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Alliance Financial, LLC was founded in 1997 to provide Bullion Banking and Principal Market
Making services in Physical Precious Metals, to act as a Broker in Foreign Exchange, and
to conduct proprietary trading in various markets. Since its inception, Alliance has
successfully completed over $6 Billion in non-leveraged physical metals transactions.
In 1998, Alliance became registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
as an Introducing Broker, and therefore also offers futures brokerage through its
affiliate, Integrated Brokerage Systems, LLC, a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant.
Alliance's proprietary Internet-based dealing system, www.TheOTCDesk.com,
utilizes state-of-the-art trading technologies to bridge the gap between Over-the-Counter
physical precious metals/foreign currencies and standardized, exchange-traded markets by providing
a third alternative. Alliance has developed an extensive Over-the-Counter trading network,
consisting of highly capitalized bullion banks, market makers, dealers, refiners, fabricators,
money managers and private clients. This broad base of trading partners enables Alliance to
provide Market Making coverage in over 500 precious metals products.
Our customers/counterparts are just a single phone call, or a click of the mouse away from
unprecedented access to a wide spectrum of Over-The-Counter precious metals and foreign
exchange products. A trading relationship with Alliance enables our customers and counterparts
to trade both the Over-the-Counter precious metals and Interbank foreign exchange markets.
Alliance trades for its own account in Physical Precious Metals, for market-making and proprietary
trading purposes and to hedge its obligations on physical transactions. Alliance's affiliation
with Integrated Brokerage Services, LLC (a registered futures commission merchant and principal
foreign exchange dealer) facilitates Alliance's ability to hedge its transactions with
Over-the Counter customers to whom it provides foreign exchange services, as well as the
ability to price most Physical Precious Metals transactions in any one of several Interbank
foreign currencies.
Alliance, on behalf of its customers, has the ability to enter into a wide spectrum of exchange-traded
futures and futures option products traded on U.S. and foreign futures exchanges. Alliance's
expertise in the Physical Precious Metals and Foreign Exchange markets enables the firm to specialize
its exchange-traded futures business in Precious Metals and Foreign Exchange products.
Alliance is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") as a futures
Introducing Broker and is a member of the National Futures Association, which is Alliance's
Designated Self-Regulatory Organization ("DSRO") for its exchange-traded futures and futures
options businesses. Alliance's futures business is guaranteed by and introduced to its
affiliate: Integrated Brokerage Services, LLC, a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant
and principal Foreign Exchange dealer.
| Regulatory Notice. The regulatory oversight of
Alliance's customer business by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National
Futures Association is limited to exchange-traded futures and futures options.
Alliance's Over-the-Counter customer business is not regulated and therefore is
not subject to the protections of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations
which apply to the exchange-traded futures markets. |
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