In January, 17 firms, including fund managers, broker dealers and custodian banks, signed on as "Early Adopters" of Omgeo's Central Trade Manager (CTM) global straight-through processing platform. Bill Hodash was in Hong Kong recently talking to clients and exchange representatives about the initial phase of the product, which aims to replace and greatly improve on the old Thomson OASYS Global system, and he took time out to talk to FinanceAsia.