George Prest

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

The Medical Research Council provides human healthcare and social services. It offers funding for biomedical spectrum, fundamental lab-based science, clinical trials and all major disease areas. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

TrueX, Inc. provides social media advertising services. It offers advertising and publication services. The company was founded by Joe Marchese and David Levy in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research provides medical research services. It undertakes research in a range of areas, preventing and treating diseases including breast, ovarian and blood cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and malaria. The firm’s research areas include bioinformatics, cancer biology, cell death, cell signaling, clinical translation, epigenetics, genomics, immunology, and inflammation and vaccine development. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

McCann Worldgroup, Inc. provides advertising and marketing services. The firm provides services through the divisions: McCann Erickson Worldwide, Universal McCann, FutureBrand and Weber Shandwick. It also offers relationship marketing services through MRM Partners and serves clients in the health care industry through McCann Healthcare. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Standard Chartered International (USA) Ltd. is an international bank that provides services to financial institutions, high net worth individuals and affluent customers. The company was founded in 1919 and it is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Sjova-Almennar Liftryggingar hf provides life insurance products and services. It operates as a subsidiary of Sjóvá-Almennar tryggingar hf. The company is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Archangel Investors Ltd. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Riverside Global Partners LLC founded in 1988 by Michael David Rutterford and Barry Edward Sealey. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

Bank of Scotland Plc (New York) is engaged in the provision of banking and asset management services. The company is located in New York, NY.

Quilter Cheviot Ltd. is the investment management subsidiary of Quilter Cheviot Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Quilter Plc (LON: QLT) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1985 as Quilter Goodison & Co. In 2013, they merged with Cheviot Asset Management Ltd. Headquartered in London, Quilter Cheviot provides bespoke investment portfolios for individuals and families for generations.

Jellyfish Group Ltd. engages in the provision of online paid-search campaigns. It offers strategy and transformation, data and insight, innovation and technology, interaction and experience, creative and brand, media and communication, and training and coaching. The company was founded by Robert Ancil Pierre in 2005 and is headquartered in Reigate, the United Kingdom.

Mellanox Technologies Belfast Ltd. supplies hardware engines for content and network processing. It offers regular expression processor for application awareness and security processing; and parallel string matcher for high performance network processing related search and lookup functions. The firm’s products are used in various applications, such as stateful packet classification, deep packet inspection, access control list execution, flow classification, TCP and IP header lookup and content and URL inspection and filtering. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Hardie Polymers Ltd. offers an alternative purchasing route to major polymer distributors. The company is based in Milngavie, UK. The British company supplies all major brands and can help reduce lead times. The company was founded in 1924 by Graeme Hardie, Jim Hardie. The CEO is Isobel Ferguson.

James Ramsay Ltd. provides commercial and industrial boiler installations, maintenance, and pipe work services. Its services include boiler and plant installation, maintenance and repair, pipe work, controls and combustion, inspections and surveys, fabrication, upgrades, repairs breakdowns, steam systems, and temporary boiler hire. The firm serves the health boards, local authorities, private sector, educational establishments, facilities management, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Pulsant (Scotland) Ltd. provides computer networking and web hosting services. The firm specializes in cloud computing, managed applications, managed hosting, and managed network and collocation. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Chance to Shine Foundation Ltd. is an independent charity that aims to spread the power of cricket in schools and communities across the UK. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The British company has built a powerful bank of free cricket teaching resources for primary schools, including lesson plans, instructional videos, and top tips. Every year, pupils all over the country enjoy a week of cricket-themed activity in the classroom and on the playground as part of national cricket week. The company was founded in 2005 by Mervyn Allister King, Duncan Fearnley, Mark Nicholas. Laura Cordingley has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Pulsant Ltd. provides managed, hosted data center and information technology infrastructure services. It offers managed cloud, consultancy, colocation, managed networks and security and compliance services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Maidenhead, the United Kingdom.

Dieselec Generators Ltd. manufactures motors and generators. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Milngavie, the United Kingdom.

Astec Precision Ltd. operates as a supplier of micro and miniature precision turned parts for high specification industries. The firm's products include aluminium, plastic, shell bodies and connector products. Its customers include the aerospace, telecom, electronics, medical, and oil and gas industries. The company was founded by Peter Graham Smith in 1998 and is headquartered in Cumbria, the United Kingdom.

Nevis Capital LLP (Nevis Capital) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2007 by James Mcnab Pirrie, John Syme Pirrie and Brian Aitken. The firm is headquartered in Glasgow.