22 February 2022

What are global investment services?

 

Global investment services is a term regularly used for an array of different investment services, including clearing services, safe custody, trade execution and market coverage. Each of these services is an integral part of the investment jigsaw, providing a seamless trade to settlement process and everything in between. Here at Global Investment Strategy Hong Kong Ltd, we use cutting-edge technology to provide the complete package to our clients.

 

Global clearing services

 

As an international broker providing access to investment markets worldwide, our global clearing service is a vital element of our business. Whether investing in developed markets, frontier markets or the range of Chinese listed securities now available on the Hong Kong exchange, clearing services need to be reliable and efficient. Moreover, keeping pace with both technological and regulatory changes requires focus and long-term investment; the make-up of global investment services is constantly changing.

 

We work with a range of clients, including propriety trading firms, fund managers, small/medium-sized hedge funds, family wealth offices and other professional investors. We are acutely aware of different client requirements, and like any broker, we live and die by the services we provide, including global clearing services.

 

Safe custody services

 

While we use cutting-edge technology to execute clearing services, safe custody services are also a vital element of the investment process. Whether using our broker nominee accounts or the range of Tier 1 custodians operating around the globe, delivery and receipt of stock and funds needs to be prompt with no delays. Reconciliation, transparency, custody banking and corporate actions are critical elements of safe custody services. Often overlooked, the safe custody of stock and management of banking accounts is an integral part of global investment services.

 

Trade execution

 

Trade execution is perhaps the most visible part of any global investment services group, the area where investors have direct control. At GIS HK Ltd, we aim to provide the best execution service taking in:-

 

  • Global equities
  • Fixed-income
  • Foreign exchange
  • Derivatives

 

Due to our ongoing investment in the latest technology, we provide low latency execution only services allowing global investment at the touch of a button. While many investors prefer online trade execution, we also have a dedicated trading desk open across international trading hours, ready to answer your queries. It may be that you require additional assistance in fast-moving markets or relatively illiquid investments; we are here to help.

 

Market coverage

 

We live in an investment era where online touch of a button trading is taken for granted, but market coverage and support is still critical. We have a team of highly experienced proactive experts with experience at tier 1 financial institutions such as Barings, Barclays, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, to name but a few. The seamless integration of clearing, custody and trading services is often overlooked, but this involves vast investment and constantly adapting to new regulations.

 

The global investment services jigsaw

 

As an international investment group, our ability to offer global investment services using the latest technology is central to our client offering. Electronic settlement of global investments, stock custody, bank custody, low latency trading, all provided within the latest and often-changing regulatory framework, must be seamless. Our ongoing investment in the latest FinTech technology, enhances our already experienced team and expanding our global reach makes us stand out from the rest. Offering true global investment services, with over 250,000 transactions settled over the last three years, we provide the complete package.

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