James P. Smyth

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

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.

Founded in 1995, Knight Equity Markets LP is a broker/dealer located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG), a leading market maker providing liquidity both on- and off-exchange in US and European equities, options and foreign exchange. Knight Equity Markets provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research

Direct Edge Holdings LLC operates an electronic communication network for trading financial products. It trades all listed U.S. equities with a market share in the, the company regularly trades shares, fluctuating with the overall market volume. It operates two separate platforms, EDGA Exchange and EDGX Exchange. The EDGA Exchange is a low cost exchange with a taker and maker pricing model. The EDGX Exchange is an exchange with maker and taker pricing model offering high rebates for liquidity providers. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

National Stock Exchange, Inc. provides security brokerage services. It protects investors through the establishment of rules which promote fair and equitable trading. The firm offers its clients with services for trading equity securities and ETF’s across all registered NMS Securities and proprietary market data feeds. National Stock Exchange was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.