| June 1993 |
Dunai Financial Systems (DFS) is formed by Peter Dunai, Neil Detering and Hung Do. |
| June 1995 |
DFS launches IRESS (Integrated Real Time Equity System) to the Australian equities market. |
| January 1997 |
DFS sells 80% of the company to Bridge Information Systems (BIS), and BridgeDFS forms. |
| January 1997 |
BridgeDFS takes up BIS’s Equinet business and replaces it with IRESS |
| Mid 1997 |
IRESS Order System (IOS) is launched. |
| December 1998 |
BridgeDFS signs an agreement with AAP to take up AAP’s AMQ (equity information system) business and replace it with IRESS. In return, BridgeDFS will disseminate AAP news through IRESS. |
| July 2000 |
BIS purchases the remaining 20% of BridgeDFS from the founders, to move to 100% ownership. |
| November 2000 |
BridgeDFS lists on the Australian Securities Exchange – BIS retains 55%, ASX takes 15%, and the remaining 30% goes to the market. |
| July 2001 |
BIS sells its remaining 55% of BridgeDFS to Australian institutions. |
| October 2001 |
BridgeDFS changes its name to IRESS Market Technology Limited. |
| December 2001 |
IRESS purchases assets from Reuters including Beacon, their equity information system. |
| March 2003 |
IRESS purchases Xplan Technology Limited, a software development company who produce web-based financial planning systems. |
| April 2004 |
IRESS enters into a 50:50 joint venture agreement with ITG Canada, with the aim of establishing a comprehensive integrated equities service in Canada. IRESSKTG, the joint venture company, is formed. |
| June 2005 |
IRESS enters an agreement with Reuters to integrate the Reuters order routing network with IOS, to facilitate order flow from Reuters clients to IRESS clients. |
| November 2005 |
IRESS/ITG joint venture appoints Jim Davies as President and CEO of IRESS-KTG in Canada. |
| April 2006 |
IRESS acquires the balance of ITG's interest in the Canadian joint venture, resulting in the Canadian operations being wholly owned. |
| September 2006 |
IRESS purchases PlanTech, a leading supplier of risk (life insurance) analysis and analytics, for the Xplan wealth management software division. |
| January 2007 |
IRESS (Canada) announces a deal to work with TSX Markets to offer a premier integrated vendor/order routing/exchange gateway access solution for the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. |
| April 2007 |
IRESS acquires IWL's VisiPlan Pty Ltd. VisiPlan is the financial advisory software business formerly owned by IWL Ltd. This confirms IRESS as the leading supplier of wealth management solutions in Australia and New Zealand. |
| June 2007 |
IRESS expands its wealth management solutions in South Africa through the acquisition of Spotlight Interactive, the leading South African financial planning software supplier. |
| May 2008 |
IRESS announces the acquisition of TransActive Systems. This expands the suite of products and services available through IRESS’ wealth management operations by adding the leading provider of mortgage analytics. |
| August 2008 |
IRESS purchases Dealer Management Systems Pty Ltd (DMS) for its IRESS Wealth Management software division. DMS is a leading Australian remuneration management provider, and includes the FundClick technology for application form processing. |
| May 2009 |
IRESS acquires FundData Pty Ltd, a fund data collection and supply business with a focus on managed funds qualitative data for the Australian and New Zealand markets. |
| January 2010 |
IRESS acquires SENTRYi Pte Ltd, an independent software provider based in Singapore, which develops, distributes and supports investment planning tools designed for the Asian marketplace. This acquistion extends IRESS' wealth management presence into Asia. |