Ampal-American Israel Corporation acquires interests in businesses located in the State of Israel or that are Israel-related. It invests in companies in telecommunications, real estate and project development, energy, leisure time, and high technology sectors. The company provides its investee companies with ongoing support through its involvement in the investees strategic decisions and introduction to the financial community, investment bankers, and other potential investors both in and outside of Israel. Ampal is a New York corporation founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

BGC Partners, Inc. operates as an inter-dealer broker specializing in the brokering of OTC financial instruments and related derivative products. It provides electronic marketplaces, including government bond markets, foreign exchange options, and European credit default swaps in various financial markets through.. Read More

Bonds.com Group, Inc., through its wholly owned registered broker dealer, Bonds.com, Inc., operates an online trading platform, BondStation, to individual investors, institutional investors, and other broker-dealers primarily for electronic trading of fixed income securities. These securities include municipal.. Read More

The Charles Schwab Corporation provides securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services to individual, institutional, and corporate clients. The companys Investor Services segment offers retail brokerage and banking services to individual investors. It provides research, analytic tools, performance reports, market analysis, and educational material. The Charles Schwabs Advisor Services segment provides custodial, trading, technology, practice management, trust asset, and other support services to independent investment advisors through sales force and service team. The companys Corporate and Retirement Services segment offers retirement plan services, plan administrator services, advice services, education, stock plan services, and mutual fund clearing services; and supports the availability of Schwab proprietary mutual funds on third-party platforms. The Charles Schwab Corporations product line comprises various asset management accounts, including some with check-writing features, debit card, and bill pay; individual retirement accounts; retirement plans for small to large businesses; 529 college savings accounts; separately managed accounts; designated brokerage accounts; equity incentive plan accounts; and margin loans, as well as access to fixed income securities and equity and debt offerings. It also offers first mortgages, home equity lines of credit, pledged-asset loans, certificates of deposit, demand deposit accounts, high-yield investor checking accounts linked to brokerage accounts, and credit cards; trust custody services, personal trust reporting services, and administrative trustee services; and third-party mutual funds, and mutual fund trading and clearing services to broker-dealers. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cowen Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an investment bank. It provides research, brokerage, and investment banking services to companies and institutional investor clients primarily in the healthcare, technology, telecommunications, alternative energy, consumer, and aerospace and defense.. Read More

E*TRADE Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors, under the brand name of E*TRADE Financial worldwide. It offers various brokerage products and services, including automated order placement and execution.. Read More

FCStone Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated commodity risk management company primarily in the United States. The company provides risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users, and producers. It assists primarily.. Read More

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker. It engages in routing orders, and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, and foreign exchange instruments on approximately 80 electronic exchanges and trading venues worldwide. The company provides.. Read More

JMP Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and asset management company in the United States. The company offers investment banking services, including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions transaction, and other strategic advisory to corporate clients; sales.. Read More

KBW, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the financial services industry in the United States and Europe. The company provides various investment banking services, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory services, capital raising services, equity and fixed income securities offerings, and.. Read More

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, independent brokerage, advisory, and asset management services in the United States. It offers general investment banking and corporate finance consulting services;.. Read More

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services to corporations, governments and municipalities, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Capital Markets, Investment Banking, and Investment Management. The Capital.. Read More

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a platform for the electronic trading of corporate bonds and certain other types of fixed-income securities. The companys multi-dealer trading platform enables its institutional investor clients to request executable bids or offers from its broker-dealer clients; and execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. It offers its broker-dealer clients a solution that enables them to reach its institutional investor clients for the distribution and trading of bonds. The company also provides its clients the ability to trade the United States high-grade corporate bonds, European high-grade corporate bonds, and emerging markets bonds, as well as crossover and high-yield bonds, agency bonds, and credit default swaps. In addition, it offers DealerAxess trading service that enables dealers to trade fixed-income securities and credit default swaps with each other on its platform. Further, the company provides Corporate BondTicker, an information services product, which provides access to real-time and historical price, yield, and MarketAxess estimated spread-to-treasuries for publicly disseminated financial industry regulatory authority trade reporting and compliance engine-eligible bonds; and Application Program Interface services to broker-dealer clients for pre-trade, trade negotiation, and post-trade services for straight-through processing. Additionally, it provides Financial Information eXchange message management tools, connectivity solutions, and ancillary technology services that facilitate the electronic communication of order information between trading counterparties. The company serves institutional investor clients, including investment advisers, mutual funds, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, bank portfolios, and hedge funds, as well as broker-dealers in fixed-income trading. MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MF Global, Ltd. operates as a broker of exchange-listed futures and options worldwide. It provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products, as well as for non-derivative foreign exchange products and securities in the cash market. The company offers trade.. Read More

