IntercontinentalExchange

NCX, operated by SilviaTerra Inc., is a data-driven marketplace focused on forest carbon credits. Established in 2010 and based in San Francisco, the company leverages high-resolution forest data to enhance the understanding and valuation of forests. NCX aims to create transparent markets that facilitate trading in carbon offsets, biodiversity, and fire risk reduction. The company also offers various analytics services, including volume estimation, growth projections, and harvest scheduling, along with tools such as Plot Hound, a platform designed to streamline the cruising process for forest measurement teams. Through these services and its marketplace, NCX supports sustainable forest management and aims to contribute to environmental conservation.

tZERO Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (tZERO) is a technology firm that was founded with the goal of utilizing distributed ledger technology to revolutionize financial technologies so that they are more efficient, accessible and transparent. tZERO is not a registered broker-dealer, funding portal, underwriter, investment bank, investment adviser or investment manager, and is not providing brokerage, investment banking or underwriting services, recommendations or investment advice to any person, and does not provide any brokerage services. tZERO takes no part in the negotiation or execution of secondary market transactions for the purchase or sale of securities and at no time has possession of investor funds or securities in connection with such transactions.

Bakkt, founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates a blockchain-based platform that facilitates the buying, selling, storing, and spending of digital assets for both consumers and institutions. The company specializes in digital currency management, offering solutions for cryptocurrency transactions and the redemption of loyalty points. Its technology is designed to support institutional clients with a regulated market environment, providing custody solutions and a user-friendly experience through application programming interfaces (APIs) and web integration. Bakkt's platform aims to connect various aspects of the digital economy, enabling seamless transactions and enhancing the utility of loyalty currencies for its clients.

Ellie Mae is the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage industry. Their technology enables lenders to originate more loans, faster, and with lower origination costs all while ensuring the highest levels of compliance, quality and efficiency.Ellie Mae was founded to leverage the power of the Internet for mortgage brokers and originators. Their unifying mission is to empower the people who traditionally originate mortgages with the most effective technology support available today—enabling them to compete successfully with Internet mass-marketing alliances and direct-to-consumer lender websites. Ellie Mae provides the technology powering the American Dream and has been changing what’s possible in the mortgage business since 1997. They serve banks, credit unions and mortgage companies of all sizes – and they’re committed to innovating how mortgage professionals work, and work together, to originate, process and close high-quality, compliant loans.

Bakkt, founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates a blockchain-based platform that facilitates the buying, selling, storing, and spending of digital assets for both consumers and institutions. The company specializes in digital currency management, offering solutions for cryptocurrency transactions and the redemption of loyalty points. Its technology is designed to support institutional clients with a regulated market environment, providing custody solutions and a user-friendly experience through application programming interfaces (APIs) and web integration. Bakkt's platform aims to connect various aspects of the digital economy, enabling seamless transactions and enhancing the utility of loyalty currencies for its clients.

Bridge2 Solutions is the leading innovator in the world of incentive, consumer and performance rewards. Bridging Performance Improvement agencies with best-in-class retail and service organizations to create a new business model for reward fulfillment that re-defines the industry.

SimpliFile, LC is a web-based service provider specializing in electronic recording of public documents in the United States. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Provo, Utah, the company offers an electronic recording platform that facilitates land records management, document preparation, and closing processes. SimpliFile enables users to securely share, record, and track various documents, data, and fees. Its services include e-recording, collaboration, and post-closing support, catering to a diverse clientele that includes title companies, banks, attorneys, lien filers, and governmental jurisdictions at all levels. As of June 2019, SimpliFile operates as a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

Bakkt, founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates a blockchain-based platform that facilitates the buying, selling, storing, and spending of digital assets for both consumers and institutions. The company specializes in digital currency management, offering solutions for cryptocurrency transactions and the redemption of loyalty points. Its technology is designed to support institutional clients with a regulated market environment, providing custody solutions and a user-friendly experience through application programming interfaces (APIs) and web integration. Bakkt's platform aims to connect various aspects of the digital economy, enabling seamless transactions and enhancing the utility of loyalty currencies for its clients.

