Bernard Ferran Joins as Advisor to the Board

We are expanding. Announcing today the launch of Wethaq Securities out of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) under the supervision of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). Wethaq Securities is offering brokerage services, starting with fixed income products, to emerging markets desks across GCC, Europe and Asia. Our counterparties will include major market makers, investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading desks, pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds. Wethaq Securities is part of the EMRGO Group catering to the needs of the GCC markets across primary issuance, custody, securities services, brokerage and fintech. GCC Private Markets, Made Global.

Having held senior positions at Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust Corporation, and J.P. Morgan in the Middle East and Asia over 30+ years, he is well known in the industry for his client-centric approach and deep understanding of securities services (agency, custody, securities lending, connectivity to ICSDs). Under his management, EMRGO DIFC will provide, out of DIFC, fairly priced and efficient services to private banks, asset managers, brokers, funds, family offices and other investment professionals across the emerging markets.

Having started from the open outcry pits of Matif in Paris and over a period of 30+ years, Olivier has established and/or moved, merged, spun off, managed operations for 7 exchanges in 6 different countries on 4 continents (including Astana International Exchange, Qatar Stock Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, Australian Derivatives Exchange and Euronext Paris). Olivier will be providing his expert advice to the Board, Chief Product Officer Dmitry Maslovsky and Chief Technology Officer Rainer Gellert on the development of our infrastructure (primary issuance, custody/securities services, and trading facilitation) for the private markets of #SaudiArabia, #UnitedArabEmirates and, in due course, the broader GCC.