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Pepperstone Financial Pty Ltd.-- Australia's biggest foreign exchange broker-- has actually worked with New York-based boutique financial investment bank Berkshire Capital to encourage the company on strategic options, including a sale or going public. "We just weren't sure if the Australian market would welcome technology-based monetary services players however given OzForex Team'sOFX. AU -1.86 % successful listing, we'll examine the Australian Securities Exchange asASX. AU +0.85 % an option, together with NYSENYX -0.42 %, NasdaqNDAQ +5.82 % and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange0388. HK -0.96 %," Pepperstone's Chief Executive Owen Kerr told MoneyBeat in a meeting Wednesday. Australian online forex specialist OzForex has rallied 34.5 % considering that it signed up with the ASX earlier this month. In July, Pepperstone's smaller rival KVB Kunlun Financial Team Ltd8077. HK 0.00 % went public in Hong Kong while Plus500 Ltd. PLUS. LN +0.04 % was listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, or AIM. Mr. Kerr said last month that Pepperstone had gotten several takeover offers, all which had actually been rejected. Other financial investment banks could be mandated if Pepperstone decides to pursue an IPO, Mr. Kerr stated Wednesday. According to information released by foreign exchange industry publication Currency Magnates, Pepperstone is the 11th largest forex broker worldwide leaving out Japan, averaging US$ 71 billion in month-to-month trades in the quarter to Sept. 30.