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OCBC Securities: Smarter trading on the go
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CBC Securities Private Limited (“OCBC Securities”) is a whollyowned subsidiary of OCBC Bank and member of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) and the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT). Having been in the business for more than 20 years, it has grown to become one of the leading stock and futures broking firms in Singapore, providing full brokerage services for equities and derivatives trading. It employs state-of-the-art technology to deliver speedy multi-market electronic execution of trades for investors. Investors can leverage on our extensive Direct Market Access (DMA) trading platform to access multiple markets in one single account. Breaking the traditional online trading One of the key thrusts of OCBC Securities has been focused on bridging the gaps of traditional online trading to provide investors with more investment options to capture market opportunities with speed, Capture market opportunities on the go convenience and accessibility. The key as- nitely a demand for more features and a pect found lacking in traditional browser- more intuitive trading portal. With the proliferation of more affordbased online trading is that it typically able smart phones and lower-priced data confines investors to their work stations. At this current condition, where time plans, coupled with Singapore’s continued is of great value and individuals need to push to extend broadband access to pubconstantly commute from one place to an- lic places through its Wireless@SG initiaother, it is increasingly becoming impor- tive, we anticipate that more investors will use this channel to trade,” tant that we deliver a product says OCBC Securities Manor service that reflects and aging Director Ho Yew Ping. complements the demands “We feel iOCBC and lifestyles of today’s investors. iOCBC TradeMobile TradeMobile will give iOCBC TradeMobile proves investors greater its worth comes with a solution that alcontrol over their As global markets continue lows investors to keep abreast investments.” to evolve, investors are preof market situations, monitor sented with different investand manage their investments ment opportunities across on the go. The applicationbased platform also provides more room countries and markets. “Since launching for intuitively, a smarter and sleeker in- our direct market access network to 9 key terface and a no frills, hassle-free trading exchanges, we have seen our monthly experience. Investors can also be assured trade value to these key securities exthat their trades are executed in a timely changes rise. As a result, we feel iOCBC TradeMobile will give investors greater and secured manner. “When we first launched the browser- control over their investments since they based mobile trading service more than can now effectively capture market opthree years ago, investors could only trade portunities on the go, as long as they have direct on the Singapore Exchange, and we their mobile devices,” Mr Hui Yew Ping saw the usage grow steadily by about 15% shares. First introduced on the iPhone plateach year. We obtained feedback from our customers on how we can improve form, iOCBC TradeMobile has evolved this service and found that there is defi- and gone through several additions and
enhancements. Today, the application is available across a comprehensive suite of mobile platforms such as the iPad, BlackBerry, Android, and Java-enabled mobile devices. At the recent OCBC Securities Global Investors Forum, iOCBC TradeMobile was showcased across various platforms that cater to the different lifestyle and mobile preferences of investors. More than 1000 attendees, including world renowned guest speakers, were first hand witnesses to the event. Striving for greater heights iOCBC TradeMobile has once again reached another significant milestone in winning this award. Mr Hui Yew Ping added, “It is a firm testament to our strategy and effort continuing to innovate and differentiate our product and services to not only achieve quality delivery to our customers but also to position us to continue scaling new heights as the leading brokerage regionally.”
CONTACT Tel: 1800 338 8688 (Local Toll Free Number) (65) 6338 8688 (From Overseas) (02) 6338 8688 (From Malaysia) Email address: iocbc_enquiry@ocbcsec.com Website: www.iocbc.com
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