MIAX, MIAX Pearl and MIAX Emerald are national securities exchanges registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that are enabled by MIAX’s in-house built, proprietary technology. MIAX offers trading of options on all three exchanges as well as cash equities through MIAX Pearl Equities™. The MIAX trading platform was built to meet the high-performance quoting demands of the U.S. options trading industry and is differentiated by throughput, latency, reliability and wire-order determinism. MIAX also serves as the exclusive exchange venue for cash-settled options on the SPIKES® Volatility Index (Ticker: SPIKE), a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (SPY).
MGEX is a registered exchange with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and offers trading in a variety of products including Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures and also serves as the exclusive market for SPIKES Futures. MGEX is a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) under the CFTC, providing DCM and DCO services in an array of asset classes.
LedgerX is a CFTC regulated exchange and clearinghouse and is registered as a DCM, DCO and Swap Execution Facility (SEF) with the CFTC.
Dorman Trading is a full-service Futures Commission Merchant registered with the CFTC.
MIAX’s executive offices and National Operations Center are located in Princeton, N.J., with additional U.S. offices located in Miami, FL. MGEX offices are located in Minneapolis, MN. BSX offices are located in Hamilton, Bermuda. LedgerX offices are located in Princeton, N.J. Dorman Trading offices are located in Chicago, IL.
Reed Smith is a dynamic international law firm dedicated to helping clients move their businesses forward. With an inclusive culture and innovative mindset, we deliver smarter, more creative legal services that drive better outcomes for our clients. Our deep industry knowledge, long-standing relationships and collaborative structure make us the go-to partner for complex disputes, transactions and regulatory matters. Our team of 3,000 people (including more than 1,700 lawyers) operate across 31 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia to drive progress for our clients, for ourselves and for our communities.
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The Bermuda Business Development Agency is an independent, economic development public-private partnership. We work to encourage inward direct investment and help companies in established and emerging industries to start up, re-locate or expand their operations in our premier jurisdiction. We offer a comprehensive Business Concierge Service to businesses and investors, serving as a strategic partner to streamline everything from networking with industry leaders to immigration applications and purchasing real estate. We can connect you to industry professionals, regulatory officials and key contacts in the Bermuda government. Connect with us for more information on doing business in, and from, Bermuda. www.bda.bm
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Devexperts has been developing software for the capital markets since 2002. The company's core business expertise is trading platforms, namely DXtrade XT for listed securities and derivatives, DXtrade CFD for OTC asset classes, and DXtrade Crypto for cryptocurrencies. The software range also includes DXmatch for exchange solutions, dxFeed for market data, and DXcharts as a stand-alone financial charting module. Devexperts clients' names are among top 10 US and European brokers. The company is recognized by 25 global fintech awards and is backed by a development team of 700+ engineers. Devexperts has offices in the USA, Germany, Bulgaria, Singapore, Japan, Portugal, Turkey, Georgia, and Ireland.
dxFeed is a subsidiary of Devexperts, with the primary focus of delivering financial markets information and services to buy-side and sell-side institutions of the global financial industry, specifically to traders, data analysts, quants and portfolio managers.
Since its inception, dxFeed has built one of the most comprehensive ticker plants in the world, in addition to offering the broadest range of data services currently available by a single company in its space.
Financial data is delivered from a variety of exchanges in North America, Europe and around the world.
McKinsey is a global management consulting firm committed to helping organizations accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth. We work with clients across the private, public, and social sectors to solve complex problems and create positive change for all their stakeholders. We combine bold strategies and transformative technologies to help organizations innovate more sustainably, achieve lasting gains in performance, and build workforces that will thrive for this generation and the next.
Appleby is one of the world’s leading offshore law firms. Our global teams of legal specialists advise public and private companies, financial institutions and private individuals. We operate in ten highly regarded and well-regulated global locations. These include the key offshore jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, as well as the international financial centres of Hong Kong and Shanghai. We are a full service law firm providing comprehensive, expert advice and services across corporate, dispute resolution, property, regulatory and private client and trusts practice areas.
Appleby is a pre-eminent law firm in Bermuda with one of the largest corporate practices. Our leading insurance and reinsurance team advise on the establishment, regulatory compliance and business operations of re/insurance companies, as well as re/insurance managers and brokers based in offshore jurisdictions. Appleby’s Dispute Resolution team is one of the largest and leading litigation practices in Bermuda, advising on a full range of legal issues for high-profile, high-value, sophisticated and complex disputes.
