Adam Eades

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Cboe Europe Ltd. is a leading pan-European equity and derivatives exchange and clearing operator. The company, founded in 2008, is based in London, UK. Cboe Europe offers a range of execution mechanisms to allow clients to trade in a way that best suits them, with a focus on innovative, pan-European solutions that simplify cross-border equities trading. The British company provides liquidity in more than 6,000 equities, exchange traded products, and depository receipts across 18 major European countries, and offers competitively priced pan-European equities market data and benchmark indices. Cboe Europe also provides efficient, cost-effective pan-European trade reporting services, including the leading approved publication arrangement for equities, known as BXTR.

CXGH LLC operates as an alternative financial trading venue. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.

Founded in 2015, CBOE FX Europe Ltd. is a British business support services company that is part of Cboe International Holdings Ltd. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Cboe Clear Europe NV is a leading pan-European central counterparty (CCP) that provides safe and efficient clearing and settlement services. The company is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and is regulated by De Nederlandsche Bank and Autoriteit Financiële Markten. The Dutch company offers clearing services to 47 trading venues and is approved to clear cash equities, depositary receipts, ETFs, and equity derivatives. Cboe Clear Europe enables clearing participants to manage counterparty credit risk and maximize operational efficiencies through automated processing and netting opportunities. The company was founded in 2013, and Cécile Nagel has been the CEO since 2018. Cboe Clear Europe was acquired by Cboe Global Markets, Inc. on July 01, 2020.

Cboe Trading, Inc. provides electronic security trading services. It specializes in buying and selling securities such as stock, bonds and mutual funds. The company was founded by David R. Cummings in June 2005 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Apis Partners LLP is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2014 by Matteo Stefanel and Udayan Goyal. The firm is headquartered in London, UK with offices in Singapore, Dubai and Giza.

Arch (Corporate Holdings) Ltd. is a British company that manages and develops residential and commercial properties. It is based in Ashington, UK and ultimately controlled by the County of Northumberland. The company was founded in 2011.

UBS AG (London Branch) is the Great Britain-based brokerage subsidiary of UBS AG, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1998 and provides nimble, innovative and bespoke access to solutions, from market and insight tools, to trading strategies and execution for private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. They distribute, trade, finance and clear cash equity and equity-linked products. The firm also structures, originates and distributes new equity and equity-linked issues.

KCG Europe Ltd. engages in security and commodity contract dealing activities. It provides execution services for institutional and broker-dealer clients, primarily in equities, fixed income, FX products, and buy-side and sell-side classes. The company was founded on September 16, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland operates as a professional membership organization. The non-profit company is based in Edinburgh, UK. The British company was founded by Janice Margaret Brown and Sundeep Bahanda. The CEO is Bruce Cartwright.

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. provides investment services.

abrdn Alternative Investments Ltd. (AAI) is the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Ltd. and their ultimate parent is abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN, ADR: SLFPF) in Great Britain. Formerly held by Lloyds Banking Group plc (LSE: LLOY), Aberdeen Asset Management plc entered into a strategic alliance with Lloyds Banking Group plc in 2013, acquiring AAI and their related private equity and infrastructure fund management businesses. Formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Investments Ltd., the firm was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in London. AAI provides investment solutions to private individuals, financial institutions, charities, investment trusts and corporate and local government pension funds in Great Britain and worldwide.

Part of Advance (Corporate Holdings) Ltd., Advance Northumberland (Developments) Ltd. provides project management services. The company is based in Ashington, UK.

Advance Northumberland (Housing) Ltd. is a British company that rents and leases residential buildings. The private company is based in Ashington, UK. The company was founded in 1986.

NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. provides securities exchange services. It offers electronic and floor-based trading solutions to financial firms, dealers, investment institutions and listed public companies. The firm’s products include automated price improvement; Boston Exchange automated communication and order-routing network, BEACON REMOTE and execution quality report. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Turquoise Trading Ltd. provides electronic execution services to buyers and sellers of pan-European equities, delivering differentiated value throughout the trading process. The firm's multi-lateral trading facility (MTF) operates uniformly across 15 European markets with a unique market model, a fully risk-managed clearing solution and efficient economics. Its MTF's integrated market combines dark and visible orders to increase execution and price improvement for small orders, whilst minimizing information leakage and market impact for larger, institutional-size orders. Turquoise technology delivers high throughput and ultra-fast response times to the most demanding trading specifications in the world.

Credit Suisse (UK) Ltd. (Credit Suisse-UK) is the Great Britain-based private banking subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG, itself a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN; NYSE: CS) in Switzerland. Headquartered in London, Credit Suisse-UK was founded in 1986 and provides a broad range of private banking solutions and customized financial strategies for private clients.

Equiduct Systems Ltd. provides a trading platform for retail and professional investors. It offers Equiduct that includes HybridBook, a lit central limit order book and PartnerEX that allows brokers to meet their execution obligations by trading against the pan-European consolidated order book. The company was incorporated on June 10, 1994 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Neo Exchange, Inc. operates as a stock exchange. It offers trading venue and a value added listing venue for capital raising companies and investment products. The company was founded in March 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Nasdaq CXC Ltd. operates an alternative trading system to trade TSX-listed senior equities in Canada. It offers strict price/time priority, post-trade attribution, market-agnostic smart routing, advanced order types, trade reporting, risk management tools, historical market data and direct connectivity services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of TMX Group Ltd., CDS Clearing & Depository Services, Inc. provides depository, clearing, regulatory and information services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. CDS Clearing & Depository Services was acquired by TMX Group Ltd. on August 01, 2012 for $170.75 million.

Part of Nasdaq, Inc., Nasdaq PHLX LLC is a financial services company based in New York, NY. The company offers a range of trading products, including equities, fixed income, options, and exchange-traded funds. It also provides market data, technical documentation, and regulatory information. Tal Cohen has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Belvedere Hill Ltd. provides psychological services. The private company is based in Sutton, UK. The British company was founded in 2005 by Mark Simon Hemsley.