<p>BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 68 countries and has more than 193,000 employees, including nearly 148,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Retail Banking for the Group’s retail-banking networks and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval ; Investment &amp; Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions ; and Corporate &amp; Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, Eastern Europe as well as via a large network in the western part of the United States. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.</p> <p>BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group&#8217;s performance and stability.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://group.bnpparibas/en/">https://group.bnpparibas/en/</a></p>

<p>BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of Dec. 31, 2022, BNY Mellon had $44.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.8 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit; </strong><a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/mF1MCzXqAi8yKjHolwrQ?domain=certainty-bnymellon.com/">https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/mF1MCzXqAi8yKjHolwrQ?domain=certainty-bnymellon.com/</a></p>

<p>Broadridge Financial Solutions, a global Fintech leader with over $4.5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We lead business transformation and deliver technology-driven solutions for enriching client engagement, navigating risk, optimising efficiency and generating revenue growth, helping our clients get ahead of today’s challenges with products that streamline and simplify the Securities Finance Industry.</p> <p>Broadridge Securities Finance and Collateral Management (SFCM) offers a suite of global, front to back office Securities Finance solutions for buy side and sell side. Both our full service integrated Mainline solution and new FastStart rapid spin up operating solution supports both agency and principal trading of equities and fixed income securities across securities lending, repo, collateral management, collateral optimisation, and end to end transaction reporting solutions. Broadridge’s solutions help customers to comply with new regulations, increase efficiency, improve strategic decision making and make more intelligent use of capital, balance sheet and liquidity.</p> <p>In addition, Broadridge provides project management, consultancy, business analysis and testing support to augment firms’ internal regulatory project teams and help them comply with the rules in a timely manner. Broadridge’s technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of on average more than U.S. $10 trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities globally.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.broadridge.com/financial-services/capital-markets/transform-trade-life-cycle/securities-finance">https://www.broadridge.com/financial-services/capital-markets/transform-trade-life-cycle/securities-finance</a></p>

<p>BrokerTec is the leading and most trusted electronic marketplace for global fixed income markets, and is part of CME Group. As the world&#8217;s leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (<a href="http://www.cmegroup.com">www.cmegroup.com</a>) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates.html?redirect=/trading/interest-rates/index.html">interest rates</a>, <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/equities.html?redirect=/trading/equity-index/index.html">equity indexes</a>, <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/fx.html?redirect=/trading/fx/">foreign exchange</a>, <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/energy.html?redirect=/trading/energy/">energy</a>, <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/agriculture.html?redirect=/trading/agricultural/">agricultural products</a> and <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals.html?redirect=/trading/metals/">metals</a>. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/globex.html?redirect=/globex/index.html">CME Globex®</a> platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world&#8217;s leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit; <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/brokertec.html">https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/brokertec.html</a></strong></p>

<p>CACEIS is the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole and Santander dedicated to asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private equity and real estate funds, brokers and corporate clients. Through offices across Europe, North and South America, and Asia, CACEIS offers a broad range of services covering execution, clearing, forex, securities lending, custody, depositary and fund administration, fund distribution support, middle office outsourcing and issuer services. With assets under custody of €4.1 trillion and assets under administration of €2.2 trillion, CACEIS is a European leader in asset servicing and one of the major players worldwide (figures as of 31 December 2022).</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong><a href="https://www.caceis.com"> https://www.caceis.com</a></p>

<p>Our Capital Marketplace solutions provide access to more diverse and uncorrelated pools of capital, generating benefits and unlocking growth opportunities while creating a healthier financial ecosystem. We connect global financial institutions that efficiently originate assets to institutional investors that desire more investment opportunities. We work closely with our strategic partners to design total solutions and then we take care of the rest—documentation, ratings, launch, operation, distribution, etc. All because we believe in a market that works smarter, harder, and more reliably for us all.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://capitolis.com/">https://capitolis.com/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://icg.citi.com/icghome/what-we-do/securities-services">Citi Securities Services</a> supports the world’s leading asset managers, institutional investors, and financial institutions delivering enterprise-wide capabilities across Securities Services and Markets. With an extensive global footprint across 104 countries, including 63 proprietary markets and 25 fund domiciles, we have in-market experts delivering a full range of services including: custody, clearing, asset servicing, fund administration, ETF services, middle office, securities lending, collateral management, transfer agency, and depositary services. We are focused on delivering a unique organizational value proposition across every step of the investment lifecycle, backed by our capital, product investment dollars and our people. By harnessing the power of our network and onshore support model we bring local market capabilities, intelligence and foresight closer to global investors and can facilitate trading in any asset class on any traditional or digital exchange or marketplace.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://icg.citi.com/icghome/what-we-do/securities-services">https://icg.citi.com/icghome/what-we-do/securities-services</a></p>