Appleby Global Services (AGS), Appleby’s specialist trust and corporate services provider, offers a range of fiduciary/administration services in six locations, including Bermuda. AGS’ dedicated teams of experienced professionals work closely with Appleby’s legal specialists to provide clients with an integrated legal and administration, reporting and fiduciary service. AGS in Bermuda provides services to institutions and global corporate organisations, representing a wide diversity of industry sectors.
Gallagher, Briody & Butler is a full-service corporate law firm located in Princeton, New Jersey and delivers high quality, cost effective services. By combining the experience and expertise of the attorneys at the firm, we achieve innovative, practical solutions for our clients.
The firm's clients include public and private corporations, venture capitalists and private entrepreneurs.
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Through helping other organizations mitigate risks and grasp opportunities, we can drive positive, sustainable change for clients, our people and society at large.
KPMG firms operate in 143 countries and territories, and in FY22, collectively employed more than 265,000 partners and people, serving the needs of business, governments, public-sector agencies, not-for-profits and through KPMG firms' audit and assurance practices, the capital markets. KPMG is committed to quality and service excellence in all that we do, bringing our best to clients and earning the public's trust through our actions and behaviors both professionally and personally.
We lead with a commitment to quality and integrity across the KPMG global organization, bringing a passion for client success and a purpose to serve and improve the communities in which KPMG firms operate. In a world where rapid change and unprecedented disruption are the new normal, we inspire confidence and empower change in all we do.
SkyBridge is an alternative asset manager and SEC-registered investment adviser, managing over $1.8 billion, including approximately $580 million in digital asset-related investments (as of June 30, 2023).
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Unique among international banks in terms of our structure and size, Butterfield provides customised, yet highly cost-effective banking and asset management solutions and have been a steadfast partner of the insurance industry for over 40 years. For captive insurance companies, we provide comprehensive cash management, treasury and investment services and full letter of credit facilities to meet your specific needs. Corporate and institutional clients can also benefit from the Butterfield Group’s asset management and corporate trust services.
Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, Butterfield offers a range of community banking and bespoke financial services from eight leading international financial centres, supported by centralised service centres in Canada and Mauritius. Butterfield serves international clients from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, where our principal banking operations are located, and The Bahamas, Switzerland, Singapore and the United Kingdom, where we offer specialised financial services. Banking services comprise deposit, cash management and lending solutions for individual, business and institutional clients. Wealth management services are composed of trust, private banking, asset management and custody. In Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Guernsey, we offer both banking and wealth management. In The Bahamas, Singapore and Switzerland, we offer select wealth management services. In the UK, we offer residential property lending. In Jersey, we offer select banking and wealth management services. Butterfield is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: NTB) and the Bermuda Stock Exchange (symbol: NTB.BH).
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Mark Johnson, VP Head of Communications
Blockchain-enabled and deployed on the cloud, our P8platform helps innovators launch and adapt marketplaces quickly for digital assets, cryptocurrencies, security tokens, carbon markets, NFTs and traditional assets such as equities, fixed income and commodities.
Our P8 platform is built on ultra-contemporary, cloud-native and blockchain-enabled technology for the next generation of markets. It enables the trading of a broad range of both new and traditional assets. The platform supports a variety of market models from central limit order books with continuous trading, auctions and electronic market making to more bilateral protocols such as negotiations and RFQs to the e-commerce styled methods used to distribute non-fungible products.
R3 is a leading provider of enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services that enable the secure exchange of value in regulated industries where trust is critical. Distributed solutions developed on our platform Corda harness the "Power of 3", only from R3 —R3’s distributed trust technology, connected networks and regulated markets expertise—to drive transformation in digital finance.
As one of the first private, permissioned distributed ledger application platforms, R3’s Corda empowers regulated institutions to realize the full potential of direct digital collaboration to solve complex multi-party workflows. We maintain one of the largest DLT ecosystems in the world connecting over 400 institutions, including global systems integrators, cloud providers, technology firms, software vendors, corporations, regulators, and financial services firms from the public and private sectors.
pTools provides Market Information Automation Software Solutions for Exchanges and regulated financial services oganizations.
Our approach helps clients deliver a layer of risk mitigation automation and efficiency to existing processes, without impacting ongoing operations.
pTools solutions drive efficiency and mitigate risk across Securities Issuance, Legal Entity Identification, Corporate Actions & Announcements, Listings, Sanctions-Screening and Entity Verification.
