Prime Broker Finder
Use our comparison service to get the best access, rates, execution and service for your hedge fund from the most appropriate prime brokers based in the UK
Online & Voice Trade Execution
Ensure your prime broker has experienced dealers to manage your online trading with more complex order voice brokerage services.
Clearing & Give Up Services
Spread orders across multiple execution brokers and give up to your main clearing prime broker to maintain execution anonymity.
Securities Lending
Borrow securities directly from your prime broker to reduce financing costs and the risk of holding a long term short position.
Client Services
Get first class back office support from your prime broker for complex corporate actions, clearing issues and general account management.
Risk Management & Financing
Manage cross exchange positions with SPAN margin facilities to ensure minimal margin requirements on hedged and offset positions with overall portfolio risk management.
Reporting & Portfolio Technology
Ensure your hedge fund has the proper compliance and regulatory processes in place with hedge fund consultancy services and risk management technology.
How Does It Work?
Get proposals either from prime brokers or use us as a middle man to remain anonymous before making contact
1. Tell Us About Your Fund
Complete our confidential interactive prime broker finder form.
2. Get Matched To Prime Brokers
Matched prime brokers will send a proposal based on your fund requirements for your review.
3. Account Set Up & Trading
Once you have compared prime broker options, choose the most appropriate to move forward with.
Here we highlight the major prime brokers in the UK for established hedge funds as well as prime brokers that accept smaller and start-up hedge funds.
What is the role of a prime broker?
The purpose of a prime broker is to act as the consolidated portfolio, risk and services account for a hedge fund.
Often hedge funds trade with many different brokers throughout the day who will then "give up" trades to the price broker where the bulk of a funds assets are held.
Whilst the prime broker may handle the majority of a hedge funds execution it is normal for funds to spread business across multiple brokerage accounts to ensure that trades are executed with discretion and finesse.
Prime brokers also offer access to their client pool for capital introduction to increase the net asset value of hedge funds. This is also common with competing brokers who will want to add value to win execution business to generate commission.
What services to Prime Brokers offer:
- Online and voice trade execution
- Clearing and give up services
- Securities lending
- Client services
- Risk management and financing
- Reporting and portfolio technology
- Capital introduction
- Hedge fund consulting services
Do we provide a prime brokers list?
Prime brokers are for institutional accounts so there is not a definitive list of prime brokers. However, we do provide a prime brokers interactive finder tool and can assist in putting you fund in touch with a prime broker.
Top prime brokers for start up hedge funds?
The top tier prime brokers are shutting down all their smaller accounts so start up hedge funds need a mini prime broker or mid-tier prime broker.
Our prime broker finder tool can help your start up hedge fund find top prime brokers that are most appropriate for your investment strategy.
Which are the best prime brokers for small hedge funds?
If you have a small hedge fund take you can find a prime broker here. We work with the best prime brokers for small to medium sized hedge funds that can assist with your trading and fund strategy, including custodian services, regulatory umbrellas, research, analysis and outsourced back office systems.
Latest Prime Broker News, Views, Reviews, & Interviews
Saxo’s 2019 Outrageous Predictions – what craziness can we expect next year
SaxoInvestor: Saxo goes mainstream and offers investment accounts
Here’s a quick run down of what Saxo’s Awards at Finance Magnates mean if you’re a trader
Equity options brokers – which are the best and where can you trade equity options online?
If you’re in Capital Markets. You should be a member of The Broker Club. We talk to Sally Jones, Executive Director to find out why.
June Yee Felix takes the helm of IG as new CEO
Saxo expands it’s tradeable CFD & Options universe with CFD Index Options
Peter Cruddas, CEO of CMC Markets on why he’s still running and improving the broker he founded nearly 30 years ago…
CMC Markets add DMA Equity CFDs to it’s Prime Derivatives offering
