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ABN AMRO is an all-round bank servicing retail, private and commercial banking clients. With a strong foundation in the Netherlands, we support clients based in the Netherlands and abroad with our know-how of banking and specialist sector knowledge and a selective international network.
ABN AMRO is also internationally active in a number of specialist activities such as Energy, Commodities & Transportation, Clearing and collateralised Finance (factoring and lease in Western Europe). Our private banking business is market leader in the Netherlands and serves clients in 13 countries and territories.
RBS Global Banking & Markets (GBM)
RBS Global Banking Markets (GBM) division is a leading banking partner to major corporations, financial institutions and public sector clients around the world. GBM provides an extensive range of debt, equity and commodity markets, treasury and investor products, and financial advisory services. The division focuses on long-term customer relationships and excellence in global product execution. GBM is active in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
S&P Indices, a leading brand of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index, and the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal bonds. For more information, please visit: www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 24,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.
For further information about Barclays Capital please visit our website: www.barclayscapital.com
Banesto is one of the leading financial institutions in Spain. Founded in 1902, currently has over 1800 offices and a staff of 9000 employees.
In 2010, for the third consecutive year, was awarded best commercial bank in Spain by "Euromoney Awards for Excellence".
With a strong commitment to innovation and focused on the premise of excellent service, Banesto aims to be one of the best commercial banks in Europe and the first financial institution for its customers.
FVC is a research, product design and analytics consultancy specialising in structuring products.
Its flagship service is its structured product analysis services now covering the whole of the UK and US market as well as products from other markets globally. Its methodologies, analysis and web delivered tools have been used by many thousands of professionals in the industry. It pioneered the concept of quantitative analysis of structured products in 1999 and remains the market leader.
Additionally FVC has valuations and index calculation services that have many institutional clients. It provides valuations, consultancy and support to its clients on its derivatives and structured products portfolios. Its index calculation business specializes in both algorithmic and custom indices and leverages its expertise in complex instruments and analysis. It also provides NAV calculation and reconciliation services to the hedge fund industry.
FVC supports industry conferences, education initiatives and media events and has been selected to contribute analysis to "Structured Products magazine" since 2007.
LexiFi offers the market's most complete software solution for the sale and distribution of structured products.
LexiFi's solution enables:
• investment banks to gain agility and scalability in tailored derivatives and to establish a preferred link with distributors;
• private banks and other intermediaries to better advise clients, to improve after-sale service and to streamline operations; and
• treasury departments to control the issuance of structured notes and the ongoing valuation of related swaps.
Modelity provides financial institutions with state-of-the-art technologies
for managing structured products and providing financial advice. The company's
Modelity/Structures solution facilitates an advanced relationship between the
structurer, the distributor and the client. Modelity/Structures manages all the
various aspects of a product throughout its entire lifecycle, such as sales
& advice, client support, and back-office operations. Modelity/Structures
bridges the gap between the complexity of structured products and the private
client’s comprehension. The solution is based upon Modelity's core technology
for financial modeling (FiMoML) which significantly shortens the time to market
of new products through its ease of use.
Pricing Partners is an international software provider of derivatives pricing analytics and a service provider of independent valuation for all OTC derivatives ranging from vanilla to the most complex exotic and hybrid structures. Its proprietary financial library, Price-it®, in stand-alone or SaaS mode, covers all major asset classes: interest rates, equity, inflation, credit, foreign exchange, commodities, life insurance and hybrid products. Pricing Partners' intrinsic knowledge and innovative solutions empower financial institutions to achieve accurate and transparent valuations on their structured products.
Pricing Partners is the award winners of Structured Products Technology Rankings 2010 and 2011, Overall winner in Pricing and Analytics Category.
Traccr is a multi-dealer request-for-quote trading platform for credit derivatives which provides its customers with efficient execution and price transparency within the credit derivatives market. With the regulatory changes (Dodd Frank Act 2010 in the US and MiFID II in Europe) that are currently being promulgated, standardised CDS will be required to be cleared through a regulated clearinghouse and will be subject to increased post-trade reporting requirements.
Traccr's internet-based RFQ platform provides an independent price discovery function and facilitates access to the market for professional investors that wish to trade CDS in derivative form or as a cash instrument using Credit-Linked Notes. Asset managers can use Traccr's robust platform to buy or sell credit default swap instruments in varying sizes aligned to their portfolio requirements and benefit from better execution and pre-trade pricing transparency through Traccr's proprietary RFQ technology.
As a neutral intermediary that does not take any credit or counterparty risk, Traccr executes transactions on an impartial and best execution basis for its customers.
WestLB AG is a top provider of capital protected retail and insurance linked
products in Germany. WestLB offers distinct expertise in the development of
innovative capital market products and is an important partner for globally
operating institutions and investors. The Equity Markets Platform provides a
very high standard of service and expertise for a multitude of equity linked
products from flow derivatives to complex structures on a broad scope of German
and international underlyings.
FEIFA (Federation of European IFAs)
FEIFA is a Trade Association that exists for the benefit of consumers and of its Members, who are English-speaking Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) based or operating in mainland Europe. It provides a strong voice for the IFA community across the Continent and beyond; representing the sector both with financial institutions and, where relevant, with governments and regulatory bodies.
The Federation is not available to all IFA companies. By only admitting Members following a rigorous vetting and due diligence procedure, FEIFA provides consumers with an independent assessment of the regulatory and legal status of its Member companies.
FEIFA provides a service to IFAs by helping to establish a favourable operating environment, a forum for discussion and by distributing considerable industry and technical information to assist them in their businesses. It has also created a unique recruitment facility, training and professional development services and an exclusive PI insurance product. Please see www.feifa.eu for further details or email info@feifa.eu.
