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ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO begun a new future with the consortium of Fortis, RBS and
Santander in October 2007. The combination of consortium businesses
with ABN AMRO will result in an enhanced market presence, strengthened
products and growth prospects. This will deliver benefits to customers,
who will gain from the increased scale and efficiency of the
businesses.
ANZ
ANZ is one of the largest companies in Australia and New Zealand and a major international banking and financial services group, which is among the top 50 banks in the world. ANZ world headquarters is located in Melbourne. It first opened as the Bank of Australasia in Sydney in 1835 and in Melbourne from 1838.
ANZ National
ANZ National is New Zealand’s largest and most diverse financial services group. Our goal is to be the financial strength behind New Zealand and New Zealanders. Through some of New Zealand’s best known and most respected brands, we help one in every two New Zealanders achieve their financial goals. We employ around 10,000 people throughout New Zealand. They are all resourced and ready to help New Zealand’s people, businesses and communities succeed.
Abbey
There’s never been a better time to get involved with the award-winning Santander (voted ‘World’s best bank’ by Euromoney magazine) and we’ve got big plans for the future as an exciting programme of growth and innovation continues. We’re changing and growing fast but we’re not content, we constantly strive to be the best.
Asset Technology
Founded in 1997, Asset Technology is specialised in functional and IT consulting. The company exclusively steps in the field of financial markets. Positioned around twin competencies, technical and financial, it supports the projects of its clients, leading financial institutions.
Aurel-BGC Partners
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) is one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers, providing integrated voice and electronic services to wholesale market participants across the globe. We are active in the global fixed income, rates, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, futures and structured product markets, offering a full range of brokerage services including price discovery, trade execution, straight through processing and clearing, settlement and access to electronic trading services from eSpeed.
Bank of America
Bank of America is at the forefront of many of the industry's largest and complex deals, and we have more clients than any other financial services company in the world.
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the 'Old Lady' of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised on 1 March 1946, and gained independence in 1997. Standing at the centre of the UK's financial system, the Bank is committed to promoting and maintaining monetary and financial stability as its contribution to a healthy economy.
Barclays Commercial
Barclays Commercial Bank is at the heart of a new approach to commercial banking, delivering forward thinking that helps our customers succeed today and in the future. Whether you’re an aspiring or experienced professional, by working with us you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future landscape of commercial banking, whatever your role. What will you achieve tomorrow?
Barclays Global Investors
BGI is one of the world’s largest asset managers and a leading global
provider of investment management products and services. From inventing
the world’s first index fund in 1971 and the first quantitative active
strategy in 1978, we have pioneered change and led investment
innovation. Today we manage more than $1.86 trillion (£950 billion)
worth of assets, for over 2,900 clients throughout the world.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of financial data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
British Business Angels Association
The British Business Angels Association (BBAA) is the trade association
for UK Business Angel Networks, the early stage investment industry
together with its associates and affiliates. It has evolved from
National Business Angel Network (NBAN) and is backed by the Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI) and
is sponsored by Angelsoft; Kingston Smith; McDermott, Will & Emery
and NESTA. The BBAA is also supported by Capital for Companies.
Citco Fund Services
Citco Fund Services is the pre-eminent leader in hedge fund administration, offering a complete range of accounting, middle office administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. Beginning in 1999 with 5 employees and assets under administration of $500m, Citco has grown to 560 employees with assets under administration of over $125 billion.
Citi
Citi, the leading global financial services company, does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services. With a presence in many countries dating back more than 100 years, Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
City Index
City Index is a leading provider of CFD trading, FX , and spread betting, some of the fastest-growing and most dynamic areas of investment in today's markets. Established in 1983, City Index Group has grown to become one of the world's leading providers of derivative trading services thanks to our focus on innovation and customer service.
Clifford Chance LLP
International law firm Clifford Chance combines the highest global standards with local expertise. Leading lawyers from different backgrounds and nationalities come together as one firm, offering unrivalled depth of legal resources across the key markets of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Continentoil
Creativity and innovation are now the basic requirements for the partnerships of the XXI century to develop, process and manufacture the hydrocarbon resources bringing together new relationships between hydrocarbon resource owners and the skill capabilities to extract maximum value and create sustainable development.
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
Data Inc.
