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Scotiabank’s Prime Services global business offers enhanced leverage, broad access to securities lending supply, competitive pricing and margin, capital introduction, and equity execution services. Our highly experienced client service and sales and trading teams based in Toronto, New York and London provide extensive coverage, delivering expertise and insight in global markets. The Bank of Nova Scotia offers safety, security and a vast global presence that enables connectivity around the world, wherever business takes you.
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Cash and synthetic prime brokerage
We offer flexible Cash and Synthetic Prime Brokerage through a fully integrated global platform, delivering high‑quality execution and innovative financing, market access, and risk management solutions. In addition to enhancing portfolio leverage, both platforms provide global stock loan access, competitive pricing and margin, proactive service, and local market insight, supported by a dedicated team of client service and trading specialists.
Securities Lending
Our inventory is sourced globally through an extensive network of agent and institutional lenders. This includes exclusive supply, allowing access to easy and hard-to-borrow securities.
Capital Introduction
Our Capital Introduction group in Toronto offers clients access to potential investors in Canada — one of the largest and most sophisticated institutional investor segments globally. Leveraging Scotiabank’s buy‑side relationships, our industry professionals provide clients with targeted access to relevant alternative asset allocators.
Equity execution services
We deliver a comprehensive electronic trading offering, including low-latency, market access and algorithmic trading. With trading, sales, and technology teams across Toronto, London, New York, and Mexico City, we support a global client base with flexible trading requirements, pricing models and post-trade workflows.
Personalized Global Coverage
| Core Products and Expertise | Canada | United States | Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Introduction | Yes | ||
| Client Service | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customizable Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Electronic Execution | Yes | Yes | |
| Foreign Exchange Execution | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Margin Financing, Clearing and Custody | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Asset Class Capability | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Currency Platform | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| New Issues | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Risk Management Tools, Analysis and Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sales and Trading | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Securities Lending | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Synthetic Prime Brokerage | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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