TMC Bonds L.L.C. is a financial services company specializing in the fixed income market and operates as an alternative trading system. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in New York, TMC Bonds provides customized desktop applications for registered investment professionals and retail investors. Its offerings include a trader workstation that delivers real-time market data, pre-trade compliance tools, and execution capabilities across various fixed income asset classes, such as municipals, corporates, and treasuries. Additionally, the company supports institutional clients, including asset managers, banks, and hedge funds, with analytics, compliance solutions, and voice support. TMC Bonds also facilitates anonymous trading through multiple protocols, including click-to-trade and request-for-quote, enhancing the trading experience for both institutional and retail brokerage clients. In 2011, the company rebranded from TheMuniCenter LLC and has since operated as a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., a national securities exchange and self-regulatory organization, operates as a market place for the purchase and sale of equity securities. The company trades various securities, including NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq-listed stocks, as well as CHX-exclusive issues. It operates CHX Matching System, which provides executions for an array of securities; and CHXConnect, which offers routing services to order-sending participants to off-exchange market makers or other destinations. The company serves various participants, such as institutional brokers, order-sending firms, and market makers. Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. was formerly known as Midwest Stock Exchange, Inc. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CHX Holdings, Inc.

BondPoint is a provider of electronic fixed income trading solutions that delivers access to centralized liquidity and automated, cost-efficient trade execution services.

Euroclear is an international central securities depository that specializes in post-trade services across Europe, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company focuses on settlement and related services for cross-border transactions involving a variety of asset classes, including domestic and international bonds, equities, investment funds, and derivatives. Euroclear provides comprehensive solutions such as collateral management, primary issuance services, and asset servicing, as well as corporate actions and tax services. Its client base includes wealth managers, institutional investors, platforms, transfer agents, custodians, and fund managers. With headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Euroclear operates as a subsidiary of Euroclear SA/NV and aims to enhance efficiency and risk mitigation in global capital markets.

ICE Endex provides transparent and widely accessible continental European markets for trading natural gas and power derivatives, gas balancing markets and gas storage services.

BofAML Global Research FICC encompasses more than 5,000 fixed income, currency and commodity (FICC) indices.

TMX Group Limited is a prominent operator of exchanges, markets, and clearinghouses, primarily serving capital markets in Canada and internationally. The company is structured into four segments: Global Solutions, Insights & Analytics; Capital Formation; Derivatives Trading & Clearing; and Equities and Fixed Income Trading & Clearing. Its Global Solutions segment provides integrated data sets to assist clients in making informed trading and investment decisions. The Capital Formation segment includes the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, which cater to senior and venture equity markets respectively. The Derivatives Trading & Clearing segment operates the Montreal Exchange, focusing on options, futures contracts, and over-the-counter products. The Equities and Fixed Income Trading & Clearing segment manages trading operations and the clearing and settlement of related transactions. Additionally, TMX Group offers extranet services and low latency connectivity solutions through its subsidiary, TMX Atrium, which connects participants across multiple markets in North America and Europe. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, TMX Group was incorporated in 2011 and rebranded from its previous name, Maple Group Acquisition Corporation, in 2012.

MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. is a privately held corporation that owns and manages the MERS® System and all other MERS® products. It is a member-based organization made up of thousands of lenders, servicers, sub-servicers, investors and government institutions. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) serves as the mortgagee in the land records for loans registered on the MERS® System, and is a nominee (or agent) for the owner of the promissory note. The MERS® System is a national electronic database that tracks changes in mortgage servicing and beneficial ownership interests in residential mortgage loans on behalf of its members.

Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations, Inc. operates as an investment advisor.

Trayport is a provider of energy trading solutions focused on electronic trading systems for traders, brokers, and exchanges globally. The company develops trading system software that offers real-time electronic trading capabilities, delivering pricing information and facilitating communication between buyers and sellers. This technology enables the efficient matching of counterparties and supports trading activities across various markets, including commodities, fixed income, currencies, and equities. Recently, Balkaner Enerji selected Trayport’s GlobalVision Broker Trading System for its over-the-counter trading operations in the Turkish power market, further demonstrating the company's commitment to enhancing trading efficiency in the energy sector.

