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The latest insights, views and industry developments from Prime Cap focusing on private client foreign exchange, corporate transaction services and international payment strategy.
5 currencies you'd expect to be able to deal with, but can't.
We'll begin by saying that in light of market changes in the coming months and years this post may be out of date almost as soon as it is...
Private Office Services | What does this mean when it comes to currency?
Whilst we invite correction, we consider 'Private Office' to mean activities and undertakings on behalf of an individual or family by a...
Working with a foreign buyer? Our involvement from start to finish.
What follows is a simple 'day in the life' of an estate or search agent who has a friendly and responsive currency broker on speed dial....
What tends to move the FX markets?
As we have mentioned in other posts, when you think of the 'Foreign Exchange' (FX) markets, you should imagine an actual old fashioned...
Foreign Buyer? 3 Tips to Help with their Currency Needs.
I am often told by property professionals that their customers do not need the services I offer - that currency exchange, FX and the...
TrasnsferWise: 5 things they can't do.
You might think it odd that a currency conversion company overtly name and publiscise a business which all would consider a direct...
Interiors trends: how does taste frame a conversation in currency?
Prime Cap are very fortunate to call some of London's foremost interior design studios clients. Our relationship with the sector...
Family Offices and foreign exchange.
We like working with Family Offices because, in a very different way to purely wealth management businesses, the level of autonomy MFOs...
Buying Guide | Currency and The Caribbean
We stumbled across a very useful 'Buying Guide' from Aylesford International on the practicalities of buying property in the Caribbean....
5 reasons why PCL Landlords should consider working with a currency broker.
Whether you manage your properties yourself or rely on a company to do it for you, if any, some or all of your income gets sent overseas...
Do law firms refer FX brokers? No!? Well, why the devil not?
A brief one today: We recently provided one of our clients with €64,000 more than her bank. Context: The client was introduced to us by...
Does your business have foreign currency traffic? If so we might be the right partner for you...
When we say 'foreign currency traffic' you would be forgiven for thinking that we are asking whether your business is engaged in the...
"Best UK Deliverable Currency Broker 2019"
AI International Finance Awards continues to recognise the companies, and individuals, within the finance industry who have shown...
Is it worth holding your own foreign currency accounts, and what does it mean for rates?
A blog post of two halves. What does holding your own currency account mean when it comes to the rates of exchange you can expect from...
Buying Prime | You've registered as a client; what happens next?
Practically, once a client has formally registered with Prime Cap our segregated client trust accounts are made available for settlement....
Buying Prime | planning your purchase.
The majority of referrals we receive from the legal sector relate to the purchase of London property. The overriding consideration for us...
Online | Diamonds | Wholesale
Antwerp in The Netherlands. 84% of the world's rough diamonds and over $16billion worth of polished diamonds pass through Antwerp's...
CONTRACTS | What is a 'Forward' contract, who uses it and why?
Rather than just sitting down and writing what we think a 'Forward' contract is and how you might go about using one to best effect, as...
50% deposit on a pro-forma invoice...100% certainty.
Many importers, whether they call themselves importers or not, have to pay a deposit on certain goods before they can secure production....
Our default operating setting is 'Prime View'. What does this mean?
'Prime Managed', 'Prime Execution' & 'Prime View'. Three headings you may see dotted across the Prime Cap website, but, nowhere else....
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