John T. A. Pawluk

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 1992, Maple Securities USA, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of Maple Bank GmbH and their ultimate parent is Maple Financial Group, Inc. Maple Securities USA is a member of FINRA.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

Victor Securities LLC provides brokerage solutions to professional investors. It offers real-time risk management tools, customizable reporting, choice of trading platforms, and a capital introduction program that focuses on facilitating mutually beneficial relationships between managers and investors. The company was founded by Kevin Bakhler, John T.A. Pawluk, Craig S. Aronoff, and Scott Richard Franzini in September 2010 and is headquartered in Englewood, NJ.

TORC Financial LLC develops and sells financial automation software solutions. It offers solutions to the equity, options and futures markets. Their products include TradeSpeed, TradeSpeed Options Professional, RiskPro and Order Management System. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.