Municipal Sales & Trading
Cabrera supports the Public Finance effort with active trading and distribution. The firm has strong relationships with both large and small investors and understands the need for liquidity in the municipal market.
Additionally, our team provides meaningful trading ideas. The following factors distinguish Cabrera Capital Markets:
- Strong relationships with both top tier and second tier permanent investors
- Specialization in investor relationships that are not universally covered by most of the dealer community
- Strong performance on bond orders in deals in which we participate
- Active trading desk that makes daily markets in municipal securities across all regions of the country and on blocks of bonds
Equity Sales & Trading
Domestic Equity Sales & Trading
Cabrera Capital Markets adds value to institutional clients by providing superior price execution. Our trading desk maintains constant contact with traders on the floor of the NYSE and the Chicago Stock Exchange. This allows us to inform portfolio managers of the depth and momentum of the market before they place their orders, allowing them to make timely and more knowledgeable order execution decisions.
Traders at Cabrera use FIXTrader workstations for equity order management. This enables upstairs traders to electronically receive, enter, and route orders and executions between buy-side institutions, sales and block desks, and exchange floor all in real-time. Orders are entered quickly and efficiently, and then routed to the appropriate order execution venue in seconds, with completed executions routed back in the same efficient manner. OASYS and ALERT systems are utilized for easy access of account clearing information and for the disbursement of large blocks of stocks into smaller pieces to various portfolio management accounts.
Our trading desk maintains flexibility by offering a broad array of execution alternatives for investment managers, including:
- ITG
- Reuters
- Posit
- Bloomberg Trade Book
- NYFIX
- Instinet
International Equity Sales & Trading
Our global execution team covers a wide range of investment products around the world and can execute, settle and clear international securities transactions in most major foreign markets.
Our commitment to better serve our clients ensures that we provide liquidity and breadth of coverage for the efficient completion of each international investment product order.
Taxable Fixed Income Sales & Trading
Cabrera Capital Markets has a team of highly experienced Taxable Fixed Income professionals and we consistently provide our clients with best execution in this asset class. Our expertise allows Cabrera to design and implement strategies across a broad spectrum of products consistent with our clients’ investment objectives.
The Taxable Fixed Income trading desk prides itself on its execution capabilities. In these difficult market conditions, we understand the need to trade with trusted and experienced brokers who provide quality services to your firm.
As a boutique firm we provide customized services to our clients by giving each trade extra attention without creating a disruption in the market place. Through our network of industry contacts we approach other financial professionals and respond with the timeliest and most accurate information providing our clients with execution and service we are proud to deliver.
Rates Desk (GSE)
Cabrera actively trades in all U.S. Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE). In addition, we act as an underwriter for FHLB, FNMA and FHLMC in new issues, callable agencies, the discount note vendor program and global benchmark debt issues. We focus on tailoring our efforts to meet the specific yield and maturity requirements of our clients.
Corporate Bond Desk
Through our trading and sales experience, we are able to provide customized value and added advice in the corporate and high yield debt market. We focus on locating the best value in all sectors of the credit curve and obtaining the best execution for our clients. Cabrera combines experience, commitment and strong client relationships to accomplish our goals.
MBS & ABS Desk
Cabrera Capital participates in trading and sales of the following products:
- Mortgage Backed Securities
- Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO'S)
- Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
- Commercialized Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS)
We cover the full spectrum of mortgage products from the very actively traded to the less liquid sectors. We are involved in all aspects of secondary CMO trading.
Preferreds
Cabrera Capital Markets Preferred securities team’s four investment professionals have an average of 20 years of institutional experience. The team covers the major preferred institutional investor base and has extensive sales and trading contacts. We are an active market maker in a broad list of corporate preferred securities. Partnering with our Debt Capital Markets Banking and Syndicate group results in our frequent participation in the new issue preferred market. |
Institutional Brokerage
