DMALINK ® Secures FinTech Unicorn, Smart Co-Founder and CEO Andrew Evans as Non-Executive Advisor

LONDON, 21 July 2022 /PRNewswire/ — DMALINK, the Emerging Markets Currency-Focused Institutional ECN Adds Andrew Evans to its senior advisory board to strengthen representation from asset allocators, buyside funds and play a central role in scaling the enlarged group post-merger.

The appointment comes as DMALINK looks to build even further on its commitment to creating more open, transparent and accessible ecosystems for electronic trading of currency, gold and digital assets.

Manu ChoudharyCEO of DMALINK, says: “Andrew represents an important strategic addition to DMALINK and our Senior Advisory Board. Andrew brings not only two decades of deep financial market knowledge, but also adds the insight of an asset allocator and as CEO and founder of a of London’s fastest growing FinTech Unicorns, a huge amount of strategic vision. We are delighted that Andrew has decided to join DMALINK on our journey to create the most disruptive electronic trading platform in the world.”

Andrew co-founded Smart (formerly Smart Pension) to give real people easier ways to save and access their savings throughout their lives. In recent years, many world-leading institutions and authorities have partnered with Smart to help it become one of them London’s fastest growing FinTech Unicorns with over £4 billion in assets under management.

Andrew was, previously, an international managing director, with roles at Lloyds, Barclays and Credit Agricole. He also works with cutting-edge innovation foundations – awarding funding and advising promising UK fintech companies and social entrepreneurs, including those working on open banking.

Andrew Evans added, “As an asset allocator, Smart strives to maximize returns to investors. The radical advances made in pre-trade TCA, AI-powered liquidity management and anomaly detection are invaluable tools to help buyside fund managers make better informed decisions trading decisions while being able to benchmark execution across currencies, gold and crypto, it helps reassure asset allocators that returns are not being unnecessarily eroded by high friction costs.”

Michael Siwekconcluded DMALINK founder, “The boards of DMALINK Ltd and DeFinity Markets Ltd recently agreed to merge their businesses to create the world’s first institutional multi-asset electronic trading venue. Pending regulatory approval, Andrew’s role will primarily focus on DMALINK , but he will be instrumental in helping scale DeFinity Markets and the extended group and play a key role in our Series A capital raising.”

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About DMALINK

www.dmalink.com

DMALINK is an independent arena for electronic trading, analysis and market data for institutional currency traders globally. All liquidity pools are proactively constructed across key emerging markets. Platform participants benefit from advanced order analysis data and granular reporting and benchmarked execution services, ensuring price transparency for all platform participants.

About DeFinity Markets

www.definitymarkets.com

DeFinity operates an institutional digital asset trading platform for cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In addition to supporting decentralized financial services for FX clearing, DeFinity is a layer-2 protocol with a focus on interoperability, using existing blockchain frameworks such as WeOwn, Ethereum, Polkadot, Binance Smart Chain and Cardano.

About Smart (formerly known as “Smart Pension”)

www.smartpension.co.uk

Smart is a global provider of savings and investment technology platforms. Its mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial well-being around the world. Smarte works with authorities and financial institutions (including insurance companies, asset managers, banks, financial advisers) to deliver pension savings and income solutions that are digital, tailored and cost-effective. In addition to the UK, Smart operates in USA, Europe, Australia and Middle East with more than a million savers entrusting over £4bn of assets on the platform. Smart supports its customers with a 750-strong global team. Legal & General, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, JP Morgan, Link Group, Barclays, Natixis Investment Managers, DWS Group and Chrysalis Investments are all investors in Smart.

SOURCE DMALINK