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| Culture |
| Starmark seeks to employ bright people, with diverse personalities who thrive in a team environment. There is no room for a
prima donna personality in the Starmark organization. Superstars are welcome, but only if they can function as part of a team. The Starmark management believes without reservation that the way to maximize returns on a steady and consistent basis and beat the competition not just in one year but over a period of time, is through the pulling of resources and ideas from a cooperative group of intelligent motivated people. |
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| Employee welfare is therefore of vital importance to Starmark and this is fostered through the provision of a challenging work environment, competitive compensation packages and participation in an employee share incentive plan. |
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| History |
| Starmark was
founded in June 1998 by Eldon
Kerr and Francois Magny amid the
chaos created by the migration
of open outcry trading toward
electronic platforms (See "In
The Press"). The two recognized
that electronic markets provided
more than a cheaper, efficient
alternative to the traditional
open outcry model. This new era
spawned totally new ways of trading.
Starmark has been at the forefront
in discovering and developing
trading techniques that have been
integral to the firm’s growth
and success. |
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| During 2005, Starmark reorganized into a holding company structure. Starmark Holdings Limited (SHL) is the parent company of the group, with Starmark Proprietary Trading Limited, Starmark Trading Limited and Starmark Technologies Limited as fellow subsidiaries of SHL. This reorganization facilitated the evolution of the group’s capabilities and aspirations from purely proprietary trading to encompass investment management services and the provision of trading software to third party clients as and when appropriate. |
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| Philosophy |
| Starmark has been, and continues to be, a successful proprietary trading enterprise. However, for some time, management has been convinced that ultimately the business would evolve to include client related activities. Technology developed for in-house proprietary traders can be tailored to the needs of third party client traders. Starmark Technologies Limited has been created to pursue these opportunities. Also, successful proprietary trading strategies and execution capabilities can be designed to be of interest to third party professional investors. Starmark, through Starmark Trading Limited, has the necessary permissions from the Financial Services Authority to conduct such activity and is moving in this direction on a very selective basis as and when suitable opportunities arise. |
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