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Part of Banco BPM SpA, Banca Akros SpA is a financial institution based in Milan, Italy. The company specializes in market making on government bonds, corporate and financial institutions, and provides access to the Italian and international stock market through its equity cash team and electronic trading systems. Banca Akros has been offering financial advice since 1997 and offers a range of investment products and services. Marco Turrina has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde operates as private grant-making foundation. They provide banking and financial support towards social, cultural, political and economic development. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Associazione fra le società italiane per azioni operates as an organization which deals with issues concerning the interests and the development of the Italian economy. Its activities deals with the improvement and promotion of problems and solutions in tax and legislation, corporate laws, business operations and competition, capital and listed company markets, economic analysis, and institutional reports. The company was founded on November 22, 1910 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Banca Popolare di Milano SCRL engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Investment Banking, and Corporate Center. The Retail Banking segment caters to individual customers and to its private banking business. The Corporate Banking segment deals with middle, upper, and large corporate customers. The Treasury and Investment Banking engages in the bank's own securities portfolio, trading on its own account in securities, and foreign exchange and treasury activities. The Corporate Center segment covers the functions related to the group's operations, its role as the receptacle for the investments portfolio, the subordinated liabilities, and all the other assets and liabilities not allocated to the other business segments. The company was founded by Luigi Luzzatti in 1865 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Banca Akros SpA (Private Banking) (Banca Akros-PB) is the private banking division of Banca Akros SpA, an investment bank headquartered in Milan, Italy. Founded in 1997, Banca Akros-PB provides investment solutions and risk coverage for banks and financial brokers, institutional investors, and retail and private clients.

Akros Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research

Founded in 1998, GSN North America, Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in London and Milan. The firm is a subsidiary of Crédit Industriel et Commercial and their ultimate parent is Groupe Crédit Mutuel-CIC. GSN North America was established as a joint venture between CM-CIC Securities, Banca Akros and Caja Madrid Bolsa. ESN North America provides services to clients throughout the US and Canada and in all of the major Western European markets. The firm executes equity orders on the US markets for their large European client base. ESN North America specializes in pan European research focusing on blue chip stocks, as well as the stocks of small-, mid- and large-cap companies. They offer direct market trading in the US and European markets and the organization of analyst and corporate road shows in the US and abroad.