Our technology resides in Blockchain and Notarization, Algorithmic Risk Scoring, Natural Language Processing and AI, User Interface and Experience, Workflow and Reporting.
Our work with some of the world’s leading Stock Exchanges, Banks, CSDs, LOUs and NNAs is based on trust in our sectoral knowledge, technical expertise, and experienced people.
Globally recognised as a leader in the insurance sector by the top onshore firms, Conyers advises on a wide range of transactions and matters – and has done so for over 60 years. Several members of the insurance team work exclusively on insurance transactions, which creates a breadth of expertise unparalleled in Bermuda. Our team also consists of experienced partners in our dispute resolution practice, who routinely act in insurance and reinsurance arbitration and court proceedings.
Conyers is a leading international law firm with a broad client base including FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, international finance houses and asset managers. The firm advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands laws, from offices in those jurisdictions and in the key financial centres of Hong Kong, London and Singapore. We also provide a wide range of corporate, trust, compliance, governance and accounting and management services.
Imandra is a fully independent AI company specialising in ‘automated logical reasoning’ which optimises productivity and operational resilience in critical financial systems.
The ‘reasoning-as-a-service’ that Imandra provides empowers people within organisations to make changes to their financial infrastructure with the piece of mind that comes from predictability, unlocking innovation and enhancing revenues.
By using Imandra, business and infrastructure transformations become easier to undertake with more certain performance outcomes. With Imandra, newly designed, updated or replatformed systems come to market more quickly, more cost-effectively and the areas of operations which have been verified by Imandra, are error-free.
Financial institutions can be confident in their system accuracy, security and operational excellence.
Today, Imandra’s platform supervises the technology underpinning almost 25% of all European equities trading volume and it is set to grow even further.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) is an award-winning, accredited destination marketing organisation that promotes Bermuda internationally and works to empower our tourism industry. stakeholders. The BTA is a dynamic, independent and entrepreneurial tourism enterprise dedicated to driving Bermuda's evolution as a world-class tourism destination. We partner with the Bermuda government, industry stakeholders and our whole island community to create memorable experiences for more visitors, and grow tourism and jobs as a result.
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. OCC also provides free and engaging educational resources about the benefits and risks of options through its Options Industry Council (OIC).
Established in 1998, ICR partners with its clients to execute strategic communications and advisory programs that achieve business goals, build awareness and credibility, and enhance long-term enterprise value. The firm’s highly-differentiated service model, which pairs capital markets veterans with senior communications professionals, brings deep sector knowledge and relationships to approximately 1,000 clients across more than 20 industry groups. ICR’s healthcare practice operates under the ICR Westwicke brand (www.westwicke.com). Today, ICR is one of the largest and most experienced independent communications and advisory firms in North America, maintaining offices in New York, Norwalk, Boston, Baltimore, San Diego, San Jose and Beijing. Learn more at www.icrinc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @ICRPR and LinkedIn.
The only technology provider in the crypto exchange platform space who offers software solutions for both primary issuance and secondary trading.
At Bloomberg, we see the world differently.
For us, a problem solved is not the end, but the beginning of the next challenge. From our industry-leading financial solutions to market-moving news, sector-framing research and planet-changing philanthropy, we innovate constantly. We iterate relentlessly. Because we aren’t for those who simply think big. We are for those who Think Bigger.
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ICE provides transparent markets to invest, manage risk and raise capital across major asset classes. Our markets are supported by advanced data and analytics and built on sophisticated execution technology. Market participants worldwide rely on ICE’s exchanges and clearing services to assess price risk, find market opportunities and transact with confidence.
Jupiter was founded to democratize investment opportunities in alternative assets – specifically art and collectibles – through a regulated securities exchange. To meet our mission, we blended our appreciation for cultural and individual differences with our diverse backgrounds in global financial markets and business operations to deliver unique solutions to complex problems. Our pursuit to innovate markets and address today’s challenges is what motivates us to constantly push boundaries and discover over-the-horizon solutions.
Our mission is to deliver the Jupiter Alternative Asset user community with educational opportunities and experiences to supplement their investment opportunities in alternative asset listings.
Since 1895, Piper Sandler has been a leading financial services company committed to delivering integrity, insight and impact to each and every relationship. Collaboration and candor have always been and still remain the cornerstones of our promise to clients and to one another—enabling us to inspire confidence by exceeding expectations.