Contracts for Difference

Alternative access to global markets

Cantor CFDs, a division of Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, is one of the leading wholesale providers of Contracts for Difference (CFDs) – instruments that offer institutional clients alternative means of accessing global financial markets.

CFDs are over-the counter derivative products that are traded on margin and allow investors to trade long or short performance of an underlying security without the need for physical ownership of the security.  Unlike futures, CFDs have no fixed expiration date or contract size. Cantor offers CFDs on a comprehensive range of stock indices, currencies, commodities and fixed income instruments.

Our strong inter-dealer broker desks in London and New York, combined with close relationships with market makers and state-of-the-art technology, enables us to offer superior access to global markets via CFDs. In addition, we can structure CFDs as an equity or total return swap tailored to your trading strategies, and can provide customized partnering solutions, such as white label and market counterparty arrangements.

Benefits:

• No Stamp Duty – Investors in equity CFDs are not required to pay stamp duty on UK equities
  
  
• Increased Leverage – Deposit of 10% of the contract value is required, allowing for greater leveraging of portfolios
  
  
• Short selling – Shorting strategies can be replicated with CFDs enabling profitable trading in falling markets
  
  
• Hedging – CFDs can be used to hedge against short-term corrective moves, but do not incur the costs and taxes associated with the premature sale of an equity position
  
  
• Equity Release – An existing equity portfolio can be converted to a CFD in order to release cash without losing economic exposure to the underlying securities
  
  
• Open-End Settlement – A CFD has no settlement or expiration date