<p class="heading">As an international central securities depository (ICSD), Clearstream, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides the post-trade infrastructure for the Eurobond market and services for securities from 59 domestic markets worldwide. With around 17 trillion Euros in assets under custody, Clearstream is one of the world’s largest settlement and custody firms for domestic and international securities including investment funds.</p> <div class="description" data-key="description"> <p>Clearstream offers securities services for all major asset classes covering the full lifecycle from issuance, settlement and custody to collateral management. A changing market and regulatory environment combined with a strong focus on leveraging new technologies – such as DLT, APIs and AI – to deliver customised client solutions, drive Clearstream’s innovative business development.</p> <p>Clearstream provides markets with trusted, transparent and secure triparty collateral and securities lending services in line with highest regulatory and best practice standards. We are furthermore committed to providing efficient solutions to support market liquidity in ESG-oriented financing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.clearstream.com/">www.clearstream.com</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>

<p>Delta Capita, the financial services division of Prytek, is a leading global Capital Markets consulting, managed services and technology provider with a unique combination of experience in financial services and capability in technology innovation.</p> <p>We design and develop new services and tools and leverage the substantial FinTech portfolio from our parent company, Prytek. Our vision is ‘Reinventing the Financial Services Value Chain’, by providing a Business Operating Platform-as-a-Service, a trusted mutualised service for Financial Services, enabling your business across the value chain.</p> <p>We help our clients reduce costs and improve process and technology by moving them away from their existing propriety models towards mutualised managed services, enabling a healthier and more performant business.</p> <p>Website: <a href="https://deltacapita.com/">https://deltacapita.com/</a></p>

<p>EquiLend is a global financial technology, data and analytics firm offering Trading, Post-Trade, Data &#038; Analytics, RegTech and Securities Finance Platform Solutions for the securities finance industry. EquiLend has offices in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Toronto, London, Dublin, India, Hong Kong and Tokyo and is regulated in jurisdictions around the globe.</p>

<p>Eurex Repo is a leading provider for international financing in the secured money market business (repo and securities lending). Its highly liquid marketplace combines electronic trading with the efficiency and safety of clearing as well as standardized collateral management and settlement for secured funding and financing transactions &#8211; and is continuously growing. A wide range of international fixed income securities and equities can be traded in e.g. EUR, USD, CHF within the General Collateral (GC) and Special Repo segments. Its GC Pooling Market is the European benchmark for standardized secured funding with central clearing.</p>

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW65790787 BCX0">Finadium</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> is about ideas in capital markets, with a focus on securities finance, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0">collateral</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> and derivatives. Our work is driven by our independent research program that investigates market opinions, regulatory </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0">change</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> and product development, including primary surveys and data collection in securities finance and repo. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW65790787 BCX0">Finadium&#8217;s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> event division hosts major conferences in the US and Europe, as well as multiple smaller events during the year globally and online. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW65790787 BCX0">Finadium</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> subscription and consulting clients include pensions, asset managers, hedge funds, prime brokers, custodians, exchanges, CCPs, Central Securities Depositories, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0">regulators</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65790787 BCX0"> and technology companies.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65790787 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>

<p>FORVIS, LLP ranks among the nation’s top 10 professional services firms. Created by the merger of equals of BKD, LLP and Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP (DHG), FORVIS is driven by the commitment to use our forward vision to deliver Unmatched Client Experiences™. FORVIS is built upon the strong legacies of BKD and DHG, which is reflected in a name that comprises partner initials and represents our unique focus on preparing our clients for what is next. With more than 5,500 dedicated professionals who serve clients in all 50 states as well as across the globe, FORVIS offers assurance, tax, advisory, and wealth management services. Visit forvis.com for additional information. </p>

<p>HQLA^X is an innovative financial technology firm that leverages Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to bring game-changing efficiencies to the securities finance and repo industry. Our core clients are banks and asset managers active in the global securities finance and repo markets, and our unique platform enables market participants to execute frictionless, precise and real-time transfer of ownership of securities.</p>

<p>J.P. Morgan Securities Services provides world-class custody, accounting, administration, ETF servicing, middle office, foreign exchange, liquidity management, securities lending, collateral management, performance management and data solutions to institutional investment managers, pension funds and governments. We offer a broad array of integrated solutions that span investment strategies, fund structures, asset types and geographies. For over four decades, J.P. Morgan Securities Services has delivered expertise, scale and capabilities to help our clients protect and grow their assets, optimize efficiency and maximize opportunities in diverse, global markets. <a href="http://www.jpmorgan.com/securities-services">www.jpmorgan.com/securities-services</a></p>

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<p>Pirum Systems was founded in June 2000 with the objective of providing advanced, centralised and secure reconciliation services for financial market participants.</p> <p>All Pirum’s services are software as a service and provide a secure processing hub which seamlessly links market participants together, allowing them to electronically process and verify key transaction details.</p> <p>Financial institutions from around the world have responded to Pirum’s creative approach by joining the secure on-line community.</p> <p>They have increased processing efficiency, reduced operational risk and improved profitability by using Pirum’s services to reduce manual processing. By combining an in-depth understanding of both the Securities Finance industry and IT, Pirum has created a set of highly innovative and flexible services which are tailored to fully support the complexities of the underlying business processes.</p> <p>Integration with Pirum’s services could not be easier.</p> <p>Data feeds are accepted in virtually any format, facilitating the re-use of existing data extracts.</p> <p>This flexibility results in a fast, straightforward and low-cost implementation.</p> <p>No additional hardware, software or proprietary network connections are required. Pirum servers perform all the necessary data processing and user access is provided via secure web pages over the Internet.</p>

<p>State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $38.2 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration as of June 30, 2022, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs approximately 40,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street&#8217;s website at <a href="http://www.statestreet.com">www.statestreet.com</a>. © 2022 State Street Corporation &#8211; All Rights Reserved</p>