Internet revolutionises Deutsche's trading floors

Deutsche Bank's former head of Global Markets in Asia, Martin Loat, took up his new role as global eBusiness head in March. Describing himself as the battering ram who makes sure the bank continues to forge ahead and lead the competition in e-trading, Loat has become passionate about a job he admits he was initially uncertain about taking on. Indeed, the e-revolution stands poised to wreak far-reaching and for many, unsettling changes to the way investment banks run their operations. In the space of only a couple of years, a confusing array or proprietary systems and multidealer sites offering one stop shops for research, distribution and trading have sprung up.

Loat himself remains based in Asia because of his love for the region where he grew up. FinanceAsia found him in a loquacious mood despite the fact that he had only had two hours sleep and had roused himself at 4am to continue training for Hong Kong's Maclehose Trail - an 80km walk across the peaks of the New Territories that is said to be the equivalent of climbing Everest.