ULTUMUS, the specialist ETF and benchmark managed data service company has announced today that they have opened a US office in support of its rapidly growing business in the US and Canada. The office is  headed up by  Fe Zamora, formerly of IHS Markit,  who will be responsible for building out the team and managing US operations.

The past 12 months have seen ULTUMUS break through a set of increasingly significant milestones in the development of its specialised ETF and Index data management service, having created a new category of technical data feeds that can be used by both ETF/index trading desks, risk and asset managers.

From a standing start in 2016, ULTUMUS has deployed its ETF and index managed data service to Tier 1 investment banks, asset managers, investor service groups and exchanges and also become the fastest growing PCF calculation partner for ETF issuers globally.

ULTUMUS has attracts a slew of industry talent that has seen the appointment of industry veteran Femi Orangun, Daniel Hodgetts as Operations Head and  ETF guru Jonathan Addy, alongside growing their team significantly in London and Singapore.

ULTUMUS focus on the index and ETF data space and sees considerable opportunity where existing vendors have not updated their platforms and products. ULTUMUS clients are exploiting new but proven technology in their business, with the aim of improving data quality visibility and timeliness in the ETF and index data eco system.

Bernie Thurston, CEO, ULTUMUS said: “This is an exciting time for ULTUMUS. We have opened an office in San Francisco headed by a highly experienced manager and also moved to new larger offices in the City of London at the beginning of the year to accommodate our growing UK team. We look forward to continuing our expansion in 2020, increase our market share and deliver solutions to our clients.”

Since forming in 2016, ULTUMUS has significantly expanded its service offering across all aspects of benchmark, ETF and dividend forecast data globally, consistently winning clients with innovative technology.  ULTUMUS has designed its technology stack around AWS (Amazon webservices) and offers unrivalled levels of support and innovation in the management of ETF and index data.