<p>As an international central securities depository (ICSD), Clearstream, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides the post-trade infrastructure for the Eurobond market and services for securities from 59 domestic markets worldwide. With around 17 trillion Euros in assets under custody, Clearstream is one of the world’s largest settlement and custody firms for domestic and international securities including investment funds.</p> <p>Clearstream offers securities services for all major asset classes covering the full lifecycle from issuance, settlement and custody to collateral management. A changing market and regulatory environment combined with a strong focus on leveraging new technologies – such as DLT, APIs and AI – to deliver customised client solutions, drive Clearstream’s innovative business development.</p> <p>Clearstream provides markets with trusted, transparent and secure triparty collateral and securities lending services in line with highest regulatory and best practice standards. We are furthermore committed to providing efficient solutions to support market liquidity in ESG-oriented financing.</p> <p>Clearstream – Where innovation meets trust<br /> <strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="http://www.clearstream.com">www.clearstream.com</a></p>

<p>Founded in 2018 by industry veterans, Clear Street is an independent, non-bank prime broker designed to solve the industry’s most neglected problem: legacy technology. Clear Street has built a proprietary, cloud-native, clearing and custody system to replace the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets, improving speed, access, and service for its clients. The firm’s goal is to give all market participants, from emerging managers to large institutions, the tools and services they need to compete in today&#8217;s fast-paced markets.</p> <p>Clear Street’s modern clearing platform provides clients with everything they need to trade U.S. equities and options, including execution, security financing, fixed income repo, clearing and custody, capital introduction, and reporting. Clients are able to trade sooner and smarter on the Clear Street platform, which processes more than $3 billion in trades every day. For more information, visit: https://clearstreet.io.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://clearstreet.io/">https://clearstreet.io/</a></p>

<p>Comyno is a specialised FinTech company with more than 15 years of experience in Securities Finance, focusing on software and consulting. Comyno is led by its founder Markus Büttner, Admir Spahic and Frank Becker.<br /> We are working with leading private and public financial institutions, asset managers, clearing houses and triparty agents, combining their expertise in strategy, processes and technology.</p> <p>Extensive experience in the provision of standardised and tailor-made solutions, increasing functionality and efficiency across the entire value chain of Securities Finance business is the main reason why customers choose Comyno´s <a href="https://comyno.com/software.html">C-ONE</a> software solution and consulting services.</p> <p>Our innovative strength is demonstrated by our expertise in the area of DLT/Blockchain and its practical application. We founded in 2017 Comyno DLT hub in Serbia and have implemented the blockchain technology in our trading software C-ONE.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.comyno.com/">Comyno.com</a></p>

<p>Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Credit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). More than 8,900 employees across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa support the Bank&#8217;s clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital markets activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.</p> <p>For many years Crédit Agricole CIB has been committed to sustainable development. The Bank was the first French bank to sign the Equator Principles in 2003. It has also been a pioneer in Green Bond markets with the arrangement of public transactions from 2012 for a wide array of issuers (supranational banks, corporates, local authorities, banks) and was one of the co-drafter of Green Bond Principles and of the Social Bond Guidance. Relying on the expertise of a dedicated sustainable banking team and on the strong support of all bankers, Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the most active banks in the Green bonds market.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit; </strong><a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/">www.ca-cib.com</a></p>

<p>With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets.</p> <p>For more information, please visit; <a class="Hyperlink SCXW81387414 BCX0" href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/3UAJCKQAGC8YpLcv1zg1?domain=dtcc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW81387414 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81387414 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.dtcc.com</span></span></a></p>

<p>EquiLend is a global financial technology, data and analytics firm offering Trading, Post-Trade, Data &amp; Analytics, RegTech and Platform Solutions for the securities finance industry. EquiLend has offices in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Toronto, London, Dublin, India, Hong Kong and Tokyo and is regulated in jurisdictions around the globe.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://equilend.com/">https://equilend.com/</a></p>

