John O’Shea, chairman and CEO of Westminster Securities Corporation, addressed a seminar hosted by AmCham Malta at the Malta Stock Exchange. Westminster Securities is a US investment bank headquartered on Wall Street, with European offices in London and Cyprus.

Mr O’Shea delivered a three-part address on the nature of the evolving financial markets and international securities trading. He has spent over 25 years in the securities trading and international finance. His recent experience includes an emphasis on raising capital for public companies in China.

Mr O’Shea first addressed the changing role of the market maker in today’s financial markets that are increasingly dominated by electronic trading. The second subject he dealt with was the challenge of global securities trading, followed by comments on the evolving exchanges in the United States, with a close look at the most recent trading platform that is open to international companies.

The seminar – the second in a series of four on “Alternative sources of funding: A US perspective” was introduced by Anton Tabone, president of AmCham Malta, Joseph Zammit Tabona, chairman of the Malta Stock Exchange and Molly Bordonaro, Ambassador of the United States of America to Malta.