Thomas McMahon

Aircarbon Pte Ltd. is a Singaporean Singapore-based company that operates the Aircarbon Exchange (ACX), a hybrid platform that uses traditional commodities trading infrastructure to standardize the growing market for voluntary carbon offsets. ACX securitizes carbon credits around market demand, allowing traders to gain exposure to a standardized asset class as opposed to individual projects. The exchange offers a traditional trading architecture while using distributed ledger technology to securitize carbon credits into digital receipts, representing a clear line of ownership between the carbon credits held in trust and the digital receipt. ACX is committed to offsetting all its emissions 12 months forward. The company was founded in 2019 by Thomas McMahon, Er. Edwin T.F. Khew, William Pazos, Dorjee Sun, and Thomas McMahon has been the CEO since 2019. On November 16, 2022, Aircarbon was acquired by Mubadala Investment Co. PJSC.

Digiassets Exchange (Singapore) Pte Ltd. is a digital financial services platform based in Singapore, Singapore. Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the platform offers a comprehensive suite of investment opportunities for asset owners and investors to benefit from the world's private markets. The platform provides access to exclusive investments from its ecosystem and secondary market trading via its digital asset exchange. Investors can access curated investment opportunities across private equities, funds, real estate, and alternatives which have passed the platform's rigorous due diligence process. The Singaporean company's strength lies in real estate, ESG, and impactful investment opportunities, and it partners with companies and institutions to raise capital efficiently.

ICE Futures Singapore Pte Ltd. operates a commodity and currency derivatives exchange platform. Its products include energy, metals and FX. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange ('HKMEx' or 'the Exchange') will provide standardized exchange-traded products on a transparent pricing platform to traders, investment professionals and commercial end-users in the Asian time zone. All transactions will be made on a transparent USD-based pricing platform, ensuring the full advantages of dollar financing & dollar clearing, and allowing currency hedging flexibility to market participants. In terms of regulatory compliance and oversight, HKMEx is appyling for a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission ('SFC') of Hong Kong. Operating under the 'One Country, Two Systems' jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HKMEx will leverage Hong Kong's status as a world-class financial center to bring commodities trading to East Asia, meeting its need for transparent, liquid trading of staple commodities, including global commodity benchmarks such as precious metals, industrial metals, energy, natural resources, agricultural and environmental products as well as commodity indices. As a bridge between China and international commodities markets, HKMEx's goal is to continue Hong Kong's success is becoming the Mainland's offshore financial centre. The Exchange will complement Mainland commodities exchanges by enabling transparent price discovery of China-bound commodities, increasing the liquidity in trading of these commodities and ultimately providing a means of benchmarking China's overseas investments.

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. provides markets for the trading and clearing of crude and heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and electricity. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.