<p>As part of Eurex Group, Eurex Repo is a leading provider for international financing in the secured money market business. Its highly liquid marketplace combines electronic trading, with the efficiency and safety of clearing as well as standardised collateral management and settlement for secured funding and financing transactions.</p> <p>A wide range of international fixed income securities and equities can be traded in e.g. EUR, USD, GBP and CHF within the General Collateral (GC) and Special Repo segments.</p> <p>The Repo Market and GC Pooling Market offer trading opportunities with a fully integrated trading, clearing and settlement. As soon as a trade is concluded Eurex Clearing steps in as central counterparty (CCP) and performs a comprehensive risk and delivery management. The eTriParty Market as well as the HQLAx Market offer bilateral secured funding or collateral swap transactions without the involvement of Eurex Clearing as CCP. All markets are managed by Eurex Repo GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurex Frankfurt AG.</p> <p>Eurex Repo GmbH is part of the Eurex Group owned by Deutsche Börse AG. Eurex Repo GmbH is a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) according to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004/39/EC (MIFID) and is supervised by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/">https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/</a></p>

<p>Euroclear is one of the world’s largest providers of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, ETF and mutual fund transactions. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure<br /> committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise.</p> <p>The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank – which is rated AA by Fitch Ratings and Standard &amp; Poor’s – as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden, Euroclear UK &amp; International and the fund platform MFEX.</p> <p>The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 992 trillion in securities transactions in 2022, representing 304 million domestic and cross-border transactions, and held EUR 35.6 trillion in assets for clients by end of 2022.</p> <p>For more information, please visit; <a href="https://www.euroclear.com/en.html">https://www.euroclear.com</a></p>

<p>Representing the fusion of Wall Street expertise and Silicon Valley technology, GLMX utilizes cutting edge technology to bring unprecedented trading and liquidity management efficiencies to some of the world’s largest financial markets.</p> <p>Founded in 2010, GLMX is an independent financial technology company financed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Otter Capital and Tippet Venture Partners that provides an intuitive, comprehensive, integrated global money market trading solution for institutional participants. The goal of GLMX is to be a leader in technology, to maximize trade lifecycle efficiency and reporting and to improve client access to market liquidity.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW85412507 BCX0" href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/NPM6C7XDMiE0QBiqdfS9?domain=glmx.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW85412507 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW85412507 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.glmx.com</span></span></a></p>

<p>HQLAᵡ is an innovative financial technology firm founded by financial market practitioners.  Our vision is to be the distributed ledger for Securities Finance and Repo.</p> <p>Our immediate goal is to provide capital savings to global banks by improving collateral mobility across market-leading triparty agents and custodians in Europe. Together with Deutsche Börse, we created a multi-layer operating model which enables our clients to exchange ownership of baskets of securities across disparate collateral pools at precise moments in time. The atomic nature of our Delivery vs Delivery (DvD) ownership transfers provides our clients with capital cost savings by reducing credit risk, intraday liquidity requirements, and operational risk.”</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.hqla-x.com/">https://www.hqla-x.com/</a></p>

<p>ION provides mission-critical trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates.</p> <p>Our capital markets division provides technology and data solutions to financial institutions dealing in asset management, cleared derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and secured funding. ION’s end-to-end solutions transform capital market trading by simplifying clients’ operations. Our industry-leading technologies automate your full trade lifecycle, give you tools to manage risk, and maximize your access to liquidity. They also provide real-time access to the critical information required to make timely operational decisions and execute on a global scale.</p> <p>For example, ION’s Anvil Secured Funding automated workflow solutions provide everything you need for repo and securities finance trading, order management, and trade processing in one unified system. You get a complete view of your business in real time on a single screen. Our Anvil Secured Funding portfolio comprises an e-trading solution to simplify and automate your business; a single trade processing solution for repo, securities lending, and collateral trading across fixed income and equities, together with critical information; and an integrated OMS.</p> <p>With Anvil Secured Funding products, you can connect to all major D2D and RFQ platforms, digitize email, chat, voice, and electronic flows, and manage collateral, P&amp;L, and transfer pricing. Our fully managed ION Cloud solution offers quick, easy deployment and lower costs, all with the same advanced capabilities.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.iongroup.com">www.iongroup.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.iongroup.com/ion-markets/">www.iongroup.com/ion-markets/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.iongroup.com/markets/secured-funding">www.iongroup.com/markets/secured-funding </a></p>

