Arturo Martín

Part of SIX Group AG, BME Clearing SA is a central counterparty entity that manages counterparty risk for a wide range of financial and non-financial products. Based in Madrid, Spain, BME Clearing has over 30 years of experience in ensuring the success of operations by acting as a buyer for the seller and as a seller for the buyer, thus eliminating or reducing credit or counterparty risk. BME Clearing is authorized by the National Stock Market Commission to operate as a central counterparty entity and is included in the register of central counterparties authorized in the European Securities and Markets Authority. BME Clearing is the central counterparty entity for financial derivatives, equities, energy swaps, fixed income, and xrolling® futures.

Part of SIX Group AG, SENA is a company based in Madrid, Spain. The Spanish company trades public and private fixed-income securities and related financial instruments electronically. SENA was acquired by BME Clearing SA on October 04, 2001.

Altura Markets Sociedad de Valores SA operates as financial brokerage firm. Its service portfolio includes equity, currencies, commodities, and derivatives. The company was founded in April, 2001 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Corretaje e Informacion Monetaria y de Divisas SA provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Madrid, Spain and has subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Spain, and Portugal.

BBVA Asset Management SA SGIIC (BBVA-AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME: BBVA, ADR: BBVA) in Spain. Founded in 1979 as BBV Gestinova, the firm became BBVA Gestión in 2000 when BBV Gestinova and Argentaria Gestión merged and was rebranded as BBVA-AM in 2008. They are headquartered in Madrid and manage pension plans and participate in the Latin American markets of Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. BBVA-AM also manages a range of investment mandates for insurance companies, employment plans and corporate clients through their platform in Luxembourg.

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe, also known as AFME, represents the leading banks and other significant capital market players in Europe. The British company is working with its members to make a positive contribution to the European insolvency reform debate. Adam Farkas has been the CEO of the private company since 2020.