About Us

Global Trading Analytics (GTA) is a high-quality, high-touch, independent Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) firm.

GTA was founded in 2005 by professionals within the Transaction Cost Analysis and Information Technology industries. GTA is one of the few independent TCA providers and experiences no conflicts of interest. Our partners bring more than 100 years of combined experience to GTA, and the GTA staff is comprised of primarily senior-level professionals.

GTA has the unique advantage of concentrating the firm’s resources on Trading Cost Analysis and Best Execution reporting. GTA’s expertise lies in custom, client-specific analyses in the Global Equity, Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Futures and Options markets.

GTA is not only expert in analyzing trading costs but also expert in managing the data behind the analysis. Data is the backbone of every transaction cost analysis. GTA works with data from around the globe every day and in addition analyzes more than 20 Trillion dollars of client principal annually. GTA also employs proprietary, cutting-edge technology which offers significant economies of scale. As a result, GTA has relatively low overhead and offers highly competitive pricing.

There is a move within the industry to commoditize transaction analyses. GTA takes the opposite approach to TCA because every client is unique. GTA employs a client-centric business model and is highly focused on providing unparalleled client support. Attention to detail with every client and every analysis results in a timely, transparent and accurate analysis, every time.

GTA’s carefully designed structure results in an unparalleled level of expertise, accuracy and service resulting in a unique and superior client experience.

Philosophy

Within the narrow canyons of Wall Street, near the New York Stock Exchange, there is a strong sense of history. This history resonates with GTA.

Ever since 1792, when two dozen stockbrokers and merchants met to negotiate The Buttonwood Agreement under a Buttonwood tree at the end of Wall Street, Wall Street has represented American ingenuity.

GTA strives to reflect this ingenuity through its products and business practices, every day. We believe in developing strong, lasting relationships with each client, large and small. We believe in providing each client with the best possible product and the best possible service consistently, for the full duration of the relationship. We believe in building the most qualified internal team which represents and supports our philosophy. We are only interested in a long-term, fundamentally solid approach to our business, one that represents strength and reliability and is rooted in established and proven business practices.

Commentary

The feedback that GTA has received from the investment community has been overwhelmingly positive;

“Thanks for the special report! With our old provider this would have been a 3 day exercise, with you guys it took 3 minutes.”

“Your sales team did a great job demoing your TCA product and our team was suitably impressed.”

“Out there in the industry, I’m always hearing that you guys are the gold standard for TCA.”

“We wish we had more vendors like you!”

“We appreciate your time and effort in showing us the demo. Out of all the ones we looked at we liked your platform the best.”

“I remember you guys, you guys are better than other TCA firms.”

“I’ve been in the business going on 18 years now and your service is legitimately the best I’ve worked with over that time. And I worked in IT for the first seven years here as we were growing so I had to work with countless vendors. The level of service elsewhere never came close to what you guys provide.”

“After looking at a few different providers, we chose GTA because your reporting was very capable and the output was the cleanest and most intuitive.”

“Your reports are definitely one of the easiest to understand and I’ve seen them all.”

Board member comment during presentation; “I appreciate how clear and easy it is to use the reporting. It makes it very easy to see where costs are coming from at the manager level.”

“Your products are hands down more user-friendly than your competitors.”

“You guys have a really good reputation out there!”

“You guys are the standard for service against which all our other vendors are held.”

“I think the product is great and really appreciate the small company relationship and feel with all the perks of a large company.”

“I noticed how fast you guys were able to send back info on that report from the other day. Thanks for keeping up the awesome work. You guys have the best service hands down.”

“You guys did such a good job for me at my old firm that I’d like to work with you again. I’m not even considering another provider.”

“GTA is a great partner. The product is great.”

“Good demo, I’ve heard that you guys are the best TCA provider out there.”

“You guys are very accessible. This is a big issue with a lot of my vendors. You’re one of the better firms I deal with regarding response time and service.”

“During our last SEC audit, the GTA analyses were invaluable in demonstrating our broker oversight and best execution policies and procedures to the regulators.”

“We certainly appreciate your willingness to accommodate our specific needs. You’ve been extremely helpful and I definitely appreciate it.”

“The Executive Summary reports are terrific. We love using them when we visit our sub-advisers. Kudos to the team that developed them.”

“I’m very happy with GTA’s work and the overall progress we’ve made. Your tool is really powerful and helpful with getting a quick and comprehensive overview of the quality of trading within our mandates.”

“We like the data output and sorting/grouping options. It’s clear and concise. You have also been helpful with one off items.”

“We’ve been impressed with GTA’s timely responses. Currently GTA stands out amongst the TCA providers we have reviewed as our best option.”

“I think this report is very interesting. I like the format and think it’s fairly easy to follow, especially for someone who’s not used to looking at data like this. Hat’s off to you guys.”

Prime Broker Comment; “You guys have a great product. Hopefully we will be able to do more together!”

“I really appreciate how quickly you guys respond. It’s really refreshing to have a group respond to us like you do.”

“GTA’s analyses contains more useful information than I’ve ever seen in any other analysis.”

“GTA always comes to mind first when we think about TCA.”

“The Board has struggled for years with the evaluation of manager trading costs and this product goes above and beyond in helping the Board achieve this goal.”

“This is insanely intuitive - you have no idea how many overly complex systems we’ve seen.”

“GTA’s analyses are streamlined, normalized, powerful and yet intuitive.”

“This is a powerful tool and yet easy to use.”

“GTA has a good reputation in the compliance community.”

“Choosing GTA was a no-brainer.”

“The reports are great. There is so much information and it’s so easy to slice and dice it all. Great tool!”

“This is the most user-friendly and intuitive TCA product I have ever seen.”

“If only everything was as easy as dealing with GTA.”

“This looks like the Gold Standard for TCA.”

“I’ve seen them all and the superiority of your products is unmatched.”

“GTA has by far the best products on the market.”

“GTA has the most accurate analyses.”

“I’ve never seen any other TCA like this.”

“GTA has far superior TCA products.”

“GTA products are elegant in their simplicity.”

“GTA is the standard for TCA.”

“I’ve looked at everything and you guys have the most superior products by far.”

“I checked around with traders I know and you guys have a good reputation.”

“GTA’s service is second to none.”

“This has been the best implementation of anything trading related that I have experienced...ever.”

Board member comment after GTA presentation; “That’s the first time I’ve understood TCA in seven years.”

“We’ve never had a request that GTA has not delivered on.”

“GTA products are the best products at the best price.”

If these are some of the qualities you’re looking for in your Trading Cost Analysis firm - we invite you to participate in a convenient web-based demo and allow us to illustrate the advantages of using GTA.

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