Interactive Data delivers a comprehensive set of products and services designed to meet the needs of the front, middle and back offices at some of the largest and most well-known institutions around the world. These clients trust Interactive Data to help support their investment activities and operational workflow through a broad range of offerings, such as millions of independent evaluations of fixed income securities, a wide range of global reference data and listed markets pricing, ultra-low latency data and trading infrastructure services to facilitate electronic trading, sophisticated analytical tools for investment managers, customized web-based financial information systems, and desktop solutions, including our eSignal Suite of Products.

SuperDerivatives is the global leader for cloud-based real time market data, derivatives technology and valuation services for the financial and commodity markets. At the core of SuperDerivatives is live market data, available both in real-time and as a set of end-of-day independent market rates. It is this exceptional market data that fuels their solutions, and is why the global financial community voted them ‘Best Data Provider for Derivatives’.

SMX is Asia’s first multi-product global commodity derivatives exchange, offering a state of the art electronic platform for trading futures and options contracts in commodities.

NYSE Euronext operates as a prominent global financial market and trading solutions provider. The company offers a diverse range of products and services, including cash equities, derivatives, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, and market data, aimed at fulfilling the needs of investors, issuers, and financial institutions. Its operations are divided into three main segments: Derivatives, Cash Trading and Listings, and Information Services and Technology Solutions. In 2011, NYSE Euronext expanded its capabilities through the acquisition of Metabit, a Tokyo-based market access provider, enhancing its trading community across Asia. The exchange has faced challenges, including a notable trading halt in July 2015 due to technical issues, which garnered significant media attention.

Around the world, every trading day, IntercontinentalExchange offers participants access to deep and liquid markets, services and technology required to manage risk, and provides a transparent view of global markets

Cetip is the integrated financial market. It is a publicly traded company that offers registration services, central d epositária, trading and settlement of assets and securities. Through technology and infrastructure solutions, provides liquidity, security and transparency for financial operations, contributing to sustainable development market and Brazilian society. The company is also the largest depositary of private fixed income securities in Latin America and the largest private asset clearinghouse in the country.

Ballista Securities, LLC is a registered broker/dealer offering the Ballista ATS, a new destination for equity option traders to execute block-sized volatility, complex multi-leg strategies and directional orders. The Ballista ATS is the result of decades of equity and options market-making experience, combined with computing technology expertise. At Ballista's core is an obsession to provide the sell-side community with a fundamentally pure mechanism for the execution of exchange-traded derivatives and an automated alternative to the slow, inefficient manual processes of phone calls and instant messages.

Climate Exchange PLC provides investment services through its subsidiaries. The Company owns, operates, and develops exchanges to facilitate trading in environmental financial instruments including emissions reduction credits in both voluntary and mandatory markets. The company operates European Climate Exchange (ECX) that focuses on compliance certificates for the mandatory European Emissions Trading Scheme; Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE), a regulated exchange in the United States with a growing portfolio of environmental futures contracts; and Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which operates voluntary, but contractually binding cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Creditex acts as an interdealer broker for credit default swaps and bonds. It also operates a hybrid model of voice and electronic execution system. The company is based in the United Kingdom.

YellowJacket, a New York-based provider of energy trading solutions for the financial and energy marketplaces.

ChemConnect, Inc. functions as an electronic exchange specializing in the trading of midstream energy, feedstocks, chemicals, and related products. Established in 1995 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, the company provides a platform for the trading of natural gas liquids, refined fuels, aromatics, olefins, and commodity polymers. In addition to its exchange services, ChemConnect offers auction services, bulletin-board functionality, back-end fulfillment solutions, and market information resources. The company also delivers supply chain solutions, which include negotiation tools and collaboration hubs, facilitating efficient transactions for its clients. ChemConnect has operational reach in North America, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.