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February 21, 2008

SPONSOR POST: What is Prime Brokerage

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A prime broker is simply a broker that offers a group of specialized services to top clients. This service spawned from the needs of hedge funds, but is useful for anyone who is a serious trader. The key advantage of a prime brokerage is that it usually provides a client with ability to trade with multiple brokerage houses while maintaining a centralized master account with all of the client's cash and securities. Prime Brokerage typically includes the following services:

  • Account consolidation
  • Trade execution
  • Stock loan
  • Margin financing
  • Operational support
  • New Issue Services

Services may also include assistance with introducing fund managers to potential investors, providing office space leasing on-site for clients, technology support, and more. Some also offer a risk management and regulatory consulting. Other prime brokers specialize in niche segment of the financial markets, such as IPOs. For example, Triad Securities provides comprehensive data on the global new issue market.

If your trading account is worth more than 300K, you should consider contacting a prime broker and asking them what services are available to you.


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prime broker is simply a broker that offers a group of specialized services to top clients. This service spawned from the needs of hedge funds, but is useful for anyone who is a serious trader. The key advantage of a prime brokerage is that it usually provides a client with ability to trade with multiple brokerage houses while maintaining a centralized master account with all of the client’s cash and securities. Prime Brokeragelinks typically includes the following services:

Comment on October 16, 2008 12:35 am
2. lim len wei

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Comment on December 26, 2008 09:50 pm
3. lim len wei

Great post and information

Comment on December 26, 2008 09:54 pm

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Comment on January 14, 2009 05:51 am

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Comment on January 14, 2009 05:54 am

Got to go with a prime broker once you hit that level of invested liquid assets.

Comment on January 22, 2009 05:59 pm

The hedge fund business is way down so I would think that prime brokers are hurting too.

Comment on February 2, 2009 11:17 pm
9. Mike Prior, Sr.

Great information worth reading

Comment on February 10, 2009 07:25 am
10. abank

This service spawned from the needs of hedge funds, but is useful for anyone who is a serious trader. The key advantage of a prime brokerage is that it usually provides a client with ability to trade with multiple brokerage houses while maintaining a centralized master account with all of the client’s cash and securities. Prime Brokeragelinks typically includes the following services

Comment on February 11, 2009 10:01 pm
11. abank

This service spawned from the needs of hedge funds, but is useful for anyone who is a serious trader. The key advantage of a prime brokerage is that it usually provides a client with ability to trade with multiple brokerage houses while maintaining a centralized master account with all of the client’s cash and securities. Prime Brokeragelinks typically includes the following services

Comment on February 11, 2009 10:02 pm
12. Vikram

nice piece of info.

Comment on February 18, 2009 08:21 am
13. Amirul

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Comment on March 20, 2009 11:25 pm
14. dargon

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Comment on April 2, 2009 08:22 pm
15. dargon

Got to go with a prime broker once you hit that level of invested liquid assets

Comment on April 2, 2009 08:22 pm

GreAt post

Comment on May 13, 2009 09:43 pm

Nice post..
I like it..

Comment on June 2, 2009 04:39 am
19. ion

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Comment on June 5, 2009 05:50 am
20. prasanna

nice post to go thru

Comment on August 16, 2009 05:10 am

nice info

Comment on October 19, 2009 07:06 pm

good information bro…keep sharing…

Comment on November 22, 2009 03:36 am

Thank you for posting this up. I now understand and will be applying it. Thanks again!

Comment on February 8, 2010 09:32 am
24. Hadi

Unique info..

Comment on February 17, 2010 10:18 am

love this post…
realy helpful

Comment on February 22, 2010 03:06 pm
26. Chrsi

Great information on hedge funds.

Comment on April 26, 2010 01:19 pm
27. osama

USEFUL AND GOOD INFORMATION GREAT POST

Comment on July 9, 2010 11:56 am

thanks for advice

Comment on July 25, 2010 09:28 am

I am considering to be a broker here in the Philippines. So research is essential. Thank you for sharing this piece of info.

Comment on August 16, 2010 11:43 pm

here in Indonesia this kind of business is rising..
thanks for the heads up

Comment on September 15, 2010 09:40 am

Hedges are great if you know how to do with them.

Comment on October 18, 2010 03:06 am
32. sobami

diangokil

Comment on October 18, 2010 06:03 am
33. Or

i started to do a bit of trading, still not on the level those guys are talking about.

but we will see maybe sometime in the future :)
having a broker to deal between the funds lol

Comment on November 19, 2010 04:24 am

This is good information, however a lot of person are still afraid to get involved because of the recent fallout with some of these major edge funds. One has to do their due dilligence when considering hiring a Prime Brokerage.

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