John W. Cooley

FX Alliance LLC operates as a holding company with interest in providing electronic foreign exchange trading solutions. Its proprietary technology platform enables it to deliver reliable FX price discovery, trade execution and automation of pre-trade and post-trade transaction workflow with access to a deep pool of liquidity from banks and other liquidity providers. FX Alliance comprehensive suite of electronic FX trading products, including FX spot, FX forwards, FX swaps and non-deliverable forwards are used by asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, corporations, hedge funds, prime brokers and other institutions worldwide. The company's platform supports the over-the-counter trading of gold and silver on a spot, forward or swap basis and provides access to bank deposits. FX Alliance offers single point access to multiple execution mechanisms, including collaborative trading, request for stream, continuous streaming prices, and an anonymous electronic communication network, as well as execution mechanisms proprietary to specific liquidity providers. It offers institutional clients with 24-hour direct access, five days per week to the foreign exchange market, which is a liquid financial market. The company was founded on September 22, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

HSBC USA, Inc. provides commercial banking services. Its customers include individuals, including high net worth individuals, small businesses, corporations, institutions and governments. The company operates through the following segments: Retail Banking and Wealth Management (RBWM), Commercial Banking (CB), Global Banking and Markets (GB&M), Private Banking (PB), and Corporate Center (CC). The RBWM segment provides banking and wealth products and services, including personal loans, MasterCard and Visa credit card loans, deposits, branch services and financial planning products and services such as mutual funds, investments and insurance. The CB segment offers domestic and international services and banking, insurance and investment products to companies, government entities and non-profit organizations. The GB&M segment provides tailored financial solutions to major government, corporate and institutional clients as well as private investors worldwide. The PB segment provides private banking and trustee services to individuals and families with local and international needs which include specialist advisory services, including banking, liquidity management, investment services, custody services, tailored lending, wealth planning, trust and fiduciary services, insurance, family wealth and philanthropy advisory services. The CC segment includes BSM and legacy structured credit products, as well as a portfolio of residential mortgage loans, including certain loan servicing activities performed on behalf of HSBC Finance. HSBC USA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