Tony Venditti Wins the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards

Tony Venditti, Head of Strategic Initiatives & Sales at South Street Securities, was awarded the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards ceremony in London, United Kingdom. Congratulations, Tony!

"A highly accomplished managing director and senior executive with over 35 years of experience in the securities industry, this individual embodies leadership, innovation, mentorship, and expertise. Joining their current firm in 2020 they have been instrumental in spearheading the firm’s expansion into US Equity Finance and managing strategy across its affiliates. Their strategic vision and innovative approach has accelerated the firm's growth, including leading investments in hedge fund software solutions and digital exchanges for mortgages.

Dedicated to mentoring the next generation, they actively engages with students at a prominent college, offering individual mentorship and participating as a guest speaker. Their industry presence is notable, with participation in key events focused on Tokenization, Securities Finance, Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Assets Regulation.

With a distinguished career that includes senior positions at major financial institutions and active board memberships, they have consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and contributed valuable insights to shape the industry's future. Their efforts continue to drive growth, increase competitiveness, and create value for stakeholders, marking them as a deserving recipient of the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.

This years winner is Tony Venditti of South Street Securities Holdings, Inc."

- Justin Lawson, Securities Finance Times 

“As long as I can continue to learn something new, meet the next big client and teach by example, it seems like the industry will always be stuck with me. Thank you to Securities Finance Times for the recognition, along with my family, friends, colleagues and peers for the support."

Tony Venditti
Head of Strategic Initiatives & Sales,

About the Securities Finance Times Excellence Awards

The Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards are dedicated to supporting and recognizing talented and dedicated firms, individuals and departments across our industry. To ensure the Industry Excellence Awards are purely based on merit, the judging panel is formed by independent industry professionals.

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the securities finance industry across their career. 

About South Street Securities Holdings

South Street Securities Holdings, Inc. operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Affiliates include South Street Securities LLC, a FINRA and SIPC member, who holds a FICC Tier 1 membership and is focused on repo dealer financing US Treasuries, Agency MBS, TBA mortgage origination hedging and equity finance. Matrix Applications, LLC, a technology and back-office services company, AmeriVet Securities, Inc., a FINRA and SIPC member who operates an SEC registered service-disabled veteran and minority owned broker dealer, GX2 Systems LLC, a fintech software development company that engineers electronic trading solutions for the fixed income and futures markets, and GX2 Spread Markets LLC, a FINRA, SIPC and NFA boutique broker dealer offering a fully hosted aggregation and spread execution platform as a service for US Treasuries and Futures.

About South Street Securities 

South Street Securities LLC is a leading independent provider of specialized financing, servicing capital markets institutional asset managers (including traditional and hedge fund managers), real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), tri party investors, mortgage lenders, midsize and middle market securities broker-dealers, and corporate and government issuers. South Street Securities LLC operates from its New York headquarters with a branch office in Arkansas.

About Matrix Applications

Matrix Applications is a New York-based fintech service bureau that offers a suite of collateral management, margining and clearing systems for institutional fixed income trading and equities securities lending. We are a team of capital markets and systems professionals delivering financial technology solutions to institutional firms since 2000. We work hands-on with our clients to identify an optimal mix of services to best fit their needs, from systems to back-office operations assistance. With in-house and offshore developers, we provide our clients with the right solution at the right price. Comprised of industry veterans and financial professionals, we leverage our extensive technical experience, a deep network across the finance industry and a team of ops, regulatory and legal gurus to deliver bespoke managed services for firms big and small.