Data Inc UK Ltd are an innovative IT solutions company offering a full range of software services to Fortune 500 clients primarily in the banking and financial services sectors throughout the UK, Europe and globally in a seamless manner through our group of companies in different geographies.
Deloitte
Organisations face a range of challenges and opportunities every day, from rapid technological and regulatory change through to the emergence of new markets and competitors. Responding quickly is critical to success. We apply innovative thinking that anticipates emerging trends and influences and offers a different perspective. We understand the complexities of the business environment in which organisations operate and have developed innovative approaches to address some of today’s business issues and challenges.
Distribution Technology
Distribution Technology is an exciting, successful and fast-growing software company. We started in 2003 with the desire to create really effective and innovative financial and investment planning software that would transform the market and we’ve done exactly this. We are the market leader in the UK and continue to grow from strength to strength.
Dresdner Kleinwort
Dresdner Kleinwort operates an integrated business model, the elements of which are; leading capital markets expertise, an international cross-border advisory platform, innovative risk management solutions across all asset classes, strength in the home markets of Germany and the UK, with an international presence and capability in key product areas to support a global client base.
Dstl
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and exists to supply the very best, impartial, scientific and technical research and advice to the MOD and other government departments.
Dubai International Financial Centre
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore hub for global finance. It bridges the time gap between the financial centres of Hong Kong and London and services a region with the largest untapped emerging market for financial services. In just three years, over 600 firms have registered at the DIFC. They operate in an open environment complemented with world-class regulations and standards.
E.ON
We are one of the UK’s leading integrated power and gas companies – generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas – and are part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company.
Erste Group
Erste Group is Central and Eastern Europe's foremost financial services group. We provide banking, investment, loans and insurance services and focus on consumers and small to medium-sized companies. In addition, we are the leading investment and corporate finance bank in our region.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and eastern Europe and ex-soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia.
FDM Group
FDM is an international IT Services Provider with offices in Brighton, London, Manchester, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and the US. With over 20 years of experience, FDM has three primary offerings; Consulting, Services and Training. Our extensive customer base covers over 200 clients in the systems integration, finance, media and telecommunications sectors worldwide – which simply portrays our continuous success.
FX Concepts
FX Concepts is one of the world’s
oldest and most established independent currency managers. For more
than 20 years, we have been helping investors generate sustainable returns
while managing their currency risk. Our world-class research team provides
currency forecasts and market insights to institutional money managers
and investors on a subscription basis.
Fernbach
FERNBACH is a global leader of analytical solutions for the finance industry. Modular software bundles for Multi-GAAP accounting, risk, compliance and lending enable our customers to optimise business processes.
Fortis
Fortis is an international provider of banking and insurance services to personal, business and institutional customers. We deliver a total package of financial products and services through our own high-performance channels and via intermediaries and other partners. Fortis ranks among Europe’s top 20 financial institutions, with a market capitalisation of EUR 23.9 billion (30/06/2008).
Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $34.3 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of September 30, 2008. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New Canaan, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.
Guidepoint Global
Guidepoint Global is an independent research firm that delivers customized research tools to our clients to facilitate their analysis of products, markets, and industries. We provide our clients with access to thousands of thought leaders in various fields through our Network of Advisors, a consortium of consultants comprised of eminent thought leaders, researchers, regulatory experts, and industry professionals.
Houlihan Lokey
Today, Houlihan Lokey is recognized as a leading provider of valuations and financial opinions, a national leader in middle-market M&A and financing, and one of the most active financial restructuring advisors of any investment bank in the world.
ITRM
ITRM is privately owned IT Services Company providing IT Technical services. Formed in 1999, we take a dynamic, turn-key approach to delivering the best possible service to our customers. Our objective from the outset has been to build strong relationships with clients based upon honesty and diligence.
Ion Asset Architecture
Ion Asset Architecture is a niche systematic hedge fund based in the City of London, UK. We're engaged in trading multiple asset classes (Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Equities) across the world. Our approach to trading systems discovery is heavily steeped in technology and the results have proven themselves in these volatile times.
JPMorgan
JPMorgan is a leading financial services firm with one of the largest client franchises in the world. We partner with our clients to offer the most complete and innovative solutions in the industry to help them achieve their goals. For more than 200 years, we have taken a long-term approach to our clients and to the way we conduct business.
