| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial Services Foreign Exchange |
| Founded | 1998, Sydney, Australia |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia; London, UK; Toronto, Canada |
| Key people | Neil Helm – OzForex Matt Gilmour – OzForex Gary Lord – OzForex Ryan Sweeney – Accel Partners Tom Wickwire – Carlyle Group Eric Schimpf – Macquarie Group |
| Employees | 110 |
| Website | www.ozforex.com.au |
OzForex is an online foreign exchange and global payments provider and a strategic investment of Macquarie Bank, Accel Partners and the Carlyle Group. OzForex is part of the OzForex Group which also includes UKForex, CanadianForex, NZForex, ClearFX and Tranzfers.
The company's client base includes small and medium-sized businesses that import and export goods, as well as migrants transferring financial assets, expatriates repatriating funds, and individuals investing overseas.
The OzForex website provides real-time exchange rates for dozens of currencies, as well as historical charts and strategies to manage exchange rate exposure.
The OzForex Board of Directors is made up of executives with credentials and experience in foreign exchange and financial markets generally.
OzForex was started by Matthew Gilmour in 1998 ‘‘as an experiment’’ while working as the head of foreign exchange at Bankers Trust[1].
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1998 – Launch of ozforex.com.au as foreign exchange information site in Sydney, Australia by Matthew Gilmour [2].
2000 – ABN status active, ABN 65 092 375 703[3]
2001 – Launch of online dealing facility[4]
2003 – NZForex and Tranzfers.com launch[5]
2003 – Australian Financial Services Licence, AFSL, issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, license no. 226484 [6]
2005 – Former Bankers Trust Managing Director and Head of Asian Foreign Exchange Gary Lord joins the OzForex Group as Managing Director.[7]
2005 – OzForex expands its operations into the UK and launches UKForex.co.uk with offices in London.[8]
2005 – Global 24-hour trading platform launches, annual turn-over exceeds US$1 billion
2007 – Macquarie purchases 51% of OzForex, new CEO Neil Helm joins from Macquarie[9][10][11]
2007 – CanadianForex launches in Toronto, Canada [12].
2008 – Member of Financial Ombudsman Service, member no. 11340[13]
2008 – International Money Transfers, a service from Macquarie and OzForex, launches[14]
2008 – Turnover exceeds US$4 billion
2009 – ING Direct uses OzForex platform to offer international money transfer service to customers [15]
2010 – ClearFX.com launch [16]
2010 – The group receives minority growth investment from Accel Partners and The Carlyle Group. Representatives from both Accel Partners and Carlyle serve on the OzForex Board of Directors. The company's founders and Macquarie Private Wealth, which is part of Macquarie Group, are together retaining significant ownership of OzForex, Neil Helm continues as CEO.[17]
2005 – Business Review Weekly, BRW Fast 100 Awards [18]
2005 – Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards[19]
2006 - Finalist Invest UK Trade and Investment International Business Awards[20]
2008 - OzForex founder Matt Gilmour wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, in the Technology and Emerging Industries category[21]
2009 – Deloitte Fast 500 Technology Asia Pacific Awards and Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards[22]
2010 – Deloitte Fast 500 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2010 Awards[23]