<p>J.P. Morgan’s Trading Services comprises its Agency Securities Finance and Collateral Services businesses. Our suite of Trading Services products is able to maximise value for clients from our unique position as a leading agent lender, provider of innovative of financing solutions, and one of the industry leading global tri-party and collateral management agents. J.P. Morgan has been providing Agency Securities Finance services for over 40 years and Collateral Services for over 25 years, combining the high touch, knowledgeable service of a bespoke provider with the security and risk management capabilities unique to a global investment bank.   We provide a unique proposition to our clients that draws on the expertise and infrastructure of J.P. Morgan’s Corporate &amp; Investment Bank, Securities Services and Asset Management businesses.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.jpmorgan.com/global">https://www.jpmorgan.com/global</a></p>

<p>Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm&#8217;s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.</p> <p><strong>For more information about Morgan Stanley, please visit</strong> <a href="http://www.morganstanley.com">www.morganstanley.com</a></p>

<p>For more than 30 years, Murex has provided enterprise-wide, cross-asset financial technology solutions to capital markets players. Its cross-function platform, MX.3, supports trading, treasury, risk and post-trade operations, enabling clients to better meet regulatory requirements, manage enterprise-wide risk, and control IT costs. With more than 57,000 daily users in more than 60 countries, Murex has clients across the financial services industry, from banking and asset management to energy and commodities. Murex is an independent company with over 2,600 employees across 19 locations. Murex is committed to providing cutting-edge technology, superior customer service and unique product innovation. MX.3 is specifically designed and engineered to meet the multifaceted challenges of a transforming financial industry.</p> <p><strong> For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="http://www.murex.com">www.murex.com</a>.</p>

<p>Natixis Corporate &amp; Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.</p> <p>Our teams of experts in over 25 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to supporting the environmental transition by aligning our financing balance sheet with a +1.5°C trajectory by 2050.</p> <p>As part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s: A, Moody&#8217;s: A1, Fitch: A+, R&amp;I: A+).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Acteur majeur de la finance de dimension internationale, Natixis Corporate &amp; Investment Banking met à disposition des entreprises, institutions financières, sponsors financiers, souverains et supranationaux une palette de services en conseil, investment banking, financements, banque commerciale et sur les marchés de capitaux.</p> <p>Ses équipes d’experts, présentes dans plus de 25 pays, conseillent les clients sur leur développement stratégique en les accompagnant dans le développement et la transformation de leurs activités tout en maximisant leur impact positif. Natixis CIB s’est engagée à soutenir la transition environnementale en alignant son bilan financier sur une trajectoire de +1,5 °C d’ici à 2050.</p> <p>Natixis CIB fait partie du pôle Global Financial Services du Groupe BPCE, deuxième groupe bancaire en France à travers les réseaux Banque Populaire et Caisse d’Epargne. Elle bénéficie de la puissance financière et des solides notations du Groupe (Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s : A, Moody&#8217;s : A1, Fitch : A+, R&amp;I : A+).</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong><a href="https://natixis.groupebpce.com/"> https://natixis.groupebpce.com/</a></p>

<p>Capabilities That Drive Scalable End-to-End Solutions </p> <p>Optimizing the value of your financial resource is critical in generating enhanced alpha and driving out costs from your portfolio. Deploying a holistic and total portfolio strategy across the competing needs of this resource is foundational in securing optimal outcomes. Northern Trust’s Securities Finance offering provides a suite of integrated capabilities across Securities Lending &amp; Borrowing, Financing &amp; Liquidity and Collateral Solutions that allow you to drive greater portfolio optimization.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="http://www.northerntrust.com">www.northerntrust.com</a></p>

<p>OSTTRA – The home of industry-shaping businesses MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset, OSTTRA (www.osttra.com) brings the expertise, processes and networks together to solve the post-trade challenges of the global financial markets. OSTTRA strengthens the post-trade infrastructure and ecosystem with robust and progressive end-to-end post-trade solutions and unrivalled connectivity.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://osttra.com/company/">https://osttra.com/company/</a></p>

<p>Pirum sits at the heart of a complex multi-party financial markets eco-system, digitalising manual workflows and supporting the lifecycle of trading &amp; collateral management in securities lending, repo and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.<br /> It is a market leading software provider to over 180 global institutions within Securities Finance, providing automation to every lifecycle event within Securities Finance and collateral management and it has a well-defined, client-validated product roadmap that leverages its existing platform, client base and connectivity, with further organic growth opportunity from geographic expansion.</p> <p>We are a valued business partner that is always looking to innovate in order to navigate through challenging markets for the benefit of our clients. It is a global solution provider to the Securities Finance market and beyond.</p> <p>Our thoughtful, client led solutions cover the full trade and collateral lifecycle and are a complement to various regulatory requirements such as SFTR, CSDR and UMR.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/VdtUCnOGlTlDqYI9sVMp?domain=pirum.com/">https://www.pirum.com/</a></p>

