About
Opportunity Engineers
With a history and heritage in commodity futures and options trading, we have evolved and diversified, to become a leading multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider across FX, fixed income and commodities.
Sucden Financial’s experienced and knowledgeable teams are central to our success, drawing on their expertise to utilise ever-changing technology, markets and trading environments, to keep our clients ahead. We are open-minded, constantly evolving and adapting to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s opportunities.
Stability and strength
We appreciate how important it is to feel secure in your trading requirements. We are proud of our long-term financial stability and substantial balance sheet of over USD 200m.
Key facts
Leadership team
Clear direction
The combined expertise of the Sucden Financial Board of Directors provides secure management to guide and develop our growing business. With their intimate, expert understanding of our multi-asset and technology offerings and a dynamic approach to service, they provide clear direction.
Our Values
Creating opportunities
Sucden Financial is a business guided by, and built on, its values. We recognise that to earn the trust of our clients, we must first generate trust and mutual respect amongst each other.
Global reach
Sucden Financial has headquarters in London and subsidiaries in Hamburg, Hong Kong and New York, providing a global reach and a local service to clients around the clock.
Solutions
To provide solutions to our clients' complex needs, our approach is highly flexible. We listen, understand and adapt to the needs of each business, often encountering unique requirements. Our aim is to tailor solutions and manage them with precision, so we can provide a trusted, transparent service, from execution through to post-trade - whether for corporate, institutional or broker clients.
Corporate Responsibility
A responsible approach
The way we behave as a company is fundamentally important to us. We take our obligations and position in society very seriously, with commitments that cover the four key areas below.
Business practices
People
Community
Environment
Markets
We're active in base metals, precious metals, steel and iron ore, offering multiple access points, help, experience and solutions for whatever price risk you face, or liquidity you require. We are a Category 1 member of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and a full member of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).
Through our financial strength, expertise and established infrastructure, we provide superior FX liquidity and a full range of FX services. We offer this through direct relationships with many top-tier banks, regional specialists, select non-banks and three prime brokers.
We offer comprehensive execution and clearing services for all key futures and options contracts on European and US exchanges, alongside expert hedging and risk-management assistance and facilitation for softs and agricultural commodities. This remains a core area of expertise, having been our foundation in 1973 as part of Sucden, one of the world’s leading soft commodity trading groups.
Sucden Financial has been active within the energy markets since 1980. We offer energy clearing and execution services for listed futures and options. In addition to being a member of ICE Futures Europe, we also cover all the main listed products on NYMEX, providing direct electronic market access and expert hedging and risk management assistance.
We offer access to the worldwide fixed income markets with both electronic (FIX) API and voice-execution solutions. We also provide trade assistance and liquidity sourcing for an extensive range of markets.
Regulatory status
Sucden Financial Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Sucden Financial Hamburg GmbH is licensed and supervised by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Sucden Financial (HK) Limited is licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).
Sucden Futures Inc. is registered with the National Futures Association (NFA).