Sydney is considered Australia’s financial capital, with many of the country’s fintech startups opting to set up shop in the city. Businesses that specialize in payment technology play a major role in Australia’s position as a globally recognized fintech hub, but Sydney is also home to some top trading firms and trading technology providers. These are the Sydney trading companies that have helped build the city’s reputation as a fintech leader.
Sydney Trading Companies
- Stake
- Optiver
- Akuna Capital
- Exponential Trading
- TMGM
Top Trading Companies in Sydney
Stake’s digital investing platform is available to users via Android and iOS app. It provides traders in multiple countries with access to U.S. stocks. The company says it builds technology to “provide a seamless and immersive experience that breaks barriers for ambitious investors.”
Optiver is a market-making firm that supports 75-plus exchanges all over the world. The company has more than 1,900 team members working across seven time zones to enable continuous trading activity. Optiver’s Sydney office was founded in 1996 and serves as the headquarters for its operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Proprietary trading firm Akuna Capital focuses on derivatives and options market making. The international company bases its Asia-Pacific team out of a Sydney office that opened in 2018 and supports Akuna’s trading, development and research activities.
Exponential Trading specializes in proprietary trading in the Asia-Pacific financial markets. Its capabilities cover strategies ranging from marketing making to quantitative trading. The team at Exponential Trading is made up of both trading experts and software engineers who collaborate on building solutions and deploying new strategies.
TMGM’s online platform facilitates contract for difference, or CFD, trading from mobile devices, tablets and desktop computers. The company says its sign-up process takes less than three minutes to complete, and the technology connects users with more than 12,000 trading products.
