Simon Librati

to make them more equitable for traders and providers over the past 15 years. And over the past decade, He focused his efforts on reduced trading costs and commissions to a level where traders began to earn profits again. By 1999 in Montreal, He was at the highest levels of trading and brokerage. Realizing that much of the volume was generated through ECNs, electronic trading platforms that match buy and sell orders, He purchased the rights to a broker-dealer in Quebec and moved into proprietary trading. He went on to launch branches throughout the province and soon became a central and significant force in the industry. In 2006, looking to expand further, He partnered with Maurice Bensoussan, an established entrepreneur and venture capitalist in Paris. Librati’s deep knowledge of ECN’s and trading combined with Bensoussan’s broad experience in marketing and finance led the two to expand World Trade Securities worldwide by 2009. It was then that the two set their sights on the U.S. They founded WTS Proprietary Trading Group and became members of the CBOE Stock Exchange, bringing their business into line with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. And Brian Schaeffer was brought on board as CEO, building on his expertise in the U.S. markets. In late 2011, He came together with his partners after outlining the synergies of acquiring a trading technology company. In February, 2012 WTS acquired Dimension Trading Group and Pacmid Technologies (now known as Fusion Trading Solutions), respectively. These entities, together with World Trade Securities, evolved into the collective World Trade Financial Group of companies, including one of the world’s largest proprietary trading firms – positioned to provide tremendous cost savings, industry leading access to every significant liquidity pool and ownership of a cutting-edge Direct Market Access (DMA) trading platform and state-of-the-art risk systems.