Nomura Holdings, Inc. provides investment, financing, and related services to individual, institutional and government customers worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Domestic Retail, Global Markets, Global Investment Banking, Global Merchant Banking, and Asset Management. The Domestic Retail.. Read More

Optionable, Inc. provides trading services to brokerage firms, financial institutions, energy traders, and hedge funds nationwide. It is developing OPEX, a comprehensive electronic options trading platform, which is designed to provide enhancements to the existing over-the-counter (OTC) market. The company also.. Read More

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. provides Internet-based options, futures, stock, mutual fund, and fixed-income brokerage services to investors located in the United States and internationally. Its brokerage platform delivers various trading tools, which allow retail and professional investors to identify, analyze,.. Read More

Quest Capital Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides real estate mortgage financings to owners of multi-unit residential buildings, land, and commercial properties in Canada. It offers real estate loans to private companies and high net worth individuals for the acquisition and re-financing of.. Read More

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment banking services to public and private biotechnology companies. It offers corporate finance services comprising private placements, private investment in public equity, registered direct offerings, and public offerings. The.. Read More

SEI Investments Company provides investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions to corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and high-net-worth families. The companys Private Banks segment offers investment processing and investment management programs to banks and trust institutions worldwide, and to independent wealth advisers located in the United Kingdom. Its Investment Advisors segment provides investment management programs to affluent investors through a network of independent registered investment advisors, financial planners, and other investment professionals in the United States. The companys Institutional Investors segment offers investment management programs and administrative outsourcing solutions to retirement plan sponsors and not-for-profit organizations worldwide. Its Investment Managers segment provides investment processing, fund processing, and operational outsourcing solutions to investment managers, fund companies, and banking institutions located in the United States and to investment managers of alternative asset classes, such as hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity funds worldwide. The companys Investments in New Businesses segment offers investment management programs to high-net-worth families residing in the United States through the SEI Wealth Network. Its LSV Asset Management segment provides investment advisory services to institutions, including pension plans and investment companies. SEI Investments Company offers its products and services through sales representatives primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the continental Europe, South Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services in the United States. The company provides common and preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds, option trades, mutual funds, fixed income, margin lending, and cash management.. Read More

Terra Nova Financial Group, Inc. operates as a specialized financial services and technology development company. It offers broker-dealer services, including trade execution, clearing, and prime brokerage services to professional traders, hedge funds, money managers, correspondent introducing brokers, registered.. Read More

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc., an investment bank, offers investment banking, brokerage, equity research, and asset management services primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The companys investment banking services include corporate finance and strategic advisory services. Its corporate finance practice advises on and structures capital raising solutions for corporate clients through public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including convertible debt; and offers financial services, which include initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings, equity-linked offerings, private investments in public equity, and private placements of debt and equity securities for companies. The companys strategic advisory services comprise general strategic advice; and transaction specific advice regarding mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, privatizations, special committee assignments, and takeover defenses. It also provides brokerage services, such as institutional brokerage, which comprises institutional sales, sales trading, trading, special situations, and non-deal road shows; and private client services, including brokerage and advisory services for high-net-worth individuals, and cash management services for corporate customers. In addition, the company offers equity research services that covers technology, consumer, healthcare, Internet media and telecom, and metals and mining sectors to analyze trends, publish research on new areas of growth, and provide company specific coverage and work with institutional clients to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in publicly traded companies. Further, it provides asset management services comprising private investment funds; public equity investment products; and distribution management, which manages securities distributions from private equity and venture capital funds. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TradeStation Group, Inc. operates as an online broker-dealer, an introducing broker, a futures commission merchant, and a trading technology company. Its product/service includes TradeStation, an electronic trading platform that enables traders to test and automate technical and fundamental trading strategies across various asset classes. The company also offers online brokerage services covering equities, equity and index options, financial and commodities futures, futures options, and spot forex transactions. It also provides TradeStation electronic subscription service, which includes trading features and functions, streaming charts and quotes, streaming news, analytical charting, and various other features included in the TradeStation electronic trading platform other than trade order placement, and other trading or brokerage-related features or services. TradeStation Group serves the active trader and institutional trader markets. The company has strategic relationships with J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.; R.J. OBrien & Associates, Inc.; and GAIN Capital Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Plantation, Florida.