Global Reach Partners

Global Reach Partners Ltd is a UK foreign exchange company based in the City of London. It acts as a foreign exchange broker for corporate and private clients as well as offering international money transfer services.

History

Founded in 2001, the company had been operating under separate brands; Corporate FX, Personal FX, Smart FX and Travel FX until 2012 when all individual brands were brought under the umbrella brand 'Global Reach Partners'. In 2016 Global Reach Partners was acquired by the private equity investment firm Inflexion. Global Reach Partners (GRP)announce that it acquired FC Exchange (FCE) with the backing of its private equity investor, Inflexion.

Global Reach Partners also encompasses a subsidiary company 'Global Reach Markets Limited' which provides Foreign Exchange Options products.

As at April 2014 Global Reach Partners had made £20.1 billion forex trades.^[1]

Regulation

Global Reach Partners Ltd is a company registered in England under registration number 4344764 and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for the provision of payment services (Firm Reference Number 504315).(FRN:504315).^[2]

Sponsorships and awards

It sponsors GBmoto Racing^[3] who are currently one of the 16 Elite Teams, which compete in the British Superbike Series^[4] (BSB). The sponsorship in 2016 will support JG Speedfit Kawasaki / GBmoto Racing riders James Ellison, Leon Haslam and Peter Hickman. Global Reach also sponsors a number of Springfield FC youth football teams.

Recent awards include

• Ranked one of the 100 Best Companies to work for in 2014 by the Sunday Times.^[5]
• The Sunday Times also ranked it 37th in the Sunday Times Profit Fast Track 100, in 2012.^[6]

See also

• List of foreign exchange companies

References

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