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BNP Paribas Global Execution Services facilitates the activities of all kind of clients in the field of equity execution. Our experienced teams deliver highly sophisticated and flexible solutions from DMA across global markets (Europe, US and Asia-Japan) to program trading, advanced Sales Trading, algorithms trading and commission recapture, based on a state-of-the-art execution platform with a proven track record. BNP Paribas Global Execution Services is part of BNP Paribas’ Equities & Derivatives division, a market leader in trading, and marketing of cash equity, structured products, flow and fund derivatives for financial institutions, corporates, and retail clients. BNP Paribas (rated AA+/Aa1) is the world's third largest bank and the largest in the Eurozone in terms of total assets. With over 150,000 employees worldwide, BNP Paribas has offices in 85 countries across six continents.


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 Euro 1,128 billion in assets and 68,849 employees in 73 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. In Japan, Deutsche Bank Group is engaged primarily in investment banking for corporate and institutional clients, corporate banking and asset management. The Group employs about 1,150 people in Japan.

Deutsche's autobahn® suite of products is a leader in electronic trading of FX, Equities, Fixed Income Securities and Derivative Instruments.


Instinet provides the necessary trading tools, ATS platforms and liquidity to achieve a high-quality trade execution in more than 40 countries. Acting solely as an agent for more than 1,500 clients around the world, 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’s subsidiaries operate a wide array of ATS platforms globally, including CBX in the United States, JapanCrossing in Asia and Chi-X in Europe, Canada and, soon, Australia. Instinet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., and has offices in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.

Lehman Brothers (ticker symbol: LEH), an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains leadership positions in equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, investment banking, and wealth and asset management services. www.lehman.com.

Launched in April 2001, Liquidnet was built exclusively for institutional trading. Liquidnet's institutional Members trade large blocks of small-, mid-, and large-cap stocks easily, efficiently and with little to no market impact costs. After less than five years, we are now ranked as one of the 9th largest NYSE institutional brokers and the 8th largest NASDAQ broker* respectively. Liquidnet's global Membership community of institutional firms today represents $10.2 trillion in equity assets under management.

 

Reuters is the platform of choice for business automation, whether you plan to buy a complete front to back solution, integrate existing applications or build your own. Reuters agile solutions simplify and automate every step of the trade and only Reuters combines this with enterprise wide data management systems populated with the business critical information you need. Demand for Enterprise data management solutions are accelerating, but the market today is fragmented – leaving customers to integrate their own solutions with multiple products – an expensive and risky route. Reuters is expanding its data management solution capabilities, leveraging its existing market leading position to deliver a comprehensive front, middle and back office solution, enabling powerful management toolkit for the aggregation, standardization, distribution, and orchestration of market & reference financial information.

 

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Fidessa is a world leading solution for trading systems, market data and global connectivity. Available as a simple workstation or as an integrated application suite, Fidessa® is built on the clear vision of providing the richest functionality, coverage and distribution to all tiers of the financial markets. Fidessa supports around 85% of the world's tier-one equity brokers and serves over 8,500 users at around 200 financial institutions worldwide. Fidessa has become the benchmark and product of choice for trading professionals.


ITG is a specialized brokerage firm with a unique approach. We provide clients with innovative technologies that span the entire electronic trading process, from pre-trade analysis to trade execution to post-trade evaluation. We partner with clients globally to enable them to navigate complex markets and improve their performance.
 



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