Prime Brokerage Services

JonesTrading Prime Services offers hedge fund firms a suite of capabilities that frees managers’ time and energy so they can build their franchises and provide their investors with the institutional grade capabilities that are expected in today’s competitive performance environment.

Prime Services

Mr. Jeff LeVeen

Jeff LeVeen, Managing Director, Global Head of Outsourced Trading and Co-Head of Prime Services

Mr. LeVeen serves as Managing Director, Global Head of Outsourced Trading and Co-Head of Prime Services for JonesTrading Institutional Services. Previously, Jeff was a Managing Director with Knight Capital Group/KCG in the Institutional Sales Trading division. Jeff began his career with Citigroup, where he served as a principal trader making markets in Semiconductors for the firm’s institutional and retail clients before transitioning to Institutional Sales Trading. More > Jeff is responsible for building JonesTrading’s leading outsourced trading platform from the ground up, leveraging his expertise in Buyside technology, Buyside operations, Best Execution/TCA, research budgeting and other relevant areas. Jeff is frequently pursued by media and trade organizations as a thought leader in Outsourced Trading. Mr. LeVeen is licensed as a General Securities Principal, General Securities Representative, Securities Trader and a Registered Options Principal. Mr. LeVeen resides in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife Martha and four children Mackenzie, LJ, Willa, and Charlotte. Less <

Mr. Robert Sackett

Robert Sackett, Global Head of Security Lending and Co-Head of Prime Services

Mr. Sackett is Co-Head of Prime Services and Global Head of Securities Finance at Jones Trading. He has over 25 years of experience holding senior roles at Citi, TradeStation Securities, and Wells Fargo. Rob was instrumental in the build of all three businesses at various stages in their lifecycle. He has extensive contacts with all major securities lending borrowers and lenders, data providers, and front and back-office vendors. More > In addition to running these trading businesses, he has also been responsible for collateral management and funding, business development, compliance, regulatory, clearing, corporate actions, and documentation functions. He has been published by various industry magazines and has spoken on industry panels. Rob graduated from Lehigh University with a BS in Finance and has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He currently holds the Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. Less <

Top Tier Custodian

Broadcort Clearing (a division of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.). A #1 Institutional Clearing Counterparty with over 35 markets supported.

Securities Financing

We offer clients a wide variety of financing options including: Regulation T and Portfolio Margin across Equities, Options, and Fixed Income Asset Classes.

Leading Edge Technologies

JonesTrading Prime Services has integrated the Nirvana reporting platform which consolidates and manages data across multiple asset classes, funds, accounts, traders, prime brokers, and custodians in a single integrated platform. Through Nirvana, we offer cloud based OMS, PMS and risk management and reporting solutions. JonesTrading has partnered with and integrated top-tier execution management systems to offer our clients for their execution management and market data needs.

Client Service

By design, our client service model is lean, with fewer points of contact but with the coverage that clients expect. Clients gain rapid and efficient reporting and operational support. To enhance service, each client has a unique JonesTrading email group that includes all of the key personnel servicing the account. We support our clients through the entire trade – including integration to your OMS/EMS, allocation to sub-accounts, assistance with breaks, and other middle offi ce functions. We also offer fully customizable commission management services.

Capital Introduction

We take a refreshingly unique approach to Capital Introduction by focusing on the types of investors who have the resources and mandates to allocate to new/emerging managers, as well as more established funds. We help our clients by introducing investors focused on their fund’s particular stage and strategy.

Electronic Trading

For clients who prefer to work their own low-touch orders, we offer RealTick and Market Trader along with full integration into all major OMS providers.

*Source: The TABB Group’s August 2016 Report “U.S. Institutional Equity Trading 2016: Part 3 Broker Relationships in an Era of Full Disclosure

Contact Us

JonesTrading Prime Services
Jeff LeVeen
Global Head of Outsourced Trading and Co-Head of Prime Services
212.907.5375 – office
leveen@jonestrading.com