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Denis Matafonov, CEO, Nettrader

Nettrader’s new website tradernet.com is an intriguing combination of broker and social network. Powered by the company’s 10 years of brokerage experience, tradernet is one of the few sites to capitalise on the huge trend towards social trading in the equities space. Denis Matafonov discusses the site’s growth to 200,000 members, maintaining a sustainable return-per-user, and its plans for international expansion.

Vikas Khameni, President and Co-Head of Wholesale Capital Markets, Edelweiss Financial Services

In a little over a decade, Edelweiss Financial Services has emerged as the market leader in brokerage in India. Vikas Khameni describes the route Edelweiss climbed to the top – from developing differentiated, quality research; through enabling a quality sales team and investing in proprietary algorithms; to its current position as India’s largest equities brokerage house with plans for strong expansion into other asset classes.

Alan Gandelman, CEO, ICAP Brazil

Brazil is already Latin America’s biggest equity market – is it likely to grow further? With only two percent of potential stock owners currently owning stocks, Mr Gandelman argues that it definitely can.

Paulo Pinto, CEO, DIF Broker International

Because investors are increasingly likely to be consumers than professionals or institutions, DIF Broker created the World Top Investor competition in 2005 to identify and celebrate real life success stories. CEO Paulo Pinto explains the contest and what DIF brings to the table.

Mohammed Al-Hamidi, Managing Director, AM Financials

Online trading is still in its infancy in the MENA region, but increasing investment in internet infrastructure is allowing more and more people to connect. Mr Al-Hamidi explains the cultural factors at play, and the opportunities that AM Financials is offering new clients.

Gabriel Kitua, CEO, Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange

As developing societies are most likely to offer the growth opportunities to offer sustainable recovery post-crisis, World Finance finds out about the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, which lists 15 companies with a total market capitalisation $3.4bn.