From its offices in London, Paris and Dublin, GFI has a strong presence in European equity markets, offering clients anonymity and competitive execution. In addition to direct market access to more than 25 cash equity markets globally, clients can benefit from a highly efficient execution service offering quality, speed and low execution costs.

GFI Execution Services

GFI’s bespoke execution services help satisfy the rapidly changing requirements of the marketplace. GFI’s unrivalled market expertise coupled with our innovative technology solutions allow GFI to offer leading order execution and direct market access services. GFI’s customers can benefit from:

• Robust and secure technology
• Anonymity and the use of competitive trading strategies
• Access to deep pools of liquidity

Direct Market Access

GFI provides connectivity to over 25 equity markets globally, offering quality, speed and low execution cost.  

GFI’s direct market access enables customers to automate large order flows using multiple trading strategies on multiple exchanges. Clients access the GFI algorithmic server from their own order management systems using FIX connectivity.

Algorithmic Trading

GFI combines its brokerage expertise with the access to deep pools of liquidity, and the advanced FIX infrastructure to deliver outstanding services to its customers.  GFI brokers work with customers in order to obtain the best and most effective execution for their orders

Direct market access algorithmic trading

GFI pursues a hybrid broking strategy with both electronic and broker-assisted trading. GFI France follows this strategy by providing direct market access algorithmic trading, enabling its clients to automate large order flows using multiple trading strategies on multiple exchanges.

Clients are able to access the GFI algo server from their own order management system (OMSs) via FIX. OMSs are linked to include Fidessa, royalblue, Bloomberg, Reuters, Sterling, GL Trade and LSE Hub. The OMS acts as a buy-side party and the GFI algo server as a sell-side.

Exchanges

GFI provides automatic execution of equity trading strategies in the exchanges of the following countries:

• France
• The Netherlands
• Belgium
• Portugal
• Switzerland (VirtX and SWX)
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Spain
• Sweden
• Finland
• Norway
• Denmark
• Austria
• USA (NYSE, Nasdaq, Amex and ECNs)

Available Strategies

There are a number of strategies available:

• Volume/Time-weighted average prices (T/WAP)
• Target volume (TVOL)
• Open/Close