Sponsors

Lead Sponsors

 

 

Celebrating more than 20 years of innovation, Sybase has created that enables the Unwired Enterprise for our customers and partners by delivering enterprise and mobile infrastructure, development and integration software solutions. The world's most critical data in commerce, finance, government, healthcare and defense runs on Sybase.


 

Aleri is a global leading provider of complex event processing (CEP) technology for financial institutions and beyond. Aleris enterprise-class CEP Platform allows customers to analyze and respond instantly to high-volume, high-speed data to minimize risk and increase competitive advantage.

Aleri is headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, New Jersey, London, and Paris. For more information, visit www.aleri.com.


Sponsors

 

Liquidnet delivers liquidity directly to the trader. Instead of searching for liquidity throughout the marketplace, by placing orders in Liquidnet, traders have access to two of the largest liquidity pools, while working orders in the public market. In this way, Liquidnet's unique model has created a global institutional marketplace, so buy-side traders won't have to miss a trading opportunity.



 

Based in Richardson, a few miles from downtown Dallas, Texas, Skyjet was founded in 1997 and acquired by Bombardier in 2000. Skyjet pioneered real-time, on-line booking of privately chartered business jets and today is a leader in a broad range of private aviation solutions for its own customers and other Bombardier divisions. Skyjet serves Customers as their needs for business jet travel grow, from individual, on-demand trips arranged through a quality network of charter operators, to its flagship Skyjet Card. Skyjet also offers the Flexjet25 jet card, operated by Jet Solutions LLC, and is uniquely positioned to assist Customers who wish to move into Flexjet fractional ownership and even whole aircraft ownership within the Bombardier family of products and services. For more information or to book a trip, call 888-2SKYJET or visit www.skyjet.com


Belzberg Technologies Inc. is a provider of technology-based brokerage services, trading equities and options through its wholly owned, self clearing broker-dealer, Electronic Brokerage Systems. Electronic Brokerage Systems is a member of most North American stock exchanges, options exchanges and clearing organizations, including the NYSE, NASDAQ, CBOE, NSCC and OCC.

Using Belzberg's suite of integrated trading tools and network connectivity, Belzberg's customers have direct access to all North American equities and options markets. The firm's client-base includes over 200 leading U.S and international brokerage houses and financial institutions.

The Company, through its software-based solutions, handles a large percentage of the total trading volume on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and a substantial volume on, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the six US options exchanges. Belzbergs ability to provide FIX clients with speedy certification allows institutional clients to integrate their proprietary platforms into the Belzberg network, including order management and back office systems, with extreme efficiency.

Belzberg Technologies is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Ticker-BLZ).



 

UBS provides electronic trading services and expertise in all major and emerging markets around the globe. We give our clients access to advanced technology and global liquidity so they can achieve the best possible performance. Our key products include: UBS Direct Strategy Access, our suite of algorithms; UBS Price Improvement Network (PIN), our US crossing engine; UBS Direct Market Access, delivering high-speed, high-capacity connections to all major equity and derivative markets; and UBS Pinpoint, our state-of-the-art desktop trading system.

UBS Investment Bank is one of the world's largest investment banking and securities firms. Our clients include corporations, governments, banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, financial sponsors, and private equity firms worldwide. With over 18,000 employees in 34 countries, we provide expert advice, superb execution, product innovation, and comprehensive access to the world's capital markets.



GFI provides competitive inter-dealer brokerage services in a multitude of global over-the-counter cash and derivatives markets, including credit derivatives and fixed income, financial derivatives, cash equities and equity derivatives, energy and commodities.  GFI provides services and products to over 2,400 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. GFIs technology strategy is to combine hybrid electronic and broker-assisted trading with proprietary analytical tools and tradable market data.
www.gfigroup.com


Founded in 1992, OpenLink supplies its Endur and Findur cross-asset trading, risk management and operational and portfolio management software to participants in the global energy, commodities and financial services markets. OpenLinks diverse client base of over 130 customers worldwide includes 10 of the top 25 largest energy companies by market capitalization, eight of the largest financial institutions and seven of the largest central banks, as well as major hedge funds and public utilities. Headquartered on Long Island, New York, and with offices in New York, Houston, London, Berlin, Vienna, São Paulo, and Sydney, OpenLink has more than 620 employees worldwide.


For more than 50 years, the professionals in Deloitte & Touche USA LLPs banking and securities practice have assisted clients in charting and creating business opportunities. We provide a spectrum of audit, consulting, finance, tax and risk services to these clients: commercial, community, mortgage and foreign banks; thrifts; finance companies; credit unions; full service, broker-dealers, retail and online brokerage companies; national and regional boutique firms; investment banks; and electronic communications networks and exchanges. Our multi-disciplinary approach allows us to provide regional, national and global services to our clients. Our banking and securities practice is recognized for bringing together teams with diverse experience and knowledge to provide customized solutions for all clients  from audit and tax services, to compliance and regulatory services to aspects of business transformation including strategy and operations, human capital, enterprise applications, outsourcing and technology integration.



