Brokerage & Custody

We service our clients with top-quality global brokerage and custody services. We provide flexible, tailor-made solutions, comprising an integrated package in modular form – all facilitated by state-of-the-art information technology.

Our clients

Fortis Merchant Banking offers you integrated services in securities processing with global reach and multi-product coverage. We serve all types of professional investors, inter alia:

• retail banks
• private banks
• investment banks
• institutional brokers
• online brokers
• global custodians

How we can help you

Fortis Merchant Banking facilitates your business with a wide range of brokerage and custody products and a modular service offering. You can benefit from real-time execution and STP settlement, increasing efficiency and reducing your operational risk and overall costs. The major categories of brokerage and custody services we provide are:

Global Brokerage

• efficient, global connectivity for securities transactions
• full broker service in a multi-product environment
• low-touch broker services (order monitoring, care order intervention and STP problem order treatment)

Global & Local Custody

• automated settlement and global custody services (including safekeeping, corporate actions/income collection, settlements, tax services, proxy services and communication)
• real-time link between broker and custody platform
• full integration with back-office systems

Combined Offerings

• global market access for order execution linked with global custody service
• modular build-up of services depending on your operating model

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

• optimal execution and execution policy
• efficient access to various execution venues

Fortis Merchant Banking: the right choice

By providing seamless combination of execution, clearing, settlement and custody services, we cover the entire securities value chain. Fortis Merchant Banking's single gateway to market combined with global reach and multi-product coverage is unique – the result of our long standing expertise both as broker and custodian. We offer a range of connectivity solutions to suit your specific requirements, enabling you to focus entirely on your core activity.

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