CAPIX Milestones
1991
Epsom Software Pty Ltd an Information Technology (IT) company was
established to specialise in Financial Markets software development.
Peter Cooney, the original founder of Epsom Software, continues to
be involved in the daily management of CAPIX Limited.
1992
Epsom Software, an early adopter of MS Windows, develops Windows-based
software for use by accounting firm Price Waterhouse internationally.
1993
Epsom Software develops software for the Capital Markets division
of J B Were.
1995
David Graham is recruited as the first employee. David is currently
a Senior Software Engineer for CAPIX IT Consulting division of the
business.
1996
ANZ Investment Bank contracts Epsom Software to develop a global
Foreign Exchange Order Management system running under Unix.
1997
Epsom Software Pty Ltd purchased "Practical Treasury Manager
Professional" (PTM Pro), a software product for Treasury clients,
from Practical Treasury Management Pty Ltd. A new subsidiary company,
Practical Treasury Systems Pty Ltd, is established to manage the PTM
Pro product. The package was written in Microsoft Access 2.0, but
has been upgraded significantly over the last 3 years and includes
a number of financial market related modules.
1998
A major upgrade to PTM Pro is released as "PTM 2000".
PTM 2000 is written in MS Access 97. A client-server version of
PTM 2000 that uses SQL Server is released.
Ford Credit Adopts PTM software as their standard treasury software
system throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Practical Treasury Systems Pty Ltd expands its range of IT software
products to the banking and broking sectors. Internet-based trading
software is added to the product range.
Practical Treasury Systems Pty Ltd decides to raise an initial
round of Venture Capital (VC) to fund additional expansion. ASX-listed
company Goldsearch Limited (GSE) invests in PTS. The association
with Goldsearch Limited has been very productive, with Goldsearch
assisting with management expertise, legal advice and networking
capabilities.
Practical Treasury Systems Pty Ltd develops the CAPIX Order Routing
Engine (CORE) for routing securities orders through the ASX, SFE
and FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol based stock exchanges.
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1999
An internal audit was commissioned by CAPIX to determine any issues
in relation to the management and operation of internal systems. The
outcome was that CAPIX required further management resources and staff.
In November 1999, Ray Gordon and Stephen Murphy were appointed Executive
Directors, handling CAPIX IT Consulting and CAPIX Treasury Systems,
respectively.
2000
The decision is made to list on the ASX and undertake an Initial
Public offer (IPO). A company restructure is undertaken to facilitate
this. The public company CAPIX Limited is created and PTS shares
are swapped for CAPIX shares to make PTS a 100% subsidiary of
CAPIX.
2001
In a difficult market
environment for IT sales, CAPIX sells more new licenses for
corporate treasury systems than all other vendors combined in
Australia/NZ. The CAPIX market share for corporate treasury systems
in the region builds very strongly. 2002
A new product CAPIX
Treasury Centre (CTC) is released. CTC is designed for larger
corporate treasuries with upto 100 users. Largely based on CTM, CTC has
uses Microsoft SQL Server technology for large-scale performance. In
December 2002 Amcor Limited, one of the world's largest packaging
companies, contract to use CTC for their corporate treasury
operations. Amcor are later awarded "Corporate Treasury of the Year
by CFO Magazine. 2003
A new product CAPIX
Investment Manager (CIM) is released. CIM is designed for Fund and
Investment Managers. Largely based on CTM, CIM has additional
modules for Equities, Performance Measurement and Capital Gains Tax.
2004
March 2004 CAPIX opens a branch office in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur office is operated in conjunction with
Malaysian software company Linearsoft Berhad and services the
Malaysia and Singapore markets.
September 2004 CAPIX opens an office in London. The London office
is centrally located to support key European markets.
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