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BGC Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of brokerage services to the financial markets. The firm offers integrated voice, hybrid and fully electronic brokerage in a broad range of products, including fixed income, foreign exchange, equities, insurance, energy and commodities and futures. It also provides trade execution, brokerage, clearing, trade compression, post-trade, information and other back-office services. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BGC Partners LP is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, specializing in the brokering of a broad range of financial products including fixed-income, rates, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, futures and structured product markets. Previously a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, BCG separated from that firm in 2004. In 2005, BGC merged with Maxcor Financial Group, integrating two leading brokerage firms. This was followed by the acquisitions of ETC Pollak and Aurel in Paris. On April 1, 2008, BGC merged with eSpeed to form a world-class provider of voice and electronic brokerage services in the global marketplace. The combined company is BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC offers a full range of brokerage services including price discovery, trade execution, straight through processing and clearing, settlement and access to electronic trading services through its eSpeed and BGC Trader brands.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

Part of MF Global Holdings Ltd., MF Global UK Ltd. is a company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in London, UK.

Cantor Entertainment Technology provides software services, data and content to the gaming industry and additional entertainment channels worldwide. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

BGC International LP provides securities brokerage and other financial services. The firm's services include providing global fixed income, interest rate, foreign exchange, derivative markets both telephone and screen based price discovery, trade execution, processing and access to electronic trading services. It operates in London, New York, Paris, Nyon, Milan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The company was founded by B. Gerald Cantor in 1945 and is headquartered in London, UK.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Part of BGC Group, Inc., BGC International is a pioneering brokerage and British financial technology company servicing the financial markets. Founded in 1986, the company is based in London, UK. Built upon the foundation of cutting edge technology and exceptional talent, BGC International offers innovative solutions to its clients in the financial industry.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts operates as a fine arts school and a museum. The firm offers fine arts education, such as painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. It also archives house materials for the study of American art history, museums, and art training. The company was founded in 1805 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

American Century ETF Trust seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the underlying index. The fund’s investment objective is a non fundamental investment policy and may be changed by the Board of Trustees without approval by shareholders upon 60 days’ prior notice to shareholders. American Century ETF Trust is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Boy Scouts of America provides support services to youth and families. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lucera Financial Infrastructures LLC provides financial services. Its products include lucera compute, lucera connect, lumefx, and use cases. The company was founded by Praneet Kothavade and Peter Durkan in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Written Byte Ltd. provides actionable data for flawless website architecture. It analyses website architecture to understand and monitor technical issues to improve SEO performance. The firm's DeepCrawl is operates as website crawler. The company was founded by Matthew Thomas Jones, Michal Stanislaw Magdziarz and Christopher Francis Evans and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Deepcrawl Holding Co. provides information technology service activities. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Analyst Research LLP is a private company based in London, UK. The British company's main focus and activities are not clear as the provided metadata only states "home". The company was founded in 2010 by Mark Christopher Hiley, who has been the CEO since then.

UBS O'Connor Ltd. is an independent alternative investment firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management AG, ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. UBS O'Connor is a distinct investment area within UBS Asset Management, with complete independence in regard to investment decision-making. Their capabilities cover a wide range of investment programs, which seek to achieve attractive risk-adjusted absolute returns with low correlation to most major asset classes and traditional investment benchmarks.

ZelnickMedia Corp (ZelnickMedia) is a Private Equity firm founded by Strauss H. Zelnick and Ben Feder in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Motion Picture Corp. of America, Inc. produces, acquires and distributes commercial motion pictures and television productions. It has a distribution arrangement with MGM and other major studios. The company was founded in 1986 by Brad Krevoy and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

CRM Holding GmbH provides music publishing services. The firm also engages in sound recording, music production, and publishing of journals and periodicals. The company is headquartered in Guetersloh, Germany.

Tenaska Marketing Ventures, Inc. develops, constructs, owns, and operates non-utility generation and cogeneration plants. It offers natural gas, biofuels, and electric power. The firm offers risk management services in asset acquisition and management, power marketing, fuel supply, gas transportation systems, biofuels marketing, and electric transmission development. The company was founded by Howard L. Hawks, Thomas E. Hendricks, and William A. Kellstrom in 1987 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Filmed Entertainment, Inc. offers recorded movies and TV series directly to consumers. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Active International Holdings, Inc. provides domestic business services. The company is headquartered in Pearl River, NY.

Active Media Services, Inc. provides marketing and business solutions. Its products include media, retail marketing, travel and hospitality, freight and logistics, displays and lighting solutions, sponsorships, and client-directed trading. The company was founded by Alan S. Elkin and Arthur Wagner in 1984 and is headquartered in Pearl River, NY.

PetFoodDirect.com provides online retail services for pet foods and accessories. It manufactures canned and dry pet food for dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, birds, rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, and other domestic animals. The company was founded by Jon Roska in 1997 and is headquartered in Harleysville, PA.

S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP (SP Angel) is a registered broker headquartered in London and was founded in 2006. SP Angel produces interactive feedback on market developments, peer activity, share price movements and trading volumes. The firm produces daily morning notes providing news and views on each of the Mining and Oil & Gas sectors with periodic single company and broader thematic pieces. They also cover companies in the healthcare, technology, special situation sectors and other sectors that are of interest to their clients.