<p>The most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe recognize RBC Capital Markets as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance. We are well-established in the largest, most mature capital markets across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, which collectively encompasses 82% of the global investment banking fee pool.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW180247663 BCX0" href="https://www.rbccm.com/en/home.page" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW180247663 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW180247663 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">RBC Capital Markets | Home (rbccm.com)</span></span></a><span class="EOP SCXW180247663 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"> </span></p>

<p>Banco Santander (SAN SM, STD US, BNC LN) is a leading commercial bank, founded in 1857 and headquartered in Spain. It has a meaningful presence in 10 core markets in the Europe, North America and South America regions, and is one of the largest banks in the world by market capitalization. Santander aims to be the best open financial services platform providing services to individuals, SMEs, corporates, financial institutions and governments. The bank’s purpose is to help people and businesses prosper in a simple, personal and fair way. Santander is building a more responsible bank and has made a number of commitments to support this objective, including raising €220 billion in green financing between 2019 and 2030. At the end of 2022, Banco Santander had €1.3 trillion in total funds, 160 million customers, 9,000 branches and 206,000 employees.</p> <p>Santander Corporate &amp; Investment Banking (Santander CIB) is Santander’s global division that supports corporate and institutional clients, offering tailored services and value-added wholesale products suited to their complexity and sophistication, as well as to responsible banking standards that contribute to the progress of society.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.santandercib.com/">https://www.santandercib.com/</a></p>

<p>Scotiabank’s Global Prime Services offers enhanced leverage, broad access to securities lending supply, competitive pricing, capital introduction and equity execution services. Our highly experienced client service teams based in Toronto, New York and London deliver expertise and insight in markets globally. With an A+ credit rating by S&amp;P, October 31, 2022. The Bank of Nova Scotia offers safety, security and an extensive global presence that enables connectivity around the world, wherever your business takes you.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/ku5ZCl780SzoR6t9SCh4?domain=scotiaprimeservices.com">www.scotiaprimeservices.com</a> and follow us on <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/EgwbCmy7kIR5ykCBBFBZ?domain=linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/nKuyCnOGlT6G9rsZg-qT?domain=twitter.com">Twitter @ScotiabankGBM</a>.</p>

<p>SIX operates and develops infrastructure services for the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges, for Securities Services, Banking Services and Financial Information with the aim of raising efficiency, quality and innovative capacity across the entire value chain of the Swiss and Spanish financial centers. The company is owned by its users (121 banks).<br /> When it comes to Securities Services &#8211; from clearing and settlement through to custody, collateral management, and repo trading, SIX provides a full range of post-trading services across the entire value chain.</p> <p><strong>For more information; please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.six-group.com/en/products-services/securities-services.html">SIX Securities Services</a></p>

<p>Societe Generale, one of Europe&#8217;s leading financial services groups and a major player in the economy for over 150 years, supports 25 million clients every day with more than 117,000 staff in 66 countries. Our Group draws on our European roots to develop our business internationally. Our unique geographic positioning enables us to connect Europe and Africa with major global financial centres in Asia and the Americas. The Group combines financial strength, proven expertise in innovation and a sustainable growth strategy with the objective of creating value for all our stakeholders. We seek to be a trusted partner in the projects of those building tomorrow&#8217;s world today. This commitment guides our mission: to protect and manage assets and savings, finance projects, protect clients in their both their day-to-day lives and in their professional activities, ensure secure transactions and offer the best technological solutions.</p> <p>For more information, please visit; <a href="https://www.societegenerale.com/en">https://www.societegenerale.com/en</a></p>

<p>We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 59 of the world’s most dynamic markets and serving clients in a further 83. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, here for good.</p> <p>Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.</p> <p><strong>For more stories and expert opinions, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.sc.com/en/insights/">Insights</a> at <a href="https://www.sc.com/en/">sc.com</a>.</p>

<p>State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $36.7 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration and $3.5 trillion* in assets under management as of December 31, 2022. State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs approximately 42,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street&#8217;s website at www.statestreet.com.</p> <p>*Assets under management as of December 31, 2022 includes approximately $59 billion of assets with respect to SPDR® products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/28T3CA18rhrP77H8qb9d?domain=cts.businesswire.com">www.statestreet.com</a></p>

