Edward Stacey

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.

Execution Noble Research Ltd. (Execution Noble Research) is the Great Britain-based research subsidiary of Banco Espirito Santo Investimento SA, ultimately owned by by Banco Espirito Santo SA (XL: BES) in Portugal. Established as Clear Capital Ltd. by Nick Paulson-Ellis in 2003, the firm was subsequently acquired by Execution Noble, which itself was acquired by Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento SA in 2010. Execution Noble Research is headquartered in London and Lisbon, with additional offices in Madrid, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Warsaw, New York, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Luanda, Mumbai and Hong Kong The firm aims to produce fundamental, objective ideas, informed by primary data.

Haitong Securities (UK) Ltd. (Haitong Securities UK) is the Great Britain-based brokerage subsidiary of Espirito Santo Investment Holding Ltd., ultimately held by Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (SH: 600837, ADR: HAITY) in China. Formerly known as Execution Noble Ltd., the firm was established in 2001. They were acquired by Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento SA in 2010 and changed their name to Haitong Securities (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, Haitong Securities provides access to an international production and distribution platform of equities, derivatives, fixed-income and research for corporate and institutional investors.

Proactive Investors Ltd. is a financial media portal that connects companies and investors. The company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The British company provides breaking news, commentary, and analysis on hundreds of listed companies and pre-IPO businesses globally, 24/7. The company offers in-depth comment, analysis, press releases, and share price data on small to large capitalized companies. Proactive is one of the fastest-growing financial media portals in the world, leading in up-to-the-minute, multi-media news provision, events organization, and investor research. The company was founded in 2006 by Craig Ribton, who has been the CEO since 2006.

Founded in 2004, Cenkos Securities is an independent London-based securities firm that focuses on UK small and mid-cap companies. They offer advisory, sales and research service to growth companies, across an array of jurisdictions and sectors including leisure, technology, support services, engineering, healthcare, financials, environmental and business services. The firm's natural resources team provides analysis and commentary on the UK mining, oil and alternative fuel sectors. They offer access to the full list of the LSE, but a large part of their concentration is on the AIM market in London. Cenkos' dedicated research team covers a range of sectors, including but not limited to technology, biotechnology and real estate. Their Equity Capital Markets team acts as the interface between corporate clients and institutional investors, specializing in raising capital for special opportunities. Cenkos' Investment Funds team focuses solely on listed investment companies. The firm has an excellent record of raising capital for new and existing listed funds in asset classes ranging from equities to property and hedge funds to private equity. Their Institutional Equities team provides research-driven investment ideas and a full execution service to institutional clients. Cenkos has particular expertise in the areas of retail, food retail, technology, building/construction and banks. They offer a full execution service in UK and European large and mid-cap shares. Cenkos makes markets in over 200 stocks including over 100 stocks where they are broker or Nomad. Cenkos is a member of the LSE. They provide liquidity to the market via their Retail Service Providers and facilitate institutional business in both small and large cap-equities. The sales trading desk covers the whole UK market and has access to other global markets. The desk services UK and global institutional clients. They work closely with equity sales and provide a complete execution service for their clients.

Part of Cavendish Financial Plc, Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd. is a British brokerage company. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2007 by Samantha Jane Smith. John Carlos Farrugia has been the CEO of the company since 2022.