Prime provides direct access to the leading FX l­iquidity
pools, from a range of ECNs to pools of dedicated tier one
­liquidity.
Saxo Capital Markets has leveraged two decades of experience
in construc­ting and optimizing our FX liquidity relationships with
tier one trading partners to optimise trading conditions for Saxo
Prime and DMA clients.
ECN Direct Market Access
Saxo Prime offers all of the major FX ECNs e.g.: Currenex,
HotSpot, FXAll, etc.
Direct Bank Access - Managed Pools & Custom Streams
Saxo Capital Markets works with all leading FX market making
firms to provide a range of pre-packaged FX liquidity pools for
clients to directly access.
Additionally, Saxo Capital Markets can work for clients to
construct custom streams of liquidity, created on a bespoke
basis in conjunction with the liquidity providers and client needs.
Connect via Saxo Capital Markets or colocated
infrastructure
Access to Saxo Capital Markets Customised Multi-Asset
Liquidity
Saxo Prime clients can connect to liquidity via Saxo Capital Markets infra­structure, or via colocated infrastructure at the centres
that host the primary market access points in New York, London
and ­Tokyo (NY4, LD4 and TY3).
Saxo Prime Direct Market Access in FX can be combined with
multi-asset liquidity from Saxo Capital Markets own high quality
multi-asset liquidity. This means that Saxo Prime can also offer
liquidity in CFD’s.
Saxo Prime offers our client’s access to the optimised API available from MarketFactory, a leader in low latency FX market connectivity.
The Trust and Security of Working with a Licensed Bank
Low Latency Colocation
Saxo Prime’s DMA functionality is built on MarketFactory’s FX
Aggregator (Trading Gateway), providing a single Application
Programming Interface (API) for normalised connectivity to
­major market making banks, non-banks and Currency Electronic
Communication Networks (ECN).
MarketFactory is a leading provider of low latency algorithmic
trading software and hosted colocation services in the FX space.
Visit marketfactory.com/whisperer.php for more information.
Saxo Bank A/S is a fully licensed Danish bank under the super­
vision of Finanstilsynet (the Danish FSA). Established in 1992
and headquartered in Copenhagen with 20+ international
­offices and 33 billion DKK assets under management, Saxo Bank
enjoys a Solvency Ratio (Pillar I) of 14.5%.
To balance credit risk posed by liquidity providers and financial
brokers, Saxo Capital Markets operates only with regulated
counterparties who have the highest credit ratings.
Visit saxomarkets.com.au or call 1300 660 734 for more
information.
Saxo Capital Markets clients are not exposed to changes, updates or multiple access agreements across various feeds, and
the API preserves the features of each venue, delivering continuous ­connectivity.
About Saxo Capital Markets
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd “Saxo Capital Markets” is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saxo Bank A/S. We are a specialized online trading and investment specialist, offering private investors and institutional clients a complete set of tools for their trading and investment strategies. Clients can trade FX, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures,
Options and other derivatives via three specialized and fully integrated multi-asset trading platforms; the browser-based SaxoWebTrader, the downloadable SaxoTrader and
the SaxoTrader app.
The platforms are available in over 20 languages and are white-labelled by more than 100 major financial institutions worldwide. Founded in 1992, the Saxo Bank Group is
headquartered in Copenhagen with 25 local offices throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin, America and Australia.
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