Karthik Subramanian has been a professional trader and fund manager over the last 18 years. He is basically a software developer who made the transition to financial domain around 18 years back as the attractiveness of the financial markets proved too much for him. He lives in Chennai in India along with his wife and son. He began his career as a software developer in 1999 and then gradually moved into the financial industry as he began trading stocks in his pastime. He then moved into the financial markets full time and then shifted his focus to the FX markets due to the liquid nature of these markets. Since then, he has been trading FX diligently and his favourite pair are the EURUSD and EURJPY. Over the last couple of years, he has found blockchain to be of high interest and considering his background in software and finance, he has since assembled a team of highly talented developers who have since worked on a variety of projects like crypto exchanges and blockchain architecturing. Now, he balances his time between trading and commenting on both the FX and crypto markets. He has worked with many publications including FX Street and Finance Magnates, which has helped him gain experience and also recognition across the industry. He loves to write and this passion has helped him to reach out across the FX and crypto industry. Right now, he works on his pet projects in the FX and crypto industry and spends his time writing and managing his blockchain team and helping it to reach higher.
Antony Tan Joins IS Prime Hong Kong as VP of Trading Solutions
IS Prime Hong Kong revealed the addition of a new senior-level executive in its latest announcement. As per statement released by the firm, it has onboarded Mr. Antony Tan to serve in the role of Vice President of Trading Solutions unit for the Asian region. In his new role as VP of trading solutions, Antony will be working alongside Mr. Kevin Jock and Mr. Ben Li and be in-change of managing the group’s liquidity and risk client relationship for all its operations across Asia-Pacific region and will be reporting directly to Mr. Will Robbins – Head of Asia at IS Prime Limited. The statement also revealed that Mr. Antony Tan is the first new member to IS Prime Hong Kong’s coverage team since the firm received its SFC Type 3 Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading license in December last year.
The incoming executive is a veteran with vast knowledge and experience in trade execution and liquidity management services. Before taking up his current role at IS Prime Limited, Mr. Antony Tan served as Head of Dealing Services at Invast Global for nearly four years. During his term with Invast Global, Mr. Tan was based out of the firm’s Sydney office and was responsible for handling client onboarding and supervision, trade execution services and liquidity management units. Earlier in his career, he co-founded a Fintech firm based out of China which has since grown into a leading player in the circuit and also served in the role of Operations Associate Prime Liquidity Solutions another Sydney based firm. Mr. Tan is an Australian national and is very fluent in English and Cantonese with extensive experience in dealing with clients from Asia-Pacific market region making him an ideal candidate for the role.
Will Robbins, Head of Asia at IS Prime
Commenting on Mr. Tan’s addition to the team, Will Robbins – Head of Asia at IS Prime said, “As we increase our presence across the Asia Pacific region and build out our regulated FX and OTC derivatives offerings, we continue to invest in experienced, high calibre staff to allow us to offer the highest levels of service to our clients within the Asia time zone. Antony will be an asset to the team as he brings deep knowledge and experience of regional markets to our coverage function”.
Speaking about his new role at the firm, Mr. Antony Tan said, “The opportunity to join IS Prime, industry leaders in multi-asset brokerage and execution services, is a natural step up. I am excited about working with an experienced team whose award winning, cutting-edge offerings have bolstered the company. I look forward to using my experience to help them to continue their rapid growth”.
About the firm:
IS Prime Limited is a part of ISAM Capital Markets with vast presence across major financial market regions. Aside from its Hong Kong office it also has an FCA regulated unit in London which is well known as Prime of Prime and liquidity management service provider and IS Risk Analytics – a US based unit specializing in risk management activities. The firm’s Hong Kong office provides institutional professional investors with customized pricing primarily sourced from Tier 1 institutions, together with multi-asset Prime of Prime services and comprehensive front-to-back technology solutions.
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