Hesketh - Leihner Prospects Future South Korean Office

Online, June 18, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Hesketh - Leihner will hire as of September 2011 a significant number of research analysts, salespersons and traders to support its future Korean operations.
Jiro Shopong, Head of Hesketh - Leihner Derivatives Korea, comments: "It was never easy to find valuable employees. I am pleased that we are teaming up with people well known for their competence and expertise. I am convinced that this people will find with Hesketh - Leihner a strong employer, making sure that their market know-how will be beneficial for their customers and business partners".

For Hesketh - Leihner, the addition of staff is an important part to build a comprehensive and strong team in South Korea. It will complement a solid platform that frequently accounts for substantial market share of trading volume on the Kosdaq derivatives indexes and also has recognized expertise with binary options. Hesketh - Leihner advanced execution infrastructure includes its internal HLTP trading system, which provides crossing reference that enables better price discovery. The new functionality allows clients to interact with streaming liquidity, external liquidity providers and block-level client orders.

"I am pleased to be part of the development of Hesketh - Leihner in South Korea. This year, we are not only enhancing our team in South Korea, we are enhancing our company to better serve our clients throughout the whole of Asia Pacific."

Hesketh - Leihner will focus on retail and institutional customers, small, medium and big enterprises in its core markets, Hong Kong, Singapore
and South Korea.