ADS Securities

ADS Securities

Type	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

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12. "حوار الأسبوع / سوق أبوظبي العالمي" (in Arabic). CNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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14. "Is Another Recession Looming for the U.S.?". Bloomberg Business. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
15. "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.