Foreign Exchange
Alfa Capital Holdings (Cyprus) Limited is a subsidiary of Alfa Bank Group. We provide expertise in trading and clearing a wide range of FX instruments, such as spot, forwards, swaps, options and other structured products.
We provide the following services to our clients on the securities market:
FX Spot
We provide clients with quick and easy access to the FX market.
Our team is available on a 24/5 basis, offering electronic trading solutions, voice trading, Reuters Dealing, Bloomberg and API connectivity.
FX Forwards and Swaps
- Deep liquidity and expertise on both international and Russian markets
- FX forwards and swaps of up to five years
- Unique options for credit provisions and tailored-made solutions for clients
FX Options
We offer customized hedging services for passive and active strategies.
- Expanded product coverage with a wide range of FX option types
- Pricing derived from aggregated multi-bank and non-bank price liquidity
- Coverage across multiple currency pairs
- Extended tenors to facilitate long-dated strategies
- Dynamic margining
Precious Metals
- We are a major player in the precious metals market, with direct relationships with the biggest international liquidity providers
- Competitive spreads and market depth with direct electronic trading access
Deliverable FX
Alfa Capital Holdings (Cyprus) Ltd enjoys access to the CLS settlement service via UBS.
Prime Brokerage
This facility gives clients access to our lines with Tier-1 banks and non-bank LPs. Clients get direct access to all of the popular ECN's at competitive terms and the use of our market leading technology.
FX Hedging
We provide hedging services against stocks, commodities, ongoing FX exposure and other products to clients and manage their cash flow and currency exposure risk. Clients can convert cash currency balances for next day or forward delivery.
Trading Platforms
We provide a wide range of trading platforms to professional traders. The platform we offer provides fast fill and anonymous execution with multiple banks and non-bank liquidity providers. Our systems can be accessed via GUI, API and MT4/5 Bridge.
BierbaumPro
Main features:
- Direct access to interbank prices and institutional spreads
- ECN-like market structure
- Anonymous trade execution
- Automatic overnight position rolls
- PC and mobile trading platforms
FIX API Trading Solutions
We offer ultra-low latency FIX API in order to run automated algorithmic strategies. Our proprietary matching engine provides matching liquidity solutions by utilizing a mix of tier-1 bank and non-bank liquidity pools and ECN’s. Brokers can connect to our liquidity via one of our bridge partners or by utilizing our own proprietary bridge.
Institutional Clients
- Tier 2 and 3 banks in need of credit and trading lines
- Proprietary trading desks
- Institutional brokers
- Hedge funds
- High frequency traders (HFT)
- Broker dealers
- Corporates, family offices and HNWI
- Retail brokers and money managers