Saxo Bank (Switzerland) SA was created on 1st February 2008 as a result of the takeover of Synthesis Bank by the Saxo Bank Group.
Saxo Bank A/S is a modern investment bank that has specialised in online investments in the international capital markets. Saxo Bank enables customers to trade in currencies, shares, contracts of difference, future commodities, options and other derivatives as well as portfolio management with the aid of an online trading platform - SaxoTrader.

SaxoTrader was developed internally by Saxo Bank and is available to investors from now on directly through Saxo Bank or one of Saxo Bank's global partners as a key element of their infrastructure. One of Saxo Bank's most important business areas is white labelling, the development of tailor-made versions of its online trading platform for other banks and brokers. Saxo Bank has over 80 white label partners and thousands of customers in 177 countries. The bank's website http://www.saxobank.com has around 65,000 hits every day. Saxo Bank currently has 1,000 employees from 50 different countries. The bank's head office is in Denmark and there are also offices in London, Spain and Singapore, a presentation branch in Beijing and a development centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

FALCON ASSET MANAGEMENT GmbH is a securities company with its head office in Düsseldorf. The company is run by an experienced team that is made up of bankers, business managers and lawyers. Our customers are business and private investors some of whom appoint us as their processing broker or financial portfolio manager. The core team has worked together continuously since 1995. The focus for the processing business is German and international - especially US - derivatives.

The company has a licence to manage financial portfolios. In asset management we focus on using trading systems in addition to the BrokerAssist© Service, which is unique in Germany.

The company is subject to institutional monitoring by the Bundesbank and BaFin.

For more than 40 years, ADM Investor Services, Inc. ("ADMIS") has been in the business of providing comprehensive futures clearing services for retail, commercial and institutional customers. ADMIS works through a network of Introducing Brokers, non-clearing FCMs, branch offices, subsidiaries and sister companies across the United States and around the globe. ADMIS has a reputation for providing exceptional customer service along with swift, accurate trade execution and expert market research support in this 24/7 marketplace. ADMIS' headquarters are located in the historical Chicago Board of Trade Building in the financial district of Chicago, Illinois.

ADMIS customers participate in the global marketplace through our comprehensive trading operations, our array of electronic trading platforms, and our sister companies and established international clearing partners. ADMIS is a clearing member of the CME Group, Inc., the New York Board of Trade, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and the Kansas City Board of Trade. ADMIS' 24Hour Trade Center provides client support for electronic trade execution on the GLOBEX, e-CBOT, ICE and EUREX trading platforms.

ADMIS traces its origin to the 1930's with the founding of Tabor Grain and Feed Company, an independently owned grain merchandising operation in Central Illinois. In 1956, the firm expanded to provide customers with investment banking and stock trading services. In 1966, the company changed its name to Tabor Commodities, became a clearing member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and began executing and clearing futures trades. In 1975, the Archer Daniels Midland Company of Decatur, Illinois acquired the firm and in 1985 we adopted the name we continue to use today.

ADMIS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM). ADM is the world leader in BioEnergy and has a premier position in the agricultural processing value chain. ADM is one of the world's largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM is a leading manufacturer of biodiesel, ethanol, soybean oil and meal, corn sweeteners, flour and other value-added food and feed ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 27,000 employees, more that 240 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 of $70 billion. Additional information can be found on ADMs Web site at www.adm.com.

The name Citigroup goes back to Citibank, which was established in 1812.In succession Bank Handlowy was taken over in 1870, Smith Barney in 1873, Banamex in 1884 and Salomon Brothers in 1910.The insurance division of Traveler's Corp., which merged with Citigroup in 1998, was later separated into an independent company and is now part of St. Pauls Travelers insurance company.

The merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group was driven forward by Sandy Weill, who at the time was CEO at Travelers Group. At first Citigroup was managed jointly by Sanford Weill and John Reed, who was CEO of Citigroup at the time. However John Reed was forced into retiring fairly soon. Up to 1 October 2003 Sandy Weill was then sole CEO of Citigroup.

Bank of America (BofA, BoA) has been the name of the America's largest bank since July 2006 and its headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina. The origins of the bank go back to the Bank of Massachusetts, which was established in 1784, which also makes it the second oldest bank in the US. The company is listed on the NTSE and in Tokyo. In 2008 the Bank of America brand was the most valuable brand in the banking sector worth USD 33.1 billion and therefore 14th in the world. [2]

BofA is the largest bank in the US. In 2007 it employed over 210,000 people and generated revenue of USD 119 billion. In 2007 the balance sheet total was USD 1.72 billion.

Deutsche Bank AG is Germany's largest bank by balance sheet total and employee numbers. The company headquarters are in Frankfurt an Main; it acts as a universal bank and has important branches in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. The bank developed into a large bank in the 20th century using takeovers and mergers in Germany (1914-1929, 1957) as well as in Great Britain and the US (from 1989). But it has a market share of just around 6% in German private customer business (2007).