Martin brings a considerable wealth of industry relationships, experience, knowledge and insight that will give Fidessa a significant advantage in providing Canadian firms access to fully integrated, state of the art technology and global connectivity solutions." Mr. Hakker commented, "I am extremely excited by this new appointment and look forward to helping drive further innovations in electronic trading in Canada. Fidessa allows firms to consolidate their software applications, realize efficiencies and cost savings and ultimately help them to grow their business into new areas.