DataLend has appointed Robert Antelmann as its vice president and product specialist in Hong Kong.
Antelmann most recently was a senior business analyst for Westpac, based in Sydney, working in global over-the-counter derivatives.
Before that, he spent more than 16 years at Citigroup in London, Frankfurt, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo in securities finance trading and management.
He has been a representative of the Pan Asian Securities Lending Association, and has robust knowledge of the Asia Pacific securities finance market.
As DataLend’s representative in Asia, Antelmann will be responsible for helping to work with new clients, supporting existing clients and gathering and documenting business rules and requirements.
He will also work closely with clients on adopting new functionality and provide quantitative support for the DataLend suite of applications.
Antelmann commented: “DataLend is used by a broad range of firms in the securities finance industry in Asia Pacific. I look forward to working with our current and future users as we further extend our presence in the region.”
DataLend has data on more than $137 billion of securities on loan in Asia.