Janus Capital Group
NYSE-listed Janus Capital Group has managed money since 1969 and we’re proud to be able to say that investment is still our only business. Today, we manage assets of approximately $191 billion worldwide for pension funds, corporates, financial institutions, sovereign wealth pools and retail investors.
Jones Lang Lasalle
Jones Lang LaSalle is a globally integrated real estate services and money management firm, operating across more than 100 markets around the globe. The company provides comprehensive integrated expertise, including management, transaction, advisory and real estate money management services, to investors and occupiers locally, regionally and globally.
Lab49
Lab49 is a technology consulting firm that builds advanced solutions for the financial services industry. Our clients include many of the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds and exchanges. Lab49 designs and delivers some of the most sophisticated and forward-thinking financial applications in the industry today, and has an impeccable delivery record on mission critical systems.
Landsbanki
Landsbanki Islands hf ("Landsbanki") is a European Corporate and Investment bank. The Bank focuses on serving mid-cap companies in Europe through the provision of dedicated debt finance, asset-based lending, trade finance, leverage finance and mezzanine finance.
Legg Mason
Legg Mason Inc is one of the world’s largest asset managers, with a family of leading investment management subsidiaries, each with time-tested experience and investment independence. Legg Mason has a substantial US, European and International presence serving the institutional, mutual fund and wealth management markets.
Lime Brokerage
Lime Brokerage International (Ireland) Limited (LBIIL) is a technologically advanced brokerage firm that caters to a diverse and sophisticated customer base. Lime integrates a rare combination of advanced electronic execution technology with clearing and reporting services for seamless support of even the most complex, automated, high-volume and electronic trading strategies.
M&G
With approximately £167 billion under management and a record of investment excellence stretching back over more than 75 years, M&G, the investment arm of the Prudential, is one of the UK’s leading and most respected fund management groups. M&G offers a broad range of funds and invests in a wide range of assets. These include UK and international equities and bonds, property, and other non-traditional assets.
Man Group
Man is a world-leading alternative investment management business. With a broad range of fund products for institutional and private investors globally, it is known for its performance, innovative product design and investor service. Man manages approximately USD75 billion and employs about 1800 people in 13 countries worldwide.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is a leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory company, with offices on six continents. The company is a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide.
Metlife
MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to millions of individual and institutional customers throughout the United States. Outside the U.S., MetLife companies have direct insurance operations in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe.
Moody's Analytics
Moody's Analytics is a leading provider of research, data, analytic tools and related services to debt capital markets and credit risk management professionals worldwide. Moody's Analytics is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO).
Moody's Investors Service
Moody's Investors Service's ratings and analysis track debt covering more than 100 sovereign nations, 11,000 corporate issuers, 26,000 public finance issuers, and 110,000 structured finance obligations. Moody's is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO).
Moore Stephens
Moore Stephens LLP is a leading accountancy and consultancy firm providing a variety of services to specialist sectors. Services include accountancy, audit & compliance, business support, corporate finance, corporate recovery, corporate tax planning, forensic accounting, payroll management, pension schemes, personal tax planning, risk and systems assurance, VAT & compliance consultancy, and wealth management.
Nomura
Nomura leads the Japanese securities market and we have established ourselves as a truly international global finance house. In a series of 'firsts' this has been a characteristic of our business since it was founded in 1925. Nomura was the first Japanese securities company to establish an overseas office in 1927. We created the first investment trust and were one of the first two foreign-owned members of the London Stock Exchange. Our services are structured to meet the needs of our clients. Orchestrated from four main centres of the world: Japan, Hong Kong, London and New York, with a web of offices in 30 countries, clients can count on a seamless service from Nomura.
Pershing
Pershing Limited provides broker-dealers, asset managers, intermediary firms, and financial institutions across Europe with a comprehensive range of products, services, and solutions including retail clearing, fully disclosed institutional global clearing, broker services, and execution services. Established in London in 1987, Pershing Limited and its subsidiary, Pershing Securities Limited, are members of the London Stock Exchange and Euroclear UK & Ireland.
Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
The personal accounts delivery authority is a new Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) accountable to Parliament and reporting, through a board, to the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions. Our job is to get up and running a national, trust-based pension scheme called 'personal accounts'.
