Professional firms in Europe

lojze · Jun 7, 2002

I am trying to send an email to http://www.dealingedge.co.uk/contact.htm, but it doesn't go (security fix from their site).

Any normal address available?

Lojze

Diamond Geezer · Jun 7, 2002

The US phone number found by clicking the Tradescape link in this web page (www.dealingedge.com) is (800) 706 4493, hope this helps.

FX-Trader · Jul 15, 2003

Refco Acquires MacFutures

Acquisition marks commitment to global electronic traders

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 7, 2003 - Refco Group Ltd., LLC, a world leader in providing risk management and investment services, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase MacFutures Limited, a London-based leader in facilitating, training and supporting traders on global electronic markets.

Refco Group Ltd., LLC is the parent company of Refco, LLC, one of the world's largest registered futures commission merchants. The MacFutures operations will become a division of Refco, LLC.

"We are delighted to have come to an agreement to add MacFutures to our group. This acquisition is a part of our continuing strategy to expand and diversify Refco's global base," said Joseph Murphy, CEO of Refco Global Futures.

"The evolution of electronic trading and exchanges and our ability to support the growing number of 'upstairs traders' make this acquisition a natural extension of our core business, and it will be immediately accretive to our run-rate. We see this as a great opportunity to further expand and support electronic trading on a global basis."

MacFutures, with offices in Gibraltar and Sydney in addition to its London headquarters, currently supports approximately 200 traders accessing the global futures market.

Magnus Greaves, Managing Director of MacFutures, said: "We are extremely pleased to become a part of Refco. Refco's financial strength, global reach and robust technology solutions will ensure that we can grow our business to new levels."

According to Mark Slade, Managing Director of Refco Overseas Limited, the acquisition is based on an established relationship between Refco and MacFutures. "Refco has provided global clearing services to MacFutures for the last two years," Slade said.

"The quality service MacFutures provides to professional traders, including its successful training programs, is a model that can be expanded to an international audience."

Refco Group Ltd., LLC (www.refco.com) is a diversified financial services organization with operations in 14 countries and an extensive global institutional client base. Refco Group's worldwide subsidiaries, are members of principal U.S. and international exchanges, and are among the most active members of futures exchanges in Chicago, New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, and Singapore. In addition to its futures brokerage activities, Refco is a major broker of cash market products, including foreign exchange, foreign exchange options, government securities, domestic and international equities, emerging market debt, and OTC financial and commodity products. Refco also maintains a significant presence in asset management through its Forstmann-Leff and Tilney (U.K.) subsidiaries. Refco is a clearing member of all principal U.S. and international futures exchanges such as CBOT, CME, LME, LIFFE, NYMEX, SGX etc. and ranks as one of the top global clearing firms.
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rttrader · Jul 15, 2003

Quote from B.Willis:

Does anyone know if there are professional proprietary trading firms like Bright Trading, Echotrade, etc. in Europe?
IÂ´m looking for European firms or branches of US firms.
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Bruce -

We have remote traders all around Europe but no "official" office...yet...we will soon have an office in Canada.......

rttrader -

zdreg · Jan 25, 2004

Quote from saschabr:

Carl Kliem maintains some offices in Germany, but i heard overall conditions are rather unfavourable (like with other trading offices, it are much more trading offices than prop firms, but i do not know any real prop firm at least in Germany)
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are you familiar with any trading offices (it doesn't have to be a prop office)in london?

zdreg · Jan 26, 2004

i remember a long time ago retail customers were given private space in brokerage offices but are there any today for non hedge fund customers?
especially in london , amsterdam and new york

Xenia · Oct 7, 2004

Quote from stevet:

gdd are not a prop firm - they are brokers - and what are your concerns and what are the mysteries ? gdd are not "cheaper" than IB - they just have a different business model which offers the same lower rates for high volume that everyone else offers. but what do you know about them ?
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GDD.com went out of business a few weeks ago.

scalp100 · Oct 7, 2004

do you have anymore info on why the went under?

Xenia · Oct 8, 2004

Regulating authorities (EBK) had withdrawn banking licence
for their parent "Redsafe" and broker licence for GDD. Thus
they were forced to shut down all operations.

www.redsafe.com

minx · Oct 10, 2004

Really dont know what you're talking about regarding all the regulation. All I had to do was provide my CV to the FSA and everything was fine. I might have signed 1 document, cant remember. You only need the exams if you're intending on taking money from people/investors.