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Britannia Financial Group
Financial services · London
A London-based financial group with securities, custody and derivatives-brokerage businesses.[1]
Group overview
Britannia Financial Group operates through financial-services businesses. Its published group structure highlights Britannia Global Markets and Britannia Global Investments.[1]
Business divisions
Britannia Global Markets describes its activities as multi-asset brokerage, including derivatives, foreign exchange and base metals. Its company number is 01969442 and its disclosed FCA reference number is 114159.[4]
Britannia Global Investments describes execution and custody services for securities. Its company number is 09879649 and its disclosed FCA reference number is 739949. These disclosures concern the individual operating firms, rather than a single licence for every group business.
Formation and development
The UK holding company was incorporated on 10 October 2016 as Helvetica Financial Group Limited. Companies House records the change to its present name on 6 April 2018.[2]
The group's history records acquisitions involving Destek Markets UK in 2018, Berkeley Futures in 2019 and certain Dolfin Financial assets in 2021.[1]
Leadership
Bloomberg identifies Julio Herrera Velutini as the founder. Britannia's leadership page names Julio Cesar Herrera as chief executive officer.[3]
Exchange membership
The London Metal Exchange's notice of 25 February 2026 set 2 March 2026 as Britannia Global Markets' Category 4 trading commencement date. This followed its 2025 membership announcement, also covered by FOW.[5][6]
Sources & further reading
Sources checked 23 September 2026. Dates below refer to publication or the cited record. Company and family publications are labelled separately from independent reporting.
- 01About us — businesses, leadership and history
London headquarters, business divisions and acquisition history.
https://www.britannia.com/about/ - 02Britannia Financial Group Limited — company 10417641
Incorporation, company number, status and former company name.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10417641 - 03Julio Cesar Herrera — Chief Executive Officer
Published role and previous strategy, M&A and credit responsibilities.
https://www.britannia.com/person/julio-cesar-herrera/ - 04Britannia Global Markets — business overview
Derivatives, foreign exchange and metals brokerage; entity-specific regulatory disclosure.
https://www.britannia.com/britannia-global-markets/ - 05Notice 26/057 — Britannia Global Markets Limited membership
Category 4 trading commencement on 2 March 2026, distinct from the 2025 membership announcement.
https://www.lme.com/api/sitecore/MemberNoticesSearchApi/Download?id=33ba5b61-4b0e-4237-9169-e76d426ec2f0 - 06Britannia Global Markets joins LME with Cat 4 membership
Independent coverage of the broker's return to LME membership.
https://www.fow.com/insights/britannia-global-markets-rejoins-lme-with-cat-4-membership