Anthony Barchetto

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.

TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP.

Part of Nasdaq, Inc., Brut LLC is a company that operates an electric communications network for the trading of Nasdaq and exchange-listed securities. The company is based in New York, NY. Brut was acquired by The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. from FIS Capital Markets US LLC (Pennsylvania) on September 07, 2004 for $190 million.

Portware LLC develops and provides multi-asset execution management software tools for global equities, futures, options, and foreign exchange (FX). It specializes in products, services, and solutions that transform the way financial institutions analyze, communicate, and execute investment ideas. Its products include Portware Enterprise, a fully customizable execution management system designed to act as a central platform for the creation and execution of algorithmic trading strategies; Portware Strategy Server, an algorithmic engine designed specifically for volume and frequency automated order management; Portware FX, a tool which provides traders with real-time view of the entire FX marketplace through a single, fully customizable front end trading environment; and Alpha Vision, an algorithmic optimization solution that uses predictive analytics to automatically select and implement the optimal execution strategy. The company was founded by Ary Khatchikian and Eric Goldberg in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cboe Trading, Inc. provides electronic security trading services. It specializes in buying and selling securities such as stock, bonds and mutual funds. The company was founded by David R. Cummings in June 2005 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Direct Edge ECN LLC operates an electronic communication network for trading financial products. It matches multiple platforms and unique order types based on transaction cost, fill rate, fill speed and contra-side sophistication. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Direct Edge Holdings LLC operates an electronic communication network for trading financial products. It trades all listed U.S. equities with a market share in the, the company regularly trades shares, fluctuating with the overall market volume. It operates two separate platforms, EDGA Exchange and EDGX Exchange. The EDGA Exchange is a low cost exchange with a taker and maker pricing model. The EDGX Exchange is an exchange with maker and taker pricing model offering high rebates for liquidity providers. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides security services for innovation and technology markets. The company was founded in June 2005 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. operates securities and exchanges markets as well as equities. The company is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

Part of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., CBOE EDGA Exchange, Inc. is a company that provides security brokerage services. The company is based in Lenexa, KS.

IEX Group, Inc. operates an online trading platform for registered broker dealers. It operates as equity trading venue owned by a consortium of buy-side investors, including mutual funds, hedge funds, and family offices. The firm provides balanced marketplace via simplified market structure design and cutting-edge technology. It also offers a fair-access platform to broker dealer. The IEX ATS is a fully automated electronic order book for orders to buy and sell national market system equity securities with a continuous, automated matching function. The company was founded by Ronan Ryan, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park and John Schwall in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides options exchange services. It trades equity options, security index options, options on exchange traded notes and products, binary options, one-week and quarterly options, long-term equity anticipation securities options, and flexible exchange options. The firm also provides information on various stock and options trading strategies, options trading tools, stock and option quotes and data; and options information and education. Additionally, they offer access to product information, conference notices, portfolio management tools, and educational materials for institutional investors and products and strategies for advisors to protect client’s portfolios. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Part of Morgan Stanley, MarketXT, Inc. is a company that provides after hours brokerage trading services. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Michael S. Satow, Michael W. P. Hermus. MarketXT was acquired by Tradescape.com, Inc. on September 05, 2000 for $100 million.

Mayer Hoffman McCann PC provides audit and attest services. The company serves the construction, non-for-profit and education and manufacturing and distribution industries. Mayer Hoffman McCann was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practices include: antitrust and competition; banking and finance; capital markets; copyright, trademark and false advertising; cyber, privacy and data innovation; employment law and litigation; energy; financial services litigation; global compliance and regulatory, infrastructure; intellectual property; patents; public finance; real estate; securities litigation; supreme court and appellate; tax advocacy; technology transactions; trials; and white collar, investigations, securities litigation and compliance. The company was founded by John R. Garboe in 1863 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 2001 by Seth Merrin and Eric LeGoff, Liquidnet, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. Liquidnet manages an electronic marketplace for institutional trading that brings buyers and sellers together and allows them to anonymously trade large blocks of stock without intermediaries or information leaks. Liquidnet's clients include buy-side financial institutions from around the world. Liquidnet provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. The firm does not provide any internal research.

AirDefense, Inc. provides secure wireless networks solutions and protects mobile sectors. It offers solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion protection both inside and outside an organization. The company was founded by Jay Chaudhry in 2001 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL.

China Construction Bank (Asia) Corp. Ltd. operates banking centers and provides financial services. The company offers consumer, retail, commercial banking products and services. Its services include trade financing, factoring, foreign exchange, leasing, insurance, investment, and electronic banking services. The firm was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hong Kong

Enterprise Center of Johnson County/Venture Capital/ is a subsidiary of Enterprise Center of Johnson County founded in 1994. The firm headquartered in Fairway, Kansas.

Part of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Instinet, Inc. provides financial services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Project Hospitality, Inc. provides comprehensive services for hungry and homeless. It programs include community initiatives, disaster relief, food and nutrition, HIV and AIDS services, homeless services, housing services and wellness and recovery services. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Staten Island, NY.

Part of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Cboe Europe Ltd. is a leading pan-European equity and derivatives exchange and clearing operator. The company, founded in 2008, is based in London, UK. Cboe Europe offers a range of execution mechanisms to allow clients to trade in a way that best suits them, with a focus on innovative, pan-European solutions that simplify cross-border equities trading. The British company provides liquidity in more than 6,000 equities, exchange traded products, and depository receipts across 18 major European countries, and offers competitively priced pan-European equities market data and benchmark indices. Cboe Europe also provides efficient, cost-effective pan-European trade reporting services, including the leading approved publication arrangement for equities, known as BXTR.

Virtu Americas LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 2012. The firm is a direct subsidiary of Virtu Strategic Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT). Virtu provides brokerage services to their clients.

Part of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Cboe Futures Exchange LLC is a securities exchange. The company is based in Chicago, IL.