About Our Sponsors

IRESS

With its sophisticated financial markets software solutions, IRESS services a full range of professional and non-professional financial participants.

The IRESS tool suite supports retail, institutional and operator traders, with solutions that are delivered via the desktop, web or mobile device. These solutions offer:

▪ Global market data
▪ Buy-side and sell-side order management (OMS and EMS)
▪ Direct exchange connectivity
▪ FIX (Financial Information eXchange) based routing
▪ Smart order routing (BMR)

The extensive IRESS FIX Interface provides direct connectivity between IRESS clients, global order routing systems and clients' internal order systems. IRESS offers FIX connectivity for all its order management solutions and IRESS clients can choose to manage their FIX connectivity via a front-end administration module that seamlessly integrates into IRESS’ products.

IRESS is the market leader in equity and derivative systems in Australasia. Globally, IRESS has significant client bases in Canada and South Africa, and a growing business in Asia with operations centred in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Arista

Arista Networks was founded to deliver cloud networking solutions for large data center and high-performance computing environments. Arista delivers a portfolio of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches that redefine network architectures, bring extensibility to networking, and dramatically change the price/performance of data center networks.

At the core of Arista's platform is the Extensible Operating System (EOS™), a ground-breaking network operating system with single-image consistency across hardware platforms, and modern core architecture enabling in-service upgrades and application extensibility.

Arista's team is comprised of experienced management and engineering talent from leading networking companies. Arista designs revolutionary products in California and delivers them worldwide through distribution partners, systems integrators and resellers with a strong dedication to partner and customer success.

First Derivatives

First Derivatives is a leading provider of products and consulting services to the capital markets industry. Focused on financial institutions that work cross-asset, often with multi-system and/or high volume trading activities, the Company scopes, designs, develops, implements and supports a broad range of mission critical data and trading systems across front, middle and back-office operations.

Fidessa Group

About Fidessa

Exceptional trading, investment and information solutions for the world’s financial community.
New technology, new regulation, new challenges: making money in today’s financial markets is all about staying ahead of the curve. Having the capability to spot new trends and act fast turns change into opportunity. That’s why 85% of the world’s premier financial institutions trust Fidessa to provide them with their multi-asset trading and investment infrastructure, their market data and analysis, and their decision making and workflow technology. It's also why $10 trillion worth of transactions flow across our global network each year. Because we’re the market leader, we can also offer unique access to the world’s largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.

Fidessa is a global business with scale, resilience, ambition and expertise. We’ve delivered around 30% compound growth since our stock market listing in 1997 and we're recognised as the thought leader in our space. We set the benchmark with our unrivalled set of mission-critical products and services and, uniquely, serve both the buy-side and sell-side communities. Ongoing investment in our leading-edge, integrated solutions ensures Fidessa remains the industry's number one choice.

www.fidessa.com

Sybase

Sybase, an SAP company, is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyse and mobilise information. We are recognised globally as a performance leader, proven in the most data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks and devices.

With Sybase, enterprises can manage the high volumes and variety of data, analyse this vital information and mobilise it so people can conduct business any time, anywhere. Sybase has powered the most mission-critical systems in financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and government.

KVH

Our mission is to be Japan’s leading Information Delivery Platform, delivering integrated IT and network solutions and best-in-class service to our customers. We own infrastructure and provide services that enable clients to store, process, protect and deliver their vital business information. These include standalone and integrated Cloud Services, Data Center Services, Managed Services, Ethernet, IP, Voice Services and Professional Services.

We are headquartered in Tokyo, and our carrier class infrastructure includes 4 data centers in metropolitan Tokyo and Osaka as well as our own fiber networks in these areas.

Our services include:

•Highly scalable Cloud-based IaaS services
•Traditional managed and colocation services
•Data center real estate services
•Ethernet and IP network services connecting cities in Japan to the major trading hubs in Asia and the US
•Lowest latency connectivity to major Japanese exchanges including TSE, OSE, TOCOM, and TFX
•Professional Services
•Extensive expertise in integrated IT managed services, networking and communication solutions
•Truly multilingual capabilities, with an employee base representing 26 different nationalities

Bloomberg

Local Insight and a Global Network of Information, People and Ideas

Bloomberg was founded in 1981 with one core mission: to bring transparency to capital markets through access to information. Today’s Bloomberg – totaling more than 13,000 employees in hundreds of locations and countries around the globe – builds on that foundation. Everything we do connects decision makers in business, finance and government to a broad and dynamic network of global and local information, news, people and ideas that enables faster, more effective decisions.

Our products are fueled by five core offerings – data and analytics, news, technology, customer service, and research. Bloomberg is information, in its purest definition. The insights that our customers derive from our services clarify positions, impact decisions and move markets. Our competitive edge comes from working with our customers for over 30 years to understand their workflow, find new solutions, and then introduce improvements into our products. As a result, more than 340,000 of the world’s leading players in the global and financial markets rely on Bloomberg for the best information possible to run their business.

Eurex Exchange

Eurex Exchange is one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges. Our wide range of 1,650 products across eleven traditional and alternative asset classes provide our customers a broad diversity and thus greater opportunities.

The product portfolio includes a broad choice of equity-based contracts on indexes, single equities, ETFs and dividends and some of the world’s most liquid fixed income derivatives. Furthermore, volatility, weather, property and a growing choice in commodity futures and options complement our broad offering.

You will find all this on one single platform – and Eurex Exchange’s innovative and reliable technology provides more than 430 members and about 8500 traders in 30 countries worldwide with access to our products and services.

Asian Activities

Customers across the Asia-Pacific time zone have been trading futures and options on EUR-denominated government bonds (Bund, Bobl, Schatz) and derivatives on the European benchmark indexes DAX^® and EURO STOXX 50^® as an important part of their portfolios for many years.

But we are also working in partnership with local Asian exchanges to expand the range of Asian derivatives available at Eurex Exchange. On August 30, 2010, the Eurex/KRX Link went live to provide customers with trading opportunities in KOSPI 200 Options after Korean and during core European and American trading hours. Since October 2010, derivatives on the Indian benchmark index SENSEX provide members easy access to one of the fastest growing emerging markets.

Eurex Exchange is a member of Eurex Group. Today, the Group comprises six integrated businesses with representative offices in all major financial centers around the world: Eurex Exchange, the International Securities Exchange, the European Energy Exchange, Eurex Clearing, Eurex Bonds and Eurex Repo. Eurex Group is a member of Deutsche Börse Group.

Contact: Henk Huitema T +65 63045251 Email: henk.huitema@eurexchange.com

For more information please visit www.eurexchange.com.

Dedication Group

Dedication Group are specialists in technology projects for the financial markets sector. We are highly skilled at running technology projects and delivering integration and bespoke software development solutions in complex trading environments spanning front, middle and back office operations.

While we're technology experts; the Dedication Group team has significant experience in the banking, investment banking, and financial services industry, and an intimate understanding of the mechanics of financial markets and securities lending. The Dedication Group principals, including Managing Director, Greg Pritchard, each have at least ten years hands-on experience in commercial and investment banks.

We have a successful track record working in high pressure, time critical, extreme risk trading environments, and understand the importance of balancing revenue generation against risk mitigation in systems delivery.