ADS Securities

ADS Securities
Private
Industry Financial Services
Founded 2011
Headquarters Abu Dhabi, UAE
Key people

Mahmood Ebraheem Al Mahmood, Chairman;

Philippe Ghanem, Vice Chairman and Executive Managing Director
Services On and offline brokerage
Number of employees
 140+
Website www.ads-securities.com
www.ads-securities.co.uk

ADS Securities LLC is a private financial services firm in Abu Dhabi [1]that offers commodity trading (precious metals such as gold, platinum, silver, and palladium), foreign exchange, and multi-asset investment services.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It provides foreign investment markets analysis on CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNBC Arabiya.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

ADS Securities is the biggest foreign-exchange trader in the UAE and serves central banks, asset managers, brokerage firms, and hedge funds.[3][4] As of March 2012, it managed a daily forex volume of $4–5 billion.[4] The company is regulated and licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE.[2][3][5]

The firm was established with $400 million in capital under ADS Holding LLC and began trading in March 2011.[15] Operations are headquartered in Abu Dhabi with regional offices in Singapore, Hong Kong regulated by the SFC (AXC847) and in November 2014 ADS Securities London Limited was opened. ADS London is owned by ADS Holding LLC, and works in partnership with ADS Securities LLC. ADS Securities London is authorised and regulated by the FCA (577453).[15][16]

Services

ADS Securities business areas include, trading and brokerage based on its own multi-asset trading technology, with Optim for institutional forex and Prime services for private clients.[17] The company also has a cross-asset investment service, investment banking and offers wealth and asset management.[2][3][18] The firm is known for its pricing of CFDs including a Dubai Oil CFD which gave Middle Eastern investors access to the local commodity for the first time.[2] On 4 May 2016, the company announced the launch of an Arabic language trading application called OREX mobile.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "ADS Securities LLC". Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "ADS Securities is launched". E-Forex. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Company Overview of ADS Securities L.L.C.". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "ADS Securities to More Than Double Trading Volume in 2013". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 "ADS Securities brokers forex deal with Air Asia founder". The National. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "ADS -Securities participates in The 8th Jordan Forex Expo & Awards". ICN Financial Markets. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "ADS Securities is Middle East Brokerage of the Year". FX-MM. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Emirates International Investment Forum to be held on October 8". Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "المحمود: سوق أبوظبي العالمي سيكمّل عمل الاسواق كونه يغطي الثغرة الزمنية بين 7 و 11 صباحاً" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "الإمارات تسعى لجذب الاستثمارات الأجنبية" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "سوق أبوظبي العالمي يسعى ليكون جزءاً من الطريق المالي العالمي السريع" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "حوار الأسبوع / سوق أبوظبي العالمي" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "ارتفاع أحجام تداولات العملات الأجنبية المنطلقة من" (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Is Another Recession Looming for the U.S.?". Bloomberg Business. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  15. 1 2 "ADS Securities". MEED. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Company Overview of ADS Securities London Limited". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  17. ↑ ""إي دي إس" تُطلق أول منصة تداول متعددة الأصول في الشرق الأوسط" (in Arabic). AlKhaleej. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "ADS Securities Strengthens its Retail Offering – Launches First Call a News and Analysis Portal". Forex Magnates. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "ADS Securities Arabic Language Trading App launch". AtoZForex. May 4, 2016.
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