Additional Trading Services
Equity CFDs
GNI touch® became the first company to introduce Equity CFDs for individual traders back in 1998. The key benefits of
trading CFDs include the ability to go long or short with no expiries, aggressive margining and competitive funding terms.
CFDs are exempt from UK stamp duty under current tax legislation. The GNI touch® CFD platform offers live access
to the following exchanges at very competitive commissions: LSE (UK), NASDAQ (U.S), NYSE (U.S), XETRA (Germany),
EURONEXT (France, Belgium, Netherlands), MIB (Italy), OMX (Sweden), virt-x and SWX (Switzerland) and the IOB
International Order Book (Russia, Poland, Czech Rep. Egypt, Korea, India and Malaysia). Addtionally the following markets
can be traded via the telephone with a dedicated account handler: TORONTO and VENTURE (Canada), OSLO (Norway),
HELSINKI (Finland), COPENHAGEN (Denmark), CONTINUOUS (Spain), LISBON (Portugal), ATHENS (Greece), VIENNA
(Austria), JOHANNESBURG (South Africa), NZX (New Zealand), ASX (Australia) and TOKYO (Japan).
Futures & Options
GNI touch® are the largest Futures broker in the world. GNI touch® Futures clients execute in excess of 40 million
contracts per month. GNI touch® Futures offer a variety of online trading solutions which include; Patsystems J-Trader,
Patsystems IQ-Trader, Patsystems Pro-Mark, Trading Technologies X_Trader®, Trading Technologies X_Trader® Pro,
CQG, RTS and Stellar. Via these platforms clients can access the following futures exchanges: HKEX, SGEX, EURONEXT LIFFE, EURONEXT
PARIS, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM, EUREX, IDEM, CME, CBOT, NYMEX, NYBOT, MONTREAL and ICE. Any other exchange
traded futures or options contract can be executed in the traditional manner via the telephone with an experienced GNI
touch® Futures broker.
Energy
Access to Futures and Options on Energy markets can be gained via the GNI touch® Futures online solutions or via the
Telephone Dealing Desk. However, in addition to derivatives, GNI touch® can also provide access to the OTC Energy
Markets. MF Global’s pre-eminent position is demonstrated by our consistent first place rankings in terms of cleared and
executed volume on the IPE and for customer clearing categories on NYMEX. Experienced professional energy specialists
and strong floor operations provide clients with market coverage 24 hours a day.
Forward Freight Agreement (FFA)
GNI touch® offer execution and clearing services to the shipping market and other participants within the rapidly growing
market of FFA derivatives. MF Global began clearing Forward Fright Agreements (FFA's) in 2006 in response to the
demand from existing and potential clients. Since inception, cleared business at MF Global has grown significantly as has
the market as a whole. With clearing via every major clearing house and competitive financing terms GNI touch® provides
leading access to the hedging and trading of the freight routes.
Metals (Base and Precious)
GNI touch® provide market making, order execution, trade clearing and contract administration in Futures, Options, and
OTC Metal contracts. MF Global is one of 11 designated "ring-dealing" members of the London Metals Exchange, the
world's largest metals exchange, enabling us to offer our clients special trading access and other rights on the LME. MF
Global is also a member of the COMEX division of NYMEX.
Agricultural Commodities
Whether available electronically or over the phone, GNI touch® provide access to the soft commodity futures markets
in Europe and New York, as well as the grain and livestock futures markets in Chicago and Kansas City. MF Global is
consistently ranked among the leading participants in these markets, which are considered to be the "founding fathers" of
Futures trading. In the US, MF Global has a strong floor presence and often services customers directly from the trading
floor of the industry exchanges. Our Agricultural teams support a variety of clientele who use the markets for hedging and
risk managmenet needs. Clients benefit from our insight into these markets, which originates from our participation since
their inception.