Citi (NYSE: C), the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, markets and banking, insurance, securities brokerage, and asset management. Major brand names under Citi’s red arc trademark include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, and Banamex.

Citi, markets and banking, is a leading force in the world’s capital markets and consists of three businesses: Global Banking, Capital Markets, and Transaction Services. It provides more industry-leading solutions to more clients in more countries than anyone else. No other company serving the capital markets offers Citi’s geographic reach, local presence, product scope, expertise, and high standards. Citi provides clients with the global reach they seek while delivering world-class products locally. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com

BNP Paribas (rated AA+/Aa1) is a European leader in banking and financial services. With over 150,000 employees worldwide, BNP Paribas has offices in 85 countries across six continents. BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives offers a full range of equity and fund-linked products that can be customised to address the various needs of financial institutions and hedge funds as well as corporate and retail clients. BNP Paribas is a market leader in Equities & Derivatives with some of the largest trading positions and market shares worldwide. Product innovation has always differentiated BNP Paribas from our principal competitors because of our unique quantitative skills for advanced product design and the significant resource we dedicate to new product strategies. This established leadership combined with our innovative products, allows us to work in partnership with clients, delivering the most cutting-edge tailor-made solutions to exactly fit the needs of our clients in all market climates.

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. With 77,920 employees in 75 countries, Deutsche Bank offers unparalleled financial services throughout the world. The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions for demanding clients creating exceptional value for its shareholders and people. Within Deutsche Bank, the Global Markets Division is responsible for the origination, sale, structuring and trading of fixed income, equity, commodity, foreign exchange, derivative and money market products. Global Markets has established itself as a global leader in these products by combining its unique distribution franchise with its pricing, structuring and execution expertise. Global Markets is dedicated to delivering exceptional capital raising, risk management and investment solutions that meet the precise needs of its clients. The Global Markets Division employs more than 6,000 professionals in 39 trading rooms around the world. Deutsche Bank is one of the only institutions in the world able to address the diverse asset gathering and liability management needs of corporations, governments, institutional investors, hedge funds and financial institutions on a truly global basis. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., member NYSE, NASD and SIPC, is the investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG in the United States. www.db.com

Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies with offices in 40 countries and territories and total client assets of almost $2 trillion. As an investment bank, it is a leading 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. Merrill Lynch owns approximately half of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management companies with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.

Merrill Lynch is one of the pre-eminent providers of global execution services including Algorithmic Trading, Direct Market Access, Single Stock and Portfolio Trading, Transition services, Commission Sharing Agreements and Transaction Cost Analysis to institutional and hedge funds clients globally.

For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a leading financial services firm that provides electronic and voice trade execution services to the capital markets across multiple asset classes for buy-side, sell-side and corporate clients. Our Global Markets business offers superior execution quality through natural liquidity, capital facilitation and trading technology.

Knight trades nearly 4 billion shares a day across more than 17,000 equities.

Knight also provides asset management services for institutions and private clients through Deephaven Capital Management, our Asset Management business.
0Knight’s electronic trade execution services include Knight Direct EMSTM, our execution management system; Knight MatchR, our internal crossing network, and Knight Match+, our liquidity aggregation technology offering efficient interaction with public markets and dark pools. The combination of our electronic trade execution with our expertise in voice execution services creates Knight’s hybrid market model offering our clients unmatched flexibility and customization in trade execution services.

Lehman Brothers is at the forefront of electronic trading services. Lehman Brothers’ established connectivity platform offers a range of advanced products and services, delivering direct access to sophisticated algorithms, capital provision, electronic exchanges and natural liquidity. Combining real time web based analytics with advanced trading products enables a strategic approach to order flow management. Lehman Brothers was the first broker to execute four million electronic order book trades in one month on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and ranked as the #1 dealer by trading volume on LSE, Euronext and Xetra; the Firm also ranks #1 by program trading volumes on the NYSE. In addition Lehman Brothers is a leader in portfolio trading and advisory, having executed globally over $1 trillion of portfolio trades in 2006. Lehman Brothers provides a full range of execution and analysis services ranging from transaction cost tools and portfolio construction services to global execution and innovative trading strategies. For further information about Lehman Brothers, please visit www.lehman.com