Pioneer Investments
For 80 years, Pioneer Investments has been a leading innovator in the investment management industry. Our mission is to create sustainable value for our clients through growing and preserving their assets. Assets under management of €190.5 billion as at 31 March 2008. A presence in more than 25 countries worldwide. An experienced team of over 2,200 employees globally, of which almost 400 are investment professionals.
Richard Fleischman & Associates
Richard Fleischman & Associates was established in 1990 and headquartered in New York City. RFA currently serves more than 300 hedge funds globally, offering both on-site and remote services year-round and around the clock. We provide turn-key IT and telecom solutions for Hedge Fund managers worldwide.
Royal Bank of Canada
RBC is the 5th largest financial institution in North America and ranks among the top 25 banks in the world. With over 70,000 employees globally, the firm serves more than 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in 41 countries. RBC maintains one of the highest credit ratings of any financial institution – Moody’s Aaa, Standard & Poor’s AA-.
Santander Global Banking & Markets
Santander is one of the largest banks in the world. Santander has more than 150 years experience in banking, and more branches worldwide than any other international bank. Headquartered in Spain, Santander has more than 66 million customers, just over 130,000 employees and has an international presence in over 40 countries.
Schroders
Schroders is a global asset management company with £130.6 billion (€163.8 billion / $259.6 billion) under management as at 31 March 2008. Our clients include corporations, insurance companies, local and public authorities, charities, pension funds, high net worth individuals and retail investors. Our aim is to apply our specialist asset management skills in serving the needs of our clients worldwide and in delivering value to our shareholders.
Shell
Shell is at the heart of the energy and petrochemical business, and one of the world's most successful organisations. The parent company of the Shell group is Royal Dutch Shell plc, which is incorporated in England and Wales.
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB) is a leading player in over 45 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. We combine expertise, advice and innovation to develop integrated financial solutions for our clients, based on our three areas of excellence: euro capital markets, derivatives, & structured finance. For issuers and investors alike, we offer high-performance, tailored investment and financing solutions.
Spring Lake Consulting
Spring Lake Consulting is a boutique IT consulting firm specializing in the hedge fund/asset management, broker-dealer/investment bank and insurance/reinsurance sectors of the financial services industry. Founded in 1998 by several technology experts, the goal was to create a firm where technologists would have a forum to investigate and expand their knowledge of existing and emerging technologies, but also to provide our customers with a tailored, budget conscious approach to the solutions we implement. Understanding that technology serves the needs of the business, Spring Lake Consulting also offers business consulting, software development and systems integration services that unify the various pieces of your business and present a consistent picture to management allowing for rapid and decisive decision making.
Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor’s is the world’s foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. We supply investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions.
Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group is a global bank with African roots. It is South Africa's largest bank, distinguished by its extensive operations in 17 African countries. Outside the African continent, Standard Bank Group operations span to 16 countries, with an emerging market focus.
State Street
State Street is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $14.045 trillion in assets under custody and $1.686 trillion in assets under management at September 2008, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was established in 2001 through the merger of Sakura and Sumitomo Banks. SMBC boasts a number of competitive advantages, including a strong customer base, the quick implementation of strategies and an extensive lineup of financial products benefitting from the expertise of specialist Group companies. SMBC has over 16,500 employees in 427 branches throughout the world.
Sungard
With annual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information- dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies.
Sunrise Brokers
Sunrise Brokers, founded in 1991, was the first London-based broker to focus on over the counter derivatives products. It has been established since then as a leader of most equity derivative listed and OTC products.
Sussex Partners
Sussex Partners represents a selection of the best alternative
investment funds. The Sussex Partners approach is a traditional one,
and the principals of the firm have extensive alternative investment
and fund management experience. Our contact with both managers and
investors is personal, attempting to match the most appropriate funds
to a given investment philosophy and outlook.
Swiss Re
Swiss Re is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking essential to enterprise and progress. The company’s traditional reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty, as well as the life and health business are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management.
TwentyFour Asset Management
TwentyFour Asset Management LLP was founded in 2008 by the former partners and staff of Synapse Investment Management with the aim of providing investors with advisory services and forward-thinking investment products enabling them to meet both the challenges and opportunities presented by today's credit markets.
UBS AG
UBS is a global financial powerhouse. The world's leading wealth managers, we are a top tier investment bank, one of the largest global institutional asset managers and the leading bank for Swiss corporate and individual clients.
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