Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Deutsche Boerse, one of the world’s leading exchange organizations, provides decision makers around the globe with high quality data input. Our market data offering is constantly enhanced to anticipate and respond to the needs of traders and other capital market participants. The extensive product portfolio comprises real-time, ultra-low latency and historical trading data from the group’s own trading venues Eurex and Xetra, the financial news services and indicators of MNI (a Deutsche Börse subsidiary) as well as the renowned DAX and STOXX indices. We also operate AlphaFlash, an algo news feed that delivers more than 300 machine-readable global economic indicators. In 2012, we introduced AlphaFlash Trader, a revolutionary application that allows users of trading platforms to automate their event driven trading. We also offer services to support our clients when it comes to fulfilling various reporting and risk management requirements. For more information, please go to www.deutsche-boerse.com/marketdata.

HOST SPONSOR

Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for financial professionals and businesses. Combining innovative technology with unmatched analytics, data, news and tools, Bloomberg delivers critical information via the Bloomberg Professional service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg Enterprise Products and Solutions provides leaders in corporations, finance and government with a dynamic network that allows them to access, integrate, distribute and manage information and technology across organizations more efficiently and effectively.

GOLD SPONSOR

BT is one of the world's leading providers of networked IT services to the global financial community. With more than 25 years of experience providing products and services developed specifically to the unique requirements of the financial services industry, BT has built a reputation for creating solutions that help financial firms to increase revenues, reduce costs, and improve service to their customers. BT addresses the networking, communications, and IT requirements of firms across the spectrum of the financial services industry. BT's Radianz connectivity and hosting platform, is specifically designed and operated to provide ultra-low latency connectivity, security and availability for the global financial services industry. RadianzNet supports nearly 11,000 sites, providing connectivity to more than 260 of the world's leading exchanges and financial services providers. More than 60,000 traders at 800 firms and exchanges in 51 countries rely on BT's ITS voice trading and collaboration technologies. One of every three traders around the world uses a BT trading turret.

Markit is a leading, global financial information services company with over 2,500 employees. The company provides independent data, valuations and trade processing across all asset classes in order to enhance transparency, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. Its client base includes the most significant institutional participants in the financial marketplace.

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Through our worldwide footprint, technology capabilities and content offerings we can help financial firms scale their presence and business agility. Thomson Reuters Elektron is a simple-to-access global network that links the world’s financial institutions. The shared platform provides connectivity to all key markets and liquidity pools via a single access point, reducing complexity, cost and time to market. It delivers access to real-time data from 350+ exchange and OTC markets, 14 million instruments, along with proprietary news, evaluated pricing, reference data, tick history and third party content, at the speed and depth of information a firm requires, as well as providing analytics and other value-added services. For more information www.thomsonreuters.com

SILVER SPONSOR

Interactive Data Corporation is a trusted leader in financial information. Thousands of financial institutions and active traders, as well as hundreds of software and service providers, subscribe to our fixed income evaluations, reference data, real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions. Interactive Data’s offerings support clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management. Interactive Data is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has over 2,500 employees in offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.interactivedata.com.

S&P Capital IQ, a brand of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment advisors and wealth managers around the world. We provide a broad suite of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. Through leading desktop solutions such as Capital IQ, Global Credit Portal and MarketScope Advisor desktops; enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations, Global Data Solutions, and Compustat; and research offerings, including Leveraged Commentary & Data, Global Market Intelligence, and company and fund research, S&P Capital IQ sharpens financial intelligence into the wisdom today’s investors need.

Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. For more information, visit www.savvis.com or http://www.centurylink.com/.

SIX Financial Information is a leading global provider of first-rate data services and solutions for financial and insurance firms, corporations and the media. SIX Financial Information aggregates data, directly and in real-time, from over 1000 worldwide sources, covering the all the major trading venues. Its financial information comprises reference data, corporate actions, pricing and market data for over 9 million securities and is unique in terms of information depth, breadth and structure. Financial news and customized solutions complement the offering. With offices in 24 countries SIX Financial Information combines the advantages of local presence with global reach to offer a comprehensive data portfolio along with industry knowledge for professionals specialized in investment advisory, portfolio management, financial analysis and securities administration.

SIX Financial Information is part of SIX. On a global scale, SIX offers first-rate services in the areas of securities trading, clearing and settlement, as well as financial market information and payment transactions. Further information is available at: www.six-financial-information.com

TRACK SPONSOR

S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies is the world’s largest, global resource for index-based concepts, data and research. Home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average™, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC has over 115 years of experience constructing innovative and transparent solutions that fulfill the needs of institutional and retail investors. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other provider in the world. With over 830,000 indices covering a wide range of assets classes across the globe, S&P Dow Jones Indices defines the way investors measure and trade the markets. To learn more about our company, please visit www.spdji.com.

GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSOR

Tullett Prebon Information is a leading provider of independent real-time price information from the global OTC financial and commodity markets. Tullett Prebon Information delivers the highest-quality independent price data using state of the art technologies and data publication standards covering major markets including Rates, Fixed Income, FX and Money, Volatility, Energy, Inflation, Credit and Equities. Tullett Prebon Information’s data is relied upon by customers in over 40 countries. Our independent pricing is unbiased, non-position influenced and we have an unrivalled track record in innovation.

Tullett Prebon is one of the world’s largest inter-dealer brokers and is our principal source of information. Tullett Prebon operates in 21 countries, with over 1600 brokers globally. Its business covers major product groups including Fixed Income Securities and their derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives, Treasury Products, Equities and Energy & Commodities.

Award Winning

Tullett Prebon Information was awarded best data provider (Broker) at Inside Market Data Awards for the second year running in 2012.

Tullett Prebon was voted overall number one broker in 2012 in the Risk Interdealer Rankings.

BRAND SPONSOR

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 416,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 9 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has approximately $149 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Dec. 31, 2012. The company has operations in 27 countries.

BRONZE SPONSOR

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) is dedicated to driving efficient trading, clearing and settlement in capital markets globally by providing a unique, common language for identifying financial instruments, their issuers, and obligors. With over 40 years of experience dedicated to standards development, including securities identification and related descriptive data, CGS is the world leader in developing innovative solutions to reference data challenges. Reporting to a Board of Trustees comprised of senior representatives from leading financial institutions, CGS is managed on behalf of the American Bankers Association by S&P Capital IQ. For more information, please visit www.cusip.com.

Fitch Solutions provides a range of industry-leading products and professional development services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary market-based content, we distribute the ratings, research and financial data of Fitch Ratings through a variety of flexible platforms. With innovation and experience behind every solution we bring to market, our offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of the fixed-income markets.

Fitch Solutions is part of the Fitch Group, a jointly owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. and Hearst Corporation. For additional information, please visit www.fitchsolutions.com.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the Asian Gateway, connecting investors in search of Asian growth to corporate issuers in search of global capital. SGX represents the premier access point for managing Asian capital and investment exposure, and is Asia’s most internationalised exchange with more than 40% of companies listed on SGX originating outside of Singapore. SGX offers its clients the world’s biggest offshore market for Asian equity futures market, centred on Asia’s three largest economies – China, India and Japan.

In addition to offering a fully integrated value chain from trading and clearing, to settlement and depository services, SGX is also Asia’s pioneering central clearing house. Headquartered in Asia’s most globalised city, and centred within the AAA strength and stability of Singapore’s island nation, SGX is a peerless Asian counterparty for the clearing of financial and commodity products.

For more information, please visit SGX website: www.sgx.com