A global online investment bank
Saxo Bank is a global investment bank specialising in online trading and investment of financial products across the international markets. Our suite of online trading platforms provide efficient and reliable trading solutions to both private investors and institutional clients. These offer our clients access to a diverse range of financial instruments; from FX, CFDs and ETFs, to Stocks, Futures and Options.
Saxo Bank has always placed an emphasis on the enabling capacities of technology. We believe such a focus is a vital prerequisite for being competitive within the online trading industry. The safeguarding of client information is a particularly critical concern for the Bank, and a dedicated team of experienced IT professionals work diligently to ensure the ongoing integrity of Saxo Bank’s information and operating systems.
Since 1992, Saxo Bank has been a major trading facilitator to the global capital markets. Our dedication to the trader, evidenced in part through our approach to aggregating liquidity and global exchange access, has placed the Bank in a position of significant prominence within the industry. Furthermore, our FX trading solutions have received frequent recognition within the industry; a corollary of aggressive pricing, superior liquidity, and outstanding reliability. We are incredibly proud of the relationships which we have established with our clients over the years, and our ever expanding Forex offerings represent our commitment to the ongoing development thereof.
Saxo Bank is a fully licensed and regulated European bank. Following the bank’s recognition thus in 2001, our devotion to faultless client services and competitive pricing has positioned us as a leading presence within the online trading industry. In collaboration with our technologically superior suite of trading platforms, the tireless support which we deliver to our global base of retail traders, corporations and financial institutions is why our clients are proud to choose Saxo Bank as their broker of choice.
Successfully meeting investor needs with flexible, reliable trading platforms
Designed to meet the varying needs and demands of the modern financial investor and trader – whether experienced or new to the markets – Saxo Bank has developed three specialised and integrated trading platforms; the browser-based SaxoWebTrader, the downloadable SaxoTrader, and the phone-based SaxoMobileTrader.
As well as providing flexible access across three integrated platforms to private clients, Saxo Bank has a dedicated institutional business, where creating partnerships is of central importance. Saxo Bank’s platforms are offered to Introducing Brokers and financial institutions, as well as through its White Labelling business. This involves online trading platforms being customised and branded for other financial institutions and brokers, while Saxo Bank also provides a variety of professional trading and settlement services through its highly flexible online trading technology.
Saxo Bank’s technology offering and commitment to personal relationship management means clients have access to a superior tailor-made investment consultancy. Saxo Bank’s personalised private wealth management services for example, offer the modern, internationally-focused investor intelligent, trustworthy advice and solutions normally reserved for a very limited number of investors.
Saxo Bank’s financial expertise is derived from specialised, multinational staff of well over a thousand employees, who are dedicated to serving a client base spread across almost 200 countries. To best serve clients, Saxo Bank’s headquarters in Copenhagen, which includes a large IT team, is backed up by operating offices in London, Geneva, Zurich, Singapore, Tokyo and Marbella and a representative office in Beijing.
Global Expansion
An integral component of Saxo Bank’s overall business growth and development strategy is to expand to parts of the world where commercial rationale supports the business case. As part of its roadmap for international expansion, Saxo Bank extended its physical presence overseas by opening Saxo Bank London in London’s financial district in March 2006, and with the opening of Saxo Bank subsidiary, Saxo Capital Markets Pte. Ltd., in Singapore during August of the same year. Saxo Capital Markets offers local trading expertise and services to Saxo Bank’s Asian market.
Saxo Bank continued its focus on better servicing its local clients with the opening of a new office in Marbella in June 2007. Saxo Bank Marbella focuses on the needs of the financially astute expatriate community residing in the area. Their demand for innovative, self-directed, multi-product investment solutions has led Saxo Bank to provide greater support to these clients, including the development of Saxo Bank’s Private Wealth Management concept.
Saxo Bank further expanded its global offerings in February 2008 when Saxo Bank (Switzerland) SA was created following the acquisition of Synthesis Bank by Saxo Bank Group. Saxo Bank’s acquisition of Synthesis Bank marked a new milestone for Saxo Bank in its rapid global expansion. The combined forces of Synthesis, one of the best known and most competitive online banks in Switzerland, and Saxo Bank, a pioneer and global leader in online investment, have made for a powerful mix for clients, employees and shareholders.
Japan is the second largest economy in the world and the world’s third largest FX country. Therefore, it was a natural destination for Saxo Bank’s most recent office which opened in Tokyo in June 2008. Major increases in technologically-savvy investors in the Japanese financial market helped stimulate the decision to create Saxo Bank Japan K. K. Working closely with Saxo Capital Markets Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, Saxo Bank Japan K.K. supports a growing White Label Partner business in Japan.
In Autumn 2008, Saxo Bank announced the launch of Saxo Banque France and the addition of a new office in Paris. The announcement came following the acquisition of the French partner and online brokerage, Cambiste, in May 2008. In early 2009, a Saxo Bank officially extended its physical presence into Italy with the opening of its Milan office. The opening of the Milan office was a strategic move by Saxo Bank to strengthen and expand its position as a leading FX provider in Southern Europe and to offer local clients a better level of service and financial market education.