Octagonal Limited is the holding company of GIS FS (HK) Limited and Global Investment Strategy (UK) Limited.
Headquartered in London, Octagonal Limited operates purely as a parent company. It retains a traditional oversight, guidance and stewardship role and neither trades in its own name nor has a mandate to do so in the future. Octagonal Limited has a depth of investment experience and multi-faceted expertise, which informs its strategic decision making. The support and oversight of Octagonal Ltd informs the prime broker services of GIS HK Ltd.
Founded in 2004, GIS UK is a diversified global financial services company that offers a range of prime brokerage services. These include; trade execution, clearing services, safe custody and prime brokerage services to stockbrokers, proprietary trading firms, fund managers, small/mid-sized hedge funds, family wealth offices and other professional investors.
GIS UK's main focus is global settlement and safe custody services, which account for about 70% of its turnover (2018). GIS also offers a range of wealth management, foreign exchange, corporate finance and payment service solutions to its predominantly professional client base.
Over the past 3 years alone, the GIS team has administered over 250,000 transactions with settlement values exceeding £50 billion. The breadth of services offered and the depth of experience that the team contains gives GIS UK the edge over other prime brokers.
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