Cheuvreux is a leading European full-service broker, a subsidiary of Calyon and a member of the AA-rated Crédit Agricole Group, one of the world’s leading banking institutions. With 750 employees in 12 countries across Europe, the United States, Japan and the UAE, Cheuvreux provides high value added access to European equity markets to more than 1,100 of the world’s top institutional investors. It is consistently ranked as a leading broker for quality and independent research. The development of execution services lies at the heart of Cheuvreux’s priorities. Its product offering is one of the most efficient on the market, supported by a powerful trading platform which is at the forefront of innovation. Cheuvreux’s full range of services, which include Direct Market Access, Program Trading, Algorithmic Trading and CFDs as well as its in-depth post-market expertise allow Cheuvreux to meet all its clients’ execution needs, both in European and North American markets.

UBS A financial powerhouse with global reach, UBS is the world’s largest wealth manager, a top tier investment bank, a leading global asset manager, and the market leader in Swiss retail and commercial banking. We are present in all major financial centres worldwide, employ around 80,000 people globally and operate in over 50 countries. Our shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). Our leading investment banking and securities business serves a wide range of clients including corporates, governments, hedge funds, financial sponsors, private equity firms, banks, brokers and asset managers worldwide. With top tier capabilities across investment banking, equities, fixed income and foreign exchange, we offer clients expert advice, superb execution, product innovation and comprehensive access to the world’s capital markets.

Advanced Execution Services (AES®) is Credit Suisse's award-winning suite of algorithmic trading strategies, tools and analytics for global equity trading. AES helps more than a thousand institutions and hedge funds reduce market impact, improve performance versus benchmarks and add consistency to their trading processes.

AES created a new category on Wall Street with its successful launch in 2001 and raised the standard for innovation in algorithmic trading technology. The AES team is dedicated to a philosophy of constant improvement and innovation. The AES product continues to evolve as new trends develop in the marketplace and as our research teams discover more effective trading techniques. This is why AES has been recognised consistently as the leader in algorithmic trading. For more information please visit www.credit-suisse.com

Reuters is a global information company providing intelligent information relevant to professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Our information is trusted across front, middle and back offices, fueling decision making and automating business processes around the globe. We have a reputation for speed, accuracy and freedom from bias.

We provide financial institutions with tools designed specially to help them distribute and manage the ever-increasing volumes of market data, while managing risk and compliance obligations. Our electronic trading services connect financial communities, helping them to gain access to the best prices and to trade efficiently and effectively. Visit us at TradeTech Europe to see how you can maximise the competitiveness of your trading systems.

BT is one of the world’s leading providers of networked IT services to the global financial community. With more than 25 years of experience providing products and services developed specifically to the unique requirements of the financial services industry, BT has built a reputation for creating solutions that help financial firms to increase revenues, reduce costs, and improve service to their customers. BT addresses the networking, communications, and IT requirements of firms across the spectrum of the financial services industry. Built on the global next generation network, the 21st Century Network (21CN), BT provides solutions for enterprise voice and data communications, network connectivity for low-latency electronic trading, and communications systems that exceed the demands of the institutional trading floor.

Investment Technology Group (ITG), a specialist agency broker and technology firm, provides electronic trading solutions that help institutional traders control transaction costs, access liquidity and trade more efficiently. For over twenty years, ITG has continuously developed its service offering to cover every stage of the trading continuum: from pre-trade analysis and order management, to trade execution and post-trade evaluation. Founded in 1987, ITG has established a strong and growing presence in key financial centres around the world to serve the needs of global institutions. Headquartered in New York, ITG has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For further information on ITG, please visit www.itg.com

Chi-X Europe Limited, a majority owned subsidiary of Instinet Europe Limited, is authorised by the FSA to operate as a multilateral trading facility (MTF). Chi-X Europe Limited is built on the principles of a low cost, high speed model which allows investors to trade equities on a pan-European basis. For more information, please visit www.chi-x.com

Instinet, through its subsidiaries, is a global agency broker providing the trading expertise and advanced technology necessary to successfully interact with more than 80 securities markets worldwide. Acting solely as an agent for its customers, Instinet seeks to improve institutional investment performance and lower overall trading costs through its various front-end trading systems, securities crossing networks, smart-routing technology, algorithms, commission management programs and investment research products. Instinet operates a wide array of ATS platforms around the world, including CBXSM in the United States, JapanCrossingSM in Asia and Chi-X® Europe. The firm, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., has offices in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.