Our Services

Macquarie is a specialist institutional futures broker with operations in Australia, Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States, providing clients with market coverage in listed and OTC derivatives. Supported by our global Execution, DMA and Clearing teams, Macquarie executes and clears futures and options contracts traded across more than 45 derivative exchanges.

Execution

Global Access - Local Service

Macquarie offers clients 24 hour access to futures markets operating brokerage desks in the key financial centres of New York, London, Hong Kong and Sydney. Through integration of highly experienced brokers coupled with leading technology, Macquarie Futures delivers excellence in pre-trade, point of trade and post trade execution in listed derivatives across global markets for our clients.

Whether executing trades electronically through one of Direct Market Access [DMA] platforms, or by phone, our experienced traders offer support for your business. Macquarie Futures supports FIX connectivity and subscribes to multiple FIX vendor services.

Clearing

Our systems and value added services provide a significant area of differentiation.

Our reputation for innovation, client focus and bespoke clearing solutions has made us a leader in "full service" clearing.  Macquarie currently provides clearing services to a divers range of clients including institutions / corporations, asset managers, producers, CTA's and IB's around the globe, and holds in excess of US$3 billion in futures client funds. Client support for clearing operations provides 24 hour coverage with teams based in Chicago, Sydney and London.

Macquarie has developed it's own futures clearing system which allows us to cater to client requirements including:

• Margin & FX Management - Macquarie Futures can implement full cash and margin management for clients, providing foreign exchange risk and threshold management. Both service help our clients reduce the costs and risks associated with meeting margin requirements when holding futures positions.
• RealClear - Macquarie Futures have developed an online system giving clients real-time access to trades for allocation, margin, reporting & query purposes.
• Maccess - provides our clients with post settlement reporting & query building services that can be customised to meet the client's requirements.

For further information, or to arrange a demonstration of any of our systems, please contact your local office representative.