ADSS (ADS Securities)

ADSS
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 Financial investment and trading brokerage
Number of employees
 240+
Website www.adss.com

ADS Securities LLC, dba ADSS,[1] is a private financial services firm headquartered in Abu Dhabi that offers online trading, investment, wealth management and asset management[2] services for institutional, private and retail clients.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It provides foreign investment markets analysis on CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNBC Arabiya.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

ADS Securities LLC is licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates [16] to act as a financial and monetary intermediary in the conduct of financial and monetary brokerage business for the sale and purchase of currencies and intermediating in money market transactions as permitted in accordance with Central Bank Resolution Number 126/5/1995 (as amended) and to carry out certain categories of financial investment business as permitted under Central Bank Resolution Number 164/8/1994 (as amended). [17] [18]

ADSS is the biggest foreign-exchange trader in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)[19] region and serves central banks, asset managers, brokerage firms, and hedge funds.[4][5] As of March 2012, it managed a daily forex volume of $4–5 billion.[5] In March 2018, this increased to managing daily forex volumes of up to US$20 billion.

The firm was established with $400 million in capital under ADS Holding LLC and began trading in March 2011. The shareholders increased their capital investment with an additional $185 million to increase the total capitalization to $585 million by end of 2016. [20] 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).[20][21] ADS Securities has more than $13 billion to arrange bond issues.[22]

Services

ADSS 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.[23] The company also has a cross-asset investment service, investment banking and offers wealth and asset management.[3][4][24] 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.[3] On 4 May 2016, the company announced the launch of an Arabic language trading application called OREX mobile.[25]

Regional Offices

ADSS has two main regional offices in London and Hong Kong, established under the entities ADS Securities London Limited (ADSS London) [26] and ADS Securities Hong Kong Limited (ADSS Hong Kong) respectively [27]. ADSS London is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 577453) and is a IFPRU 730K firm [28], with its registered office at 9th Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR, registration number: 07785265. [29] ADSS Hong Kong is licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (CE No. AXC847) to act as a financial intermediary in the conduct of brokerage business for the sale and purchase of securities, futures contract, leveraged foreign exchange and advising on corporate finance as permitted in accordance with the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong. [30] ADSS Hong Kong holds SFC type, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 licenses. [31]


References

  1. ↑ Jeff Patterson (27 June 2018). "ADSS Unveils New Branding Amidst Global Expansion". Finance Magnates. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Victor Golovtchenko (5 February 2018). "ADS Securities Establishes Asset Management Subsidiary with Abu Dhabi License". Finance Magnates. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "ADS Securities is launched". E-Forex. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Company Overview of ADS Securities L.L.C." Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "ADS Securities to More Than Double Trading Volume in 2013". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "ADS Securities brokers forex deal with Air Asia founder". The National. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "ADS -Securities participates in The 8th Jordan Forex Expo & Awards". ICN Financial Markets. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "ADSS is Middle East Brokerage of the Year". FX-MM. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Emirates International Investment Forum to be held on October 8". Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "المحمود: سوق أبوظبي العالمي سيكمّل عمل الاسواق كونه يغطي الثغرة الزمنية بين 7 و 11 صباحاً" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "الإمارات تسعى لجذب الاستثمارات الأجنبية" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "سوق أبوظبي العالمي يسعى ليكون جزءاً من الطريق المالي العالمي السريع" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "حوار الأسبوع / سوق أبوظبي العالمي" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "ارتفاع أحجام تداولات العملات الأجنبية المنطلقة من" (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Is Another Recession Looming for the U.S.?". Bloomberg Business. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "LIST OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES (ABU DHABI)" (PDF). Central Bank of the UAE. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "List of Financial Investment Companies 30/09/2014" (PDF). Central Bank of the UAE. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Financial Investment Companies". Central Bank of the UAE. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Forex Brokers". Leaprate. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  20. 1 2 "ADS Securities". MEED. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Company Overview of ADS Securities London Limited". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "ADS Securities has $13 bln of bond issues lined up in UAE and beyond: CEO".
  23. ↑ ""إي دي إس" تُطلق أول منصة تداول متعددة الأصول في الشرق الأوسط" (in Arabic). AlKhaleej. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "ADS Securities Strengthens its Retail Offering – Launches First Call a News and Analysis Portal". Forex Magnates. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  25. ↑ "ADS Securities Arabic Language Trading App launch". AtoZForex. May 4, 2016.
  26. ↑ Ruth Lynch (January 16, 2015). "ADS Securities opens new London Office". Devono. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  27. ↑ Steven Hatzakis (December 16, 2013). "ADS Securities Opens Hong Kong Office, MD Desmond Yeo to Oversee Asian Business". Finance Magnates. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  28. ↑ "ADSS Review". Finance Magnates. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  29. ↑ "The Financial Services Register". Financial Conduct Authority. July 24, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  30. ↑ "ADS Securities Adds Two Additional Regulatory Licenses from Hong Kong SFC". Finance Magnates. June 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  31. ↑ "Public Register of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions". Securities and Futures Commission. August 9, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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