Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

  • Fried Frank

    Fried Frank's 750 lawyers are located in the key financial and government centers of New York, Washington, DC, London, Frankfurt and Brussels. We proudly serve many of the world’s leading corporations, investment funds and financial institutions. Three key elements define the success of Fried Frank: Our clients, our people and our performance. By delivering excellence to our clients, we achieve success for all. While doing so, we are committed to being a workplace of inclusion, where talented professionals from all backgrounds can collaborate, thrive and guide our clients forward.

    www.friedfrank.com

Silver Sponsors

  • Bank Of America

    Bank of America is a leading global financial institution that provides a comprehensive range of banking, investment, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services. Serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations, Bank of America offers unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,300 retail financial centers. Founded in 1904, the bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and maintains offices in major financial centers worldwide.

    www.bankofamerica.com

  • BBVA

    BBVA is a global financial services group founded in 1857. The bank is present in more than 25 countries, has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and it has leading franchises in South America and Turkey.

    BBVA contributes with its activity to the progress and welfare of all its stakeholders: shareholders, clients, employees, providers and society in general. In this regard, BBVA supports families, entrepreneurs and companies in their plans, and helps them to take advantage of the opportunities provided by innovation and technology. Likewise, BBVA offers its customers a unique value proposition, leveraged on technology and data, helping them improve their financial health with personalized information on financial decision-making.

    www.bbvacib.com

  • J.P. Morgan

    J.P. Morgan is a leader in investment banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. We serve millions of customers, predominantly in the U.S., and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally. Through continued investments, business initiatives and philanthropic commitments, we aim to help our employees, customers, clients and communities grow and thrive.

    www.jpmorgan.com

Bronze Sponsors

  • BARCLAYS

    Barclays is a consumer and wholesale bank, supporting individuals and small businesses through their consumer banking services, and larger businesses and institutions through their corporate and investment banking services.

    Their Corporate and Investment Bank is comprised of the Investment Banking, International Corporate Banking, Global Markets and Research businesses; it provides money managers, financial institutions, governments, supranational organizations and corporate clients with services and advice for their funding, financing, strategic and risk management needs.

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  • BNP Paribas

    BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe.

    The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg.

    The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

    BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

    www.usa.bnpparibas.com

  • CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB

    Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Credit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2023). More than 8,900 employees across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital markets activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.

    For many years Crédit Agricole CIB has been committed to sustainable development. The Bank was the first French bank to sign the Equator Principles in 2003. It has also been a pioneer in Green Bond markets with the arrangement of public transactions from 2012 for a wide array of issuers (supranational banks, corporates, local authorities, banks) and was one of the co-drafter of Green Bond Principles and of the Social Bond Guidance. Relying on the expertise of a dedicated sustainable banking team and on the strong support of all bankers, Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the most active banks in the Green bonds market.

    www.ca-cib.com

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Industry-leading companies and global financial institutions know they can rely on Davis Polk for their most challenging legal and business matters.
    The firm’s top-flight capabilities are grounded in a distinguished history of 170 years, and its global, forward-looking focus is supported by 10 offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals.

    Approximately 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.

    davispolk.com

  • Goldman Sachs

    Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

    goldmansachs.com

  • iCapital

    Founded in 2013, iCapital is the leading global fintech company powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. iCapital has transformed how the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions; education tools and resources; and robust diligence, compliance, and portfolio analytics capabilities. iCapital’s solutions enable organizations to streamline and scale their operational infrastructure for alternative investments and to provide access to direct investments and feeder funds at lower minimums through simplified digital workflows.

    www.icapital.com

  • MerQube

    MerQube is an innovative technology provider offering design and calculation solutions for rules based investment strategies and passive solutions.

    Launched in 2019 by a team of index industry veterans and technology experts, MerQube was created as a technology driven answer to the most complex rules-based investment strategies.

    MerQube today calculates a wide variety of strategies, ranging from defined outcome to volatility and risk control, from end of day to real time calculations. MerQube's capabilities extend to any rebalancing schedule, including intraday, and incorporate sophisticated TWAP and VWAP algorithms.

    merqube.com

  • SCOTIABANK

    Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of over 90,000 employees and assets of over $1.3 trillion (as at April 30, 2023), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS).

    www.scotiabank.com

  • S&P Dow Jones Indices

    At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 8.3 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 8.4 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered essential in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.

    S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information

    www.spglobal.com/spdji

  • TD SECURITIES

    TD Securities is a Canadian investment bank and financial services provider that offers advisory and capital market services to corporate, government, and institutional clients worldwide. The firm provides services in corporate and investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction services.

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  • TP ICAP

    TP ICAP Group is a world-leading financial markets liquidity and data solutions specialist, and our Global Broking division is the largest inter-dealer broker in the world.

    Our clients are top tier global investment banks and investment institutions whom we provide liquidity in Derivatives, Rates, FX & Money Markets, Equities and Credit products.

    As trusted partners with deep customer relationships, our brokers support trading strategies, identify potential trading interest, foster liquidity, and facilitate price discovery. Market-leading technology platforms enable us to incorporate large amounts of data and research into decisions.

    Using our market knowledge and experience to observe and interpret events, precedents and probabilities, we act decisively on real-time information to deliver the desired outcomes for our clients.

    Our two core global broking brands, Tullett Prebon and ICAP, operate independently and compete with one another for the benefit of our clients. Both are recognized as world leaders in the broking sector.

    The Group leverages its capabilities as the world’s largest financial markets facilitator and one of the largest providers of derivatives liquidity for the benefit of our clients’ Structured Products investments.

     www.tpicap.com