LONDON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ — Hatstand, the leading electronic trading consultancy, announced today
that it has launched a technical academy to complement its Graduate Trainee
Programme.

Adam Bennett, Managing Director at Hatstand, said “This is an important
step in Hatstand’s development and will provide a firm base for our Graduate
Trainee Programme to allow our clients to invest for the future.” Hatstand
has been providing Graduate Trainees specifically for front office technology
roles to financial services organisations for over a year now. Clients can
take advantage of Hatstand’s experience and knowledge of financial sector IT
and benefit from skilled resources at very cost effective rates. Clients can
transfer trainees to become full-time employees at the end of the training
programme.

About Hatstand

Hatstand provides specialist niche consultancy services within the
electronic trading systems arena including: selection, design, development,
project management, business analysis, implementation and support. Hatstand
also provide specialist business analysis and development skills for high
performance & highly available direct exchange links, order routing and order
management. Hatstand has more recently focused on Smart Order Routing,
multi-venue connectivity and algorithmic trading applications to address a
more fragmented post-MiFID market environment.

Hatstand’s clients range from tier one global investment banks though to
small brokers based in Europe, Hong Kong and New York. Services range from
fully managed services and project teams through to satisfying specific skill
gaps for existing teams.

Established in 1999, Hatstand Limited is a privately held firm with the
head office based in London.

For more information on Hatstand services, clients and case studies,
please visit our website: http://www.hatstand-ltd.com.

Jo Moore
Hatstand Ltd
123 Minories
44(0)207-423-5677
jo.moore@hatstand-ltd.com

Hatstand Ltd