ABOUT PRIME SERVICES

Leveraging our clearing, financing, and execution capabilities to provide high-quality, tailored solutions to meet our clients’ investment needs.

We believe in the value of building a partnership with our clients – from start-up hedge funds to the largest institutional investors and everyone in between. We see each relationship as unique, and focus on providing the right technology, services, and solutions at every stage of their growth. Our broad reach, extensive industry experience, and deep understanding of our clients’ objectives allow us to provide a truly unique set of capabilities.

Cantor’s full-service offering and high-touch approach ensures clients have access to our global multi-asset self-clearing and execution capabilities. We also provide comprehensive financing solutions – from classic repo, portfolio margin, swaps, outsourced trading, and securities lending to tailored capital introduction services – through our global investor network.

At a Glance

Our Capabilities

 

Equity & Fixed Income Prime Services

Equity & Fixed Income Prime Services

Our prime services platform provides clients with the ability to trade, clear, settle, custody, and finance a wide-range of financial instruments and strategies tailored to meet their specific goals.

We offer institutional investors global multi-asset self-clearing capabilities for emerging and niche strategies. Our global network also allows us to clear and custody securities in markets around the world.

 

Comprehensive Financing Solutions

Comprehensive Financing Solutions

We provide a full suite of financing capabilities across equities and fixed income products, designed to help clients efficiently manage their liquidity and financing needs.

We offer a range of financing solutions – including margin financing, securities lending, repo financing, synthetic financing, and fully paid lending – and partner closely with each client to tailor solutions to meet their needs.

 

Capital Introduction

Capital Introduction

With our extensive relationship network of institutional investors, we carefully facilitate client introductions with the right investors to ensure strategies and investment goals are aligned. We also consult on fund positioning, approach, strategy, and marketing, and provide access to our proprietary events so our clients can build relationships with institutional investors across the globe.

 

Market-Leading Expertise, Unparalleled Service

Market-Leading Expertise, Unparalleled Service

With one of the highest client service ratings in the industry, our team of market experts connects clients with senior leaders across our organization. Our team also can act as an extension of a client’s back-office function, managing their day-to-day operational, cash management, and funding needs.

 

Innovative Technology Solutions

Innovative Technology Solutions

We offer clients access to Cantor Prime Portal, a multi-asset, multi-currency reporting platform that scales with to meet their evolving needs. Cantor Prime Portal is a robust and customizable architecture that provides a flexible data reporting platform, providing an enhanced and efficient client experience.

The platform connects seamlessly with third-party service providers and integrates with clients’ own technology systems. It also delivers fully automated data and access to end of day and real-time data on finance, margin, risk, custody, stock loan, cash management, and operations.

 

Outsourced Trading Desk (“OTD”)

Outsourced Trading Desk (“OTD”)

Clients can leverage Cantor’s infrastructure, expertise, and experience utilizing the firm’s global outsourced trading desk, which provides access to equities and options markets. This ensures clients can avoid the costs of setting up and managing their own in-house trading operation.

Our OTD can help clients improve trade execution and maintain client anonymity. It also provides access to Cantor’s premium market research and data tools, as well as competitive commission rates and back-office support.

Our Leadership

James Buccola

Senior Managing Director

Global Head of Fixed Income

Pascal Bandelier

Senior Managing Director

Global Head of Equities

James Buccola

James Buccola

Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income

James Buccola is Head of Fixed Income at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. He leads all fixed income sales and trading globally, as well as heads the investment committee for parts of Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management.

Mr. Buccola joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 2017. Previously, he was Head of Securitized Products Trading at Credit Suisse Group AG. Prior to that, he served as Credit Suisse’s Head of Non-Governmental Guaranteed Trading, and also as its Head of Residential Mortgage Trading.

Mr. Buccola holds a B.S. in finance from Lehigh University’s College of Business & Economics.

Pascal Bandelier

Pascal Bandelier

Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Equities

Pascal Bandelier is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Equities at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

Mr. Bandelier joined Cantor in 2017. Previously, he was the Head of Equity Execution Trading at Barclays from 2013 to 2017, where he was responsible for the trading, sales trading, desk analyst, and low-touch electronic businesses. Before that, he was Head of TMT Cash Equity Trading at Morgan Stanley, and Head of Cash Equity Trading & Risk at Nomura, where he grew the business from 67th to 10th in market share in less than one year.

From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Bandelier worked at Lehman Brothers/Barclays, starting his career as a Cash Equity Trader and later joining Barclays in the merger as the Managing Director, Head of TMT Cash Equity Trading & Co-Head of Equity Risk.

Mr. Bandelier is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Contact

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