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A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Founded in 2001, MF Global, Inc., formerly Man Securities, Inc., is a broker/dealer located in Chicago with an additional office in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF). MF Global Holdings Ltd. is an independent broker of exchange-traded futures and options and an intermediary in the markets for foreign exchange, securities and other major financial instruments around the world. MF Global Securities is a member of the NASD and the SIPC. The firm provides coverage for the following sectors: capital goods, automobiles, telecommunications, food manufacturing, retail food, industrials, insurance, construction, mining, media, general retail/luxury goods, communications equipment, banks and specialty financial companies, specialty sales, oil, construction and pharmaceuticals. In the US, MF Global Securities provides buy-side institutions, sell-side institutions and retail clients with voice and electronic access to major securities markets through execution and clearing services. Their clients include hedge funds, pension funds, asset management firms, bulge bracket investment banks and other broker dealers.

Founded in 1924, LaBranche & Co. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Labranche & Co. Inc. is the parent corporation of LaBranche & Co. LLC, one of the oldest and largest specialists in equity securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. They are also the parent of LaBranche Structured Holdings, Inc., the holding company for a group of entities that are specialists and market-makers in options, futures and ETFs traded on various exchanges. As a specialist and market-maker, the firm plays an important role in providing liquidity and continuity in the company portfolio of listed company stocks, options, futures and ETFs. The specialist facilitates buying and selling of securities of the companies it represents by bringing timely information, critical expertise, and needed liquidity to the forefront of the marketplace. LaBranche Financial Services, LLC, formerly LaBranche Financial Services, Inc., another of their operating subsidiaries, provides securities execution, clearing and direct-access floor brokerage services to institutional investors.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Ltd. provides wealth management, investment banking, and other financial services. The company founded on September 15, 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Virtu KCG Holdings LLC operates as an independent securities company, which offers services designed to address trading needs across asset classes, product types and time zones. It operates through the following segments: Market Making, Global Execution Services and Corporate and other. The company was founded on December 26, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AMP Ventures LLC (AMP Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

VU Venture Partners (VU Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.