<p>Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW) is a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Founded in 1996, Tradeweb provides access to markets, data and analytics, electronic trading, straight-through-processing and reporting for more than 40 products to clients in the institutional, wholesale and retail markets. Advanced technologies developed by Tradeweb enhance price discovery, order execution and trade workflows while allowing for greater scale and helping to reduce risks in client trading operations. Tradeweb serves approximately 2,500 clients in more than 65 countries. On average, Tradeweb facilitated more than $1.0 trillion in notional value traded per day over the past four quarters.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit; </strong><a href="https://www.tradeweb.com/">www.tradeweb.com</a></p>

<p>At Trading Apps, we’re obsessed with constant improvement. Every second we save, every function we automate, every efficiency we find… they free your team to find that killer advantage.</p> <p>Because in today’s trading world, good enough isn’t good enough.</p> <p>So we start by listening. By learning your business inside out, we can adapt our software and services to make your workflows more efficient. And because our team have experience in trading and IT support at major global banks, we can help you identify opportunities and solve problems more quickly.</p> <p>So streamline your trading. Start today by booking your demo with Matthew Harrison.</p> <p><strong>Contact</strong><br /> <a href="mailto:matthew.harrison@tradingapps.com">matthew.harrison@tradingapps.com</a> <strong>or for more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.tradingapps.com/">www.tradingapps.com</a></p>

<p>Transcend is a financial technology company on a mission to help global market participants achieve the next-level of performance results. With innovative, modular solutions designed to enhance liquidity, funding, and collateral decisions, Transcend is quickly deployed to accelerate critical business strategies and goals.</p> <p>As world-class banks, broker-dealers, asset managers and custodians continue to partner with Transcend, the Company has become the gold standard for inventory analytics, optimization, and automation within a business or across the enterprise.</p> <p>Led by a global team of 140+ domain experts, Transcend addresses an array of complex financial, operational and regulatory concerns.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit;</strong> <a href="https://www.transcendstreet.com/">https://www.transcendstreet.com/</a></p>

<p><strong>UNICREDIT – A PAN-EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL BANK WITH A UNIQUE SERVICE OFFERING IN ITALY, GERMANY, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE</strong></p> <p>At home throughout Europe, UniCredit is the partner of choice for our clients’ increasingly sophisticated demands both in financing and investments. We serve over 15 million clients in a cohesive manner worldwide. We have a harmonised service model, simplifying our processes and establishing a common organisational structure across our business. Our division Client Solutions serves all regions. This allows us to be close to our clients and leverage the scale of the entire Group in developing a comprehensive range of best-in-class products across each of our markets. Our purpose is to empower communities to progress, delivering best-in-class products and services to all stakeholders, whilst unlocking the potential of our clients and our people.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit:</strong> <a href="http://www.unicreditgroup.eu">www.unicreditgroup.eu</a></p>

<p>VERMEG is a specialized software house covering three main market segments in financial services: Collateral management &amp; Asset Servicing, Regulatory reporting and Digital transformation and is the number one provider worldwide of collateral management solutions for Central Banks.</p> <p>Its business solutions have been designed to address the challenges linked to the transformation of the financial services industry.</p> <p>VERMEG has over 1500 employees and supports more than 550 clients in 40 countries.</p> <p><strong>For more information, please visit:</strong> <a href="http://www.vermeg.com">www.vermeg.com</a></p>

<p>Wematch is the award-winning solution digitizing buy- and sell-side firms&#8217; dealing workflows with banks, clients, and internal teams. Our tools, which include smart matching, negotiation, lifecycle management, sales to trader, and intra and external flows, drive efficiencies across financial institutions&#8217; operations. We offer services on regulated trading venues and as standalone solutions for post-trade and communication requirements.</p> <p>For more information, please visit; <a href="https://wematch.live/"><span class="TextRun SCXW229804583 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229804583 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="m_3558041350261006187msolistparagraph" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;b050ff9f-b255-42bd-938e-f8b9f54b3f20|15&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;m_3558041350261006187msolistparagraph&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;m3558041350261006187msolistparagraph&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri&quot;,335559705,&quot;2057&quot;,335559740,&quot;240&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,134233118,&quot;true&quot;,134233117,&quot;true&quot;,469778324,&quot;Normal&quot;]}"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW229804583 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229804583 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://wematch.live/</span></span></a></p>