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FinClear Group is Australia's independent technology and infrastructure provider for financial markets, serving financial advisers, wealth managers, stockbrokers, and fintechs through proprietary platforms for trading, clearing, settlement, and private company securities management.
Also known as FinClear · FinClear Group
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026FinClear is an Australian technology and infrastructure provider for financial markets, covering both listed and unlisted (private) markets. It describes itself as a full-service provider of listed and unlisted infrastructure, acting as a single-vendor alternative for services that financial advisers, wealth managers, stockbrokers and fintechs typically outsource to multiple providers. Its core offering is the HIN Platform, a complete infrastructure for listed products stretching from the end client through to the clearing house, alongside clearing and settlement services.
The business operates as the FinClear Group, comprising three brands. FinClear provides listed market infrastructure, trading, international trading, managed accounts, stock lending, corporate services and technology products including the FinClear Platform, platform APIs and licenced software. FCX is a private market platform providing an unlisted assets registry, beginning with private companies, positioned as a parallel to listed securities exchanges and supporting real-time tokenised security trading and capital raising. Transact1 offers institutional and wholesale investors an aggregated range of cash investment products together with automated price discovery, portfolio optimisation, administration and compliance services.
FinClear operates on a wholesale-only basis: it may appear as the CHESS sponsoring broker on holding statements, but all FinClear accounts are managed by intermediary providers such as brokers, wealth advisers and financial technology companies, which handle end-client relationships and queries.
Founding story
FinClear was founded in 2015 with an initial focus on clearing and settlement. According to founder and CEO David Ferrall, the concept of a broader client-focused platform — the HIN Platform, providing complete infrastructure for listed products from end client to clearing house — was envisaged from that starting point.
Business model
FinClear supplies wholesale financial markets infrastructure and technology to intermediaries rather than serving retail investors directly. Accounts on its platform are opened and managed by broker, wealth adviser and fintech intermediaries, with FinClear providing the underlying clearing, settlement, registry, trading and platform technology, including APIs and licenced software.
Traction
Company-reported figures cite approximately $145 billion in funds under administration, around 570,000 investor accounts and more than 250 wholesale intermediaries served.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
FinClear describes itself as Australia's leading independent technology and infrastructure provider for financial markets, spanning both listed and private markets, and positions FCX as a trusted Australian private market solution.
FinClear frames its advantage as offering a one-stop shop for infrastructure services usually sourced from multiple vendors, combining in-house built technology across the listed value chain (end client to clearing house) with private market registry and trading capability through FCX and cash product aggregation through Transact1.
Technology
The company positions itself primarily as a technology company, describing its financial markets infrastructure as comparable to large global platforms handling high data volumes and large transaction throughput executed in real time. Central to this is the HIN Platform, an end-to-end infrastructure for listed products from the end client to the clearing house. The FCX brand adds a tech-enabled ecosystem for an unlisted assets registry supporting real-time tokenised security trading and capital raising.
Go-to-market
Sales are directed at business clients through the company's website enquiry channel, organised by product lines including trading, international trading, managed accounts, stock lending, corporate, and technology offerings such as the FinClear Platform, platform APIs and licenced software. End-client servicing is handled by intermediary partners.
Financial advisers, wealth managers, stockbrokers, fintech companies and other wholesale intermediaries in listed markets; private companies and private market participants via FCX; and institutional and wholesale investors seeking cash investment products via Transact1.
Geography
The company is Australia-focused, providing financial markets infrastructure in the Australian market, and also offers international trading among its product set.
History
Established in 2015 around clearing and settlement, the company expanded its platform and product set over time, stating that client feedback shaped its evolution. It subsequently grew from the single FinClear business into the FinClear Group, adding the FCX private market platform and Transact1, and reports plans to continue expanding the platform with further products and capabilities.
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Key figures
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- Finclear.Comfinclear.com.au · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does FinClear do?
- FinClear is an Australian provider of listed and private market infrastructure, including clearing, settlement and registry platforms.
- Who are FinClear's investors?
- FinClear's investors include King River Capital.
- Where is FinClear headquartered?
- FinClear is headquartered in Australia, AU.