TORA, one of Asia’s leading providers of advanced trading technology and off-exchange liquidity pools to institutional traders, has extended its footprint in the region by opening an oPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6c

TORA, one of Asia’s leading providers of advanced trading technology and off-exchange liquidity pools to institutional traders, has extended its footprint in the region by opening an office in Sydney. The new operation is headed up by Nathan Eason, Vice President of Sales, Australia. Eason has approximately 15 years’ experience and joins from SimCorp, a global financial software solutions firm. Speaking to Hedgeweek, Chris Jenkins, Managing Director Asia Pacific, said that Eason was hired because of his buy side and sell side experience: “Nathan’s got a lot of experience in the space. But technology expertise is only half the story - you need to understand the client’s needs completely and that’s what we’re all about.” TORA provides clients with access to 24 key exchanges across 14 Asian countries through TORA Compass, a state-of-the-art trading platform that minimizes latency. Jenkins said that he expected Eason to expand TORA’s client base and build out the business as “Australia is one of our major focuses for 2011”.