Founded in 1923, The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a leading investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm. With approximately $61.9 billion in total capital, Bear Stearns serves governments, corporations,... more

The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC) is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company engages in securities brokerage, banking and related financial services. CSC provides financial services to individuals and institutional clients through three segments: Schwab... more

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company. JPMorgan Chase's principal bank subsidiaries are JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association with branches in 17 states, and Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national bank that is the Company's... more

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. together with its subsidiaries, provide investment, financing, insurance, and related services to individuals and institutions on a global basis through its broker, dealer, banking, and other financial services subsidiaries. The Company’s operations are organized... more

Smith Barney is the private wealth management unit of Citigroup. It is a leading provider of comprehensive financial planning and advisory services to high net worth investors, institutions, corporations and private businesses, governments and foundations. With more than 13,000 Financial... more

UBS AG is a global provider of financial services for wealthy clients. UBS’s financial businesses are organized on a worldwide basis into three Business Groups and the Corporate Center. Global Wealth Management & Business Banking consists of three segments: Wealth Management International... more

Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary objective is to seek high current income. The Fund invests primarily in below investment-grade United States fixed-income securities. The Fund’s investment... more

State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, including its banking subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street Corporation, provides a range of products and services for institutional investors globally. The Company... more

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 78,275 employees in 76 countries, Deutsche Bank offers... more

Nordea Bank AB (the Bank) is a Sweden-based financial services group, operational in the Nordic and Baltic Sea regions. It is structured into three business segments: Nordic Banking, Banking and Capital Markets Products, as well as Savings and Life Products. The Bank operates through... more

Lazard Ltd (Lazard) is an international financial advisory and asset management firm. The Company serves a diverse set of clients around the world, including corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals. Lazard operates from 39 cities in business... more

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is a leading financial services provider to the institutional equity and fixed income markets, with products and services including sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market data, and market commentary. For nearly 60 years, Cantor Fitzgerald,... more

Salomon Smith Barney (www.smithbarney.com) is a global, full-service financial firm that provides brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and individuals. As a leader in the U.S. securities industry, Salomon Smith Barney's core... more

Piper Jaffray Companies is a middle-market investment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of middle-market corporations, private equity groups, public entities, nonprofit clients and institutional investors. The Company provides a set of products and services,... more

Fidelity Investments is an international provider of financial services and investment resources that help individuals and institutions meet their financial objectives.

CIBC World Markets is the global marketing name for CIBC's investment banking affiliates and subsidiaries around the world. The CIBC World Markets companies offer a full range of investment services to governments, corporations, institutions and private clients worldwide.

Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The Company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including mutual funds... more

The Capital Group Companies form one of the world's most experienced investment-management organizations with roots dating back to 1931. Capital currently manages over $500 billion in assets and has an unparalleled global research effort that has been involved in international investing... more

CME Group Inc., formerly Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., offers a range of products available across all asset classes, including futures and options on futures based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities and alternative investments, such... more

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX) owns and operates the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx). ArcaEx is the first totally open all-electronic stock market in the United States. ArcaEx customers can trade over 8,000 equity securities, including securities listed on the New York Stock... more

Pershing LLC (member FINRA/NYSE/SIPC) is a leading global provider of financial business solutions to more than 1,150 institutional and retail financial organizations and independent registered investment advisors who collectively represent over five million active investors. Located in... more

Alliance Capital Management L.P. (www.alliancecapital.com; NYSE: AC) is a leading global investment management firm founded in 1962 as the investment management subsidiary of the research boutique Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. In 1985 Alliance Capital was acquired by The Equitable (now... more

vFinance.com is the web's leading Financial Opportunity Exchange. The site offers FREE, open and equal access to investments and investors. By providing an open marketplace of financial services, proprietary business development tools, searchable databases and daily news in one... more

GAIN Capital (www.gaincapital.com) offers direct access trading and asset management services for the global Foreign Exchange (FX) markets. GAIN Capital is a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and is a member of the... more

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (E*TRADE) is a global financial services company, offering a range of financial solutions to customers under the brand E*TRADE FINANCIAL. Its financial solutions include a suite of trading, investing and banking products. Its primary retail products and... more

Refco Easy Solutions LLC (www.refcoeasysolutions.com) Refco EasySolutions LLC is a Joint Venture ("JV") of Refco Group Ltd. and the U.K. company EasyScreen Plc ("EasyScreen", LSE: EAS), the leading developer of innovative software products for electronic trading.

