David Carruthers

Credit Benchmark Ltd. provides credit risk data and analytics. It operates a contributed data model, focused on gathering credit risk information from the world’s major global banks. The firm also offers customized output and risk reports to highlight areas of interest for credit professionals. It calculates consensus credit risk data analytics for probability of default and loss given default at the entity level in the areas of sovereigns, corporates, and banks, as well as non-bank financials that include private equity, mutual funds, and hedge funds. It currently focuses on credit risk estimates produced by banks using the Internal Ratings-Based Approach. The company was founded by Donal Smith and Mark Faulkner in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Allergan Ltd. provides eye care and specialty pharmaceutical products. It develops pharmaceutical products used for treatment of eye and skin care medications and neurological disorders. The firm develops products for glaucoma, dry eye, blepharospasm, cervical, dystonia, hemi-facial spasm, post-stroke spasticity and cerebral palsy. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Marlow, the United Kingdom.

Akarna Therapeutics Ltd. develops novel small molecule therapeutics. It offers non-bile acid FXR agonist, a therapeutic for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fatty-liver diseases. The company was founded by Raju Mohan in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Markit Securities Finance Analytics Ltd. engages in the provision of global securities finance data, tracking short selling, and institutional fund activity. The company was founded by Mark C. Faulkner on January 14, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Moody's Corp., Barrie & Hibbert Ltd. is a British company that provides financial consulting services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Barrie & Hibbert was acquired by Moody's Corp. on December 16, 2011 for $77.38 million.