In order to ensure the highest level of service to our customers, United First Partners LLP and Mariana UFP LLP have a strategic partnership with Instinet acting, the equity trading arm of Nomura Group, as a global clearing and settlement agent. Nomura Group currently has an Baa1 (Moody’s) and an BBB+ (Standard & Poor’s) credit rating.
United First Partners LLC, the US regulated subsidiary of the group, has entered into a fully disclosed Clearing relationship with National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”), a Fidelity Investments company, for the execution and settlement of all transactions undertaken on North American markets. United First Partners LLC provides state of the art execution and straight through processing settlement solutions.
Once an investment decision has been made and an order has been executed, our clients require confidence that they can utilize their investment from the settlement date. We, together with our partners Mariana UFP LLP, Instinet, National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”) ensure that the process between execution, clearing and settlement is smooth, efficient and secure.