GFT Company Profile
GFT founder and president Gary L. Tilkin is a 35-year veteran of exchange-traded futures who helped shape the off-exchange currency trading industry. As worldwide leaders in online trading, GFT provides 24-hour service, support and award-winning trading technology through its Dealbook suite of trading platforms, back-office technologies and institutional client programme - all designed for trading online spread bets, futures and contracts for difference.
GFT officially launched its online spot forex trading services in 1997, becoming a pioneer in the online trading industry, later offering financial spread bets and CFDs outside of the US. Today, the GFT brand comprises several divisions and subsidiaries throughout the world. GFT's world headquarters is in Ada, Mich., with additional US offices located in Chicago and New York, along with global offices in London, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore and Dubai.
Martin Slaney, Head of Derivatives, GFT, has been involved in the financial industry for more than 15 years. His experience in a wide range of financial products including stock indices, individual equities, oil, metals and foreign exchange, has helped the company establish a worldwide presence in offering financial spread bets, CFDs and spot forex to customers worldwide.
Slaney's experience in derivatives provides journalists with a comprehensive view and opinion about financial data, news events and market movements. In fact, Slaney is regularly quoted by the global financial press and online news sites, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Australian, Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal and numerous others. He also publishes 2 weekly columns in the London daily newspaper, City AM.
Slaney holds a dual honours bachelor's degree in Japanese and Business Studies from Sheffield University and has a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from the University of Central England, Birmingham.
David Morrison, a 20-year veteran in financial trading is the newest addition to GFT global research team, and the first GFT analyst to provide broader analysis on financial markets for its traders throughout the UK, Europe and Australia.
Morrison will deliver research for GFT's derivatives products, including financial spread bets (for residents of the UK) and CFDs - one of the fastest-growing trading instruments in Europe and Australia.
He has published articles covering broad economic outlook topics, as well as articles on particular trading strategies for traders using fundamental and technical anlysis to trade the markets.
Morrison's previous experience includes managing trading desks, dealing on his own account and implementing successful risk-management strategies.
Before joing GFT, Morrison work for Man Financial (now MF Global), where he started a spread betting desk that became profitable after 18 months. He also traded on LIFFE and for City Index.
Based out of GFT's London office, Morrison will provide regular market analysis on spread bets and CFDs and provide education on the trading instruments GFT offers. He will also help create a focused market research and commentary site.
