Execution
Full Anonymity
We look to minimise market impact and provide privacy both by using dark pools and by blending orders into the market alongside others from our extensive global customer base.
Local Market Approach
Trading in localised markets allows Makor to consistently secure the best possible price and market representation for our clients.
Smart Order Routing
Through our proprietary smart-order routing technology, we are able to access liquidity on both dark and lit venues. Our SOR applies an advanced, real-time decision-making process to ensure best execution, cost, price and liquidity are provided.
Advisory Support
Our Sales Traders' expertise in localised markets, combined with their understanding of the factors driving price movements and market impact, enable us to deliver timely advice on implementation strategy.
Equities
Market Access
We provide our clients with a single point of access for over 90 execution venues spread throughout all global markets in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The combination of our global reach and deep understanding of localized markets worldwide, allows Makor to tap into a wide range of institutional portfolios and maximize liquidity for our clients, by which the cross rate increases while decreasing client market impact.
Accessible Venues:
- 92 National Exchanges
- MTF Dark Pools, Including CHI-DELTA
- BATS Dark
- TQ Lens
- SmartPool
- Xetra Mid-point
- UBS MTF
- Credit Suisse Crossfinder
- Goldman Sachs
- Sigma X
Clearing and Settlement
We clear and settle executed trades in all major markets in Europe, Asia and North America. We use major international banks as our Model B clearing agents. Through our direct access to all the main prime brokers and clearing banks, Makor can assure timely and seamless settlement.
Derivatives
Through Makor’s Listed Derivatives desk, we offer our clients execution in global listed options (single stock, index, sector) and futures (single stock, index, dividend), with enhanced returns and prudent risk management.
Our team of experts works closely with clients to optimize their balance sheet financing requirements, to source hard, borrow names and cooperate with high quality institutions, enabling our provision of listed certificates and other structured product solutions.
Additionally, our Research Department provides clients with investment ideas reflecting timely and accurate analysis of the market.
Our global focus includes the following:
- Listed Single Stock Options
- Listed Index Options
- OTC Single Stock Options
- OTC Index Options
- Index Futures
- Delta One Products
- Exotic Options
Fixed Income
Over the years since its creation, Makor has earned a strong reputation with our clients for excellence regarding fixed income products. Drawing on a wide range of expert research and insight sources, we pride ourselves on our ability to identify relative and absolute-value opportunities in sovereign, credit and emerging markets, in addition to hybrids and swaps.
Our strict emphasis on agency, or risk-less principal, basis for operation allows Makor to provide bespoke advisory and execution services for a large variety of fixed income products with a complete insurance against any conflict of interest.
Clearing and Settlement
We clear and settle fixed income trades in North America and Europe. We have moved to the Pershing Global Clearing facility for Fixed Income Trading to clear through Clearstream, Euroclear, DTC and Crest. Additionally, we settle trades in the NY Fed for all US Government securities and are able to settle all major European government bonds in their local markets.
Foreign Exchange
Our FX team is composed of highly qualified and experienced professionals in the industry. The trading desk is fully dedicated to end-user clients, offering best-in-class execution in G10/EM currencies in both cash and derivatives.
In order to avoid any counterparty risk, all FX trades are booked and settled though Makor Prime Brokers.
Our strong emphasis on cost efficiency, no-conflict agency-based operation, as well as assured anonymity and transparency, allows us to offer high-value and quality services in addition to the large source of liquidity and aggressive pricing we are known for.
The desk as a whole is strongly focused on Idea Generation as well as client position follow-up, performed by senior FX traders.
Investment Banking
With a global focus on the tech industry, life sciences, property, and digital assets, the Makor IB division leverages expertise from our senior investment bankers and crypto-asset firm, Enigma Securities, and our partnerships in the digital ecosystem, to take advantage of an unprecedented shift in the financial industry, powered by technology and innovation.
Our team is comprised of seasoned bankers with over 60 years of combined experience in advising complex M&A and financing transactions. After having successfully closed more than $150bn of deals and $11bn raised in USD debt or equity, Makor can access alternative sources of capital to finance company strategies across all financial offerings.
- Private Placements
- Security Token Offerings/Tokenized IPOs
- Asset & Debt Tokenization
- Secondary Transactions
- Investment Grade and High Yield Debt Offerings
- Convertible and Structured Product Offerings
- M&A Advisory Services
Structured Products
By focusing on our clients' needs first, we tailor each strategy specifically to meet particular investment objectives or provide exposure to specific market conditions. Through a combination of traditional financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, currencies, rates or commodities, our specialised team provide idea generation, structuring and execution services for cross-asset structured products globally.
With the ability to cover structured deposits, guaranteed capital and capital-at-risk, our structured products give rise to enhanced returns, capital protection and access to market movement whilst limiting downside risk. Customised to the needs of each individual investor, our structured product offering allows our clients to stay informed, engaged and supported through every step.
For more infomation on how we can assist you, please email our Structured Products team.