James Cawley

Board Manager – IDX Capital, LLC

Mr. Cawley founded IDX in 2005 and has led the company as CEO since early 2006. Mr. Cawley oversees all aspects of the business, but focuses primarily on strategic initiatives and client relationships.

Previously, Mr. Cawley founded Axiom Global Partners, a boutique credit derivative broker in late 2002. Axiom rose quickly to become a dominant player in the credit derivative index and high yield CDS markets. Under his leadership, Axiom became the largest electronic broker of CDS in the US executing over $1.5 Billion daily and also launched offices in London and Charlotte. Under his leadership as CEO, no fewer than five firms discussed merger or purchase options with Axiom. By early 2005, Cawley decided to pursue a fully electronic trading model and left Axiom. He later founded IDX Capital.

Mr. Cawley is a recognized authority on credit derivative market structure issues including counterparty risk mitigation, regulation and execution transparency. He has been a key note speaker at several industry conferences and has been quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Fortune, Business Week, thestreet.com, CBNC, Bloomberg, and Creditflux. Mr. Cawley has also made several appearances on television, including Bloomberg & FOX Business News.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Cawley also founded DirectCellars.Com, a wine direct sales website that months after launch was acquired by Urbanfetch.com. James has several years in fixed income sales & trading experience working at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers, and Bank of America. At Bank of America, Cawley pioneered the emerging market Eurobond franchise in London and New York, where he helped launch the flow, proprietary, & structured new issue desks.

Personal: In 1995, Mr. Cawley rode around the world on motorcycle. From New York, he crossed the US, China, Central Asia and Europe finishing in London. (Photo: Chinese Desert)

Brady Halper

Board Manager – IDX Capital, LLC

Mr. Halper rejoined IDX Capital in 2008 and is responsible for running the company’s corporate credit voice brokerage business and trading desk operations. Mr. Halper previously worked at IDX in 2006, and has returned from directing MF Global’s New York credit derivatives business.

Mr. Halper also led emerging markets credit products with Cantor-Fitzgerald, where he was hired to build out the business. Prior to Cantor, he was a Senior Vice President of credit products for GFI in Asia.

During his time overseas, Mr. Halper pioneered the trading of credit default swaps and extra-pan-Asian credit products. He built GFI's business into one of the largest interdealer brokers in the Far East. He originally began his career at ICAP, where he was the director of Eurobond and Yankee bonds.

Brady is a graduate of Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in business. Brady lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

Matthias Asemota
Board Manager – IDX Capital, LLC

Mr. Asemota is a Class B Manager and works for Rhombus Private Capital, a private family trust granted in Jersey. Starlight Investments holds the US assets of the trust according to PFIC trust regulations. Starlight Investments is a Class B member and investor. Mr. Asemota is responsible for IT, specifically program trading software, coding implementation and research. He was previously employed in a similar role at Cassian Capital LLC, a UK registered Hedge Fund.

Mr. Asemota was introduced to the firm by Starlight Investments. Mr. Asemota is a UK resident. Mr. Asemota read Medicine at St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London and completed courses in Investments and Financial management at the Hass School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Mr. Asemota currently also serves on the Board of Directors of Junosa Systems Limited, a UK privately held financial software company. Mr. Asemota performs in a traditional Board Manager/Director’s role attending Board meetings and assisting the Board in strategic matters.

Terrence Flynn
Board Manager – IDX Capital, LLC

Terence Flynn is partner at the law firm of Flynn & Flynn in New York. Flynn & Flynn is general practice that has specialty areas in contract law, real estate, general commercial transactions and certain state regulatory matters.

Mr. Flynn is a member of the NY State Bar Association and has practiced law in New York for over 20 years. Mr. Flynn graduated from St. John's School of Law (’86) and studied Finance at Siena College (’83). Mr. Flynn is a US resident.

Mr. Flynn is not involved in the ‘day to day’ management of IDX Capital, LLC or IDX Derivatives, LLC. Mr. Flynn performs in a traditional Board Manager/Director’s role attending Board meetings and assisting the Board in strategic matters from time to time.