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Many qualify for CE credits. October 17, l Boston. Fidelity Investments , jumping on growing demand from investors for higher returns and diversification through international stock trading, is making it easier for independent advisers, brokers and direct retail investors to access overseas markets in U. Fidelity's brokerage unit, which has been working on an online international-trading service for about 18 months, went live with the offering last Thursday.

Advisers can enter orders and receive execution and settlement details on stocks in 25 countries and in 16 currencies through Fidelity's WealthCentral platform, while brokers using the firm's National Financial Services LLC clearing subsidiary can trade through the Streetscape platform.

Retail investors can trade through their online accounts on a more limited basis in 12 foreign markets and eight currencies. He said that the new capabilities have attracted interest from broker-dealer prospects who previously wouldn't have entertained using National Financial.

The all-electronic global trading capabilities will be available to advisers and brokers through their relationship managers, Mr. Pricing for both National Financial's brokerage clients and the registered investment advisers who keep their assets under custody with Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services varies widely according to the mix of services used and the countries where stocks are traded.

Rival clearing and custody firms such as Bank of New York Mellon's Pershing LLC division and Penson Financial Services have offered international-trading services for some time. National Financial last month opened a clearing business in Canada for local brokers, and Mr. Hart said that the trading capabilities represent the second leg of the unit's international strategy. The firm could potentially offer local services in Asia and Europe, he said, but has no specific plans to do so.

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Fidelity's ability to make global trading available on advisers' and brokers' workstations gives it at least a temporary selling point over some competitors.

Pershing offers international-stock-trade execution in almost 50 countries and multiple currencies, but it doesn't yet provide access through its NetX platform for brokers and advisers. It expects to do so next year, said Frank La Salla, a managing director of global securities services at Pershing. Since many Pershing clients have international outposts, they have long expected it to offer trade execution and global clearing services, he said.

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John Diamantis, another Pershing managing director, said that some advisers at large RIA firms are also active users of its global margin product, which allows them to borrow in multiple currencies against the value of their international holdings. A spokeswoman at The Charles Schwab Corp. E-mail Jed Horowitz at jhorowitz investmentnews. View comments Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

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