 
IMR specializes in the placement of permanent, temporary, and consultant employees within financial services. We specialize in: Equity Operations, Fixed Income Operations, Prime Brokerage, Asset Management, Technology, Derivative Products, Hedge Fund Fields, Trade Support, Risk Analysis, Sales, Accounting and Finance. Since 1990, weve earned a reputation for excellence in finding candidates that resolve current situations and become important decision makers in the future.
 
We currently have offices in New York and Charlotte. Through our network of offices we have successfully relocated candidates to opportunities of their choice across the country in both permanent & consultant situations.
 
As a strategic partner with clients, IMR is committed to providing a prompt and effective response to staffing requirements, and an in-depth understanding of business needs. This enables IMR to build strong and lasting bonds, by solving immediate staffing needs and by placing quality candidates that become instrumental to the success of our clients.


A pioneer in electronic trading solutions globally, NYFIX continues to transform trading through innovation. The NYFIX Marketplace" is a global community of trading counterparties utilizing innovative services that optimize the business of trading. The NYFIX Millennium ATS® provides the Marketplace community with new methods of accessing liquidity while NYFIXs Appia® and Tradescope® software provide the foundation for FIX messaging, infrastructure management, and reporting.  NYFIX also provides real-time information and analytic services for liquidity discovery. A trusted business partner to buy-side and sell-side alike, NYFIX enables ultra-low touch, low impact market access and end-to-end transaction processing.



 

The Museum of American Finance, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is the nations only public museum dedicated to finance, entrepreneurship and the free open market system. Located at 48 Wall Street, the Museum serves as the de facto visitor center for the New York Stock Exchange.


 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a recognized leader in the legal profession, whose lawyers collaborate with clients to help them conquer their most critical legal challenges. Our Finance Group provides innovative acquisition and capital structure solutions to many of the largest corporations and financial institutions in the world. The practice complements the firms full-service capabilities and provides seamless legal services in the principal financial and business centers around the world.


 

Gild Hall A Thompson Hotel, Wall Streets sister property to SoHos 60 Thompson, is located on historic Gold Street, bringing a new level of luxury to Manhattans illustrious Financial District. Designed by the famed Jim Walrod, the hotel features a bi-level private library bar and a modern English tavern restaurant by Todd English - The Libertine, 126 sleek cosmopolitan rooms including 10 suites. Effortlessly blending classical European sensibility with American contemporary style.


Media Partners



 

Eurekahedge is worlds largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 18,500 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide.
 
Eurekahedge has produced a market-leading research data suite from which our hedge fund and Islamic fund indices are derived; an array of region-specific hedge fund, private equity fund, Islamic fund, real estate fund, enhanced equity fund (SRI) and socially responsible investment fund (SRI) databases; as well as a collection of educational guides for both funds and investors.
 
Founded in 2001, Eurekahedge has offices in Hong Kong, London, New York and Singapore.
 
For more information, please contact Agnes Yea, Director of Marketing and Communications at agnes@eurekahedge.com or +65 6212 0900.
US toll free: 1866 578 4852, UK toll free: 0800 404 8106


 

Ignites is the pre-eminent source for news about the mutual fund industry. Each day Ignites delivers must-read competitive intelligence to more than 55,000 leaders across the world of mutual funds. We deliver all the news a person needs to know before your business opens for the day. Our news includes in-depth original articles and summaries of major media news. Ignites is read by every influential money management firm in the mutual fund industry. Whether it's the most important regulatory issues confronting your business, or the latest industry scandal, Ignites delivers critical industry news like no other.


Automated Trader is the first global magazine dedicated to automated and algorithmic trading, and offers in-depth business and technical coverage through comprehensive news, features, in-depth articles on best practice/techniques and detailed user case studies. In addition to thousands of CTAs, hedge funds, proprietary trading operations and conventional asset managers globally, Automated Trader is also read by all major sellside participants in automated and algorithmic trading.



Futures Magazine is written for traders who use futures, options, stocks, forex and derivatives markets to make money. Established in 1972, Futures purpose is to educate traders and advance that knowledge as they grow. To that end, we analyze global markets both technically and fundamentally, and provide information on price movement, volatility and future trends. We detail strategies, offer nuts and bolts tactics and analyze new and time-tested techniques. By reporting on markets and interviewing successful traders, we aim to help our readers better understand the business to capitalize on current events and trade successfully.



 

Hedgeweek is the hedge fund industrys leading portal on news and topical features = including updates on new fund launches, investment trends, regulatory news and distribution strategies, and a regular series of market surveys and fund manager interviews. Hedgeweek produces a free weekly and a daily newsletter covering essential news and features within the Hedge Fund industry.


 

THE TRADE (http://www.thetrade.ltd.uk) is a quarterly publication focused on institutional global securities trading. With a worldwide circulation of 8,000 +, THE TRADE is sent to named buy-side traders and operational heads of buy-side institutions and their sell-side counterparts. THE TRADE contains proprietary data on transaction measurement, including broker rankings and reports on key development areas from crossing and DMA to algorithmic trading and innovation in OMS.  Contact: francoise@thetrade.ltd.uk or Tel: +44 20 7400 7100 - Visit http://www.thetradenews.com for our daily online news service.


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