Macquarie Group Limited acts as non operating holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it is engaged in offering a range of investing, commercial banking and retail financial services in Australia and selected financial services offshore. The Company operates in seven segments.... more

BNY ConvergEx Group provides customized, conflict-free global agency trading and investment technology solutions, together with superior personal client service and support, directly to our institutional clients worldwide. We focus on a collaborative, partnership approach with clients,... more

Refco Inc. (NYSE: RFX) is a diversified financial services organization with operations in 14 countries and an extensive global institutional and retail client base. Refco's worldwide subsidiaries are members of principal U.S. and international exchanges, and are among the most active... more

DTCC, through its subsidiaries, provides clearance, settlement and information services for equities, corporate and municipal bonds, government and mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments and over-the-counter derivatives. In addition, DTCC is a leading processor of mutual... more

Greenwich, Conn.-based IB offers Universal Direct-Access Trading and sophisticated trade management tools at low costs to professional traders and investors worldwide. IB provides low-cost execution and clearing services to trade stocks, options, futures, forex, and bonds on over 50... more

Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm. With principal offices in San Francisco, New York and Charlotte, BAS employs more than 4,200 associates in offices around the country, and with... more

SEB is a European financial group for companies and private individuals. SEB has a total of 675 branch offices in Sweden, Germany and the Baltic countries and a total of 4 million customers, including 1 million Internet clients. SEB Group has SEK 1,163 billion in total assets and SEK 871... more

Founded in 1997, GFT is a world-leading provider of real-time currency dealing, pricing and comprehensive services for retail and institutional foreign exchange traders. GFT has served a global customer base in more than 130 countries through its DealBook(R) 360, DealBook(R) WEB and... more

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. is engaged in electronic trading of corporate bonds and certain other types of fixed-income securities. Through the Company’s platform, 674 active institutional investor client firms (firms that executed at least one trade through its electronic trading platform... more

Founded in 1953, First Albany Companies Inc. is a leading institutionally focused independent investment bank and asset management firm. Through its Taxable Fixed-Income, Municipal and Equity Capital Markets Divisions, the firm focuses on serving the institutional market, the growing... more

Investment Technology Group, Inc., is a specialized agency brokerage and technology firm with vast experience spanning the entire investment process. From pre-trade, to order management, trade execution and post-trade tools, we develop innovative technologies that help our clients... more

E*Capital is a private equity and investment firm that provides capital and management assistance to talented entrepreneurs and executives to build great companies

optionsXpress (www.optionsxpress.com) is the online brokerage for self-directed investors who want to use options to protect portfolios, increase investment income and maximize returns on stock movements. With its suite of proprietary, innovative tools and features, optionsXpress reduces... more

Terra Nova Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company that operates through two primary subsidiaries: Terra Nova Financial, LLC (Terra Nova) and RushGroup Technologies, Inc. (RushGroup). Terra Nova operates as a self-clearing, online broker-dealer that offers trading in a broad suite of... more

PROXY Governance, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FOLIOfn, Inc., is a unique and independent new proxy advisory and voting company that fills a critical need in today's marketplace - the need for objective advice that supports the goal of building long-term shareholder value. PROXY... more

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the United States, Alaron is a full-service and online independent retail futures clearing brokerage firm. Alaron serves individuals and institutional investors globally in futures and futures options markets with... more

Wall Street Access is a New York Stock Exchange member firm offering a range of services, including research, execution, fixed income trading and professional money management, to institutions and affluent individuals. Completing our product offerings are investment advisory services for... more

The Cazenove equity research team covers more than 130 large and mid cap German, Austrian and Swiss publicly listed companies. The firm has a team focusing on small and mid cap research dedicated to this region and we recieved a No. 1 analyst rating in the Thomson Extel Pan - European... more

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (IntercontinentalExchange) is an operator of regulated futures exchanges, as well as global over-the-counter (OTC) markets. It offers an integrated electronic platform for side-by-side trading of energy products in futures and both cleared and bilateral OTC... more

SIG has several affiliated entities around the world focused on private equity investments in the financial, technology, enterprise infrastructure, and technology-enabled business services sectors. Our teams have extensive experience in expansion stage investing, as well as proven track... more

Empire Financial Holding Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Financial Group, Inc., provides full-service retail brokerage services through its network of independently owned and operated offices and discount retail securities brokerage via both the telephone and the... more

Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (the Fund) is a non- diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. On July 1, 2007, Mellon... more

Automated Trading Desk (ATD)* is committed to providing service and support to its clients. The Firm recognizes that certain uncontrollable events can cause varying degrees of disruption to normal business processes. For example, a severe storm can adversely affect the ability of staff to... more

BGC Partners Inc., formerly eSpeed, Inc. is a global inter-dealer broker specializing in the brokering of a range of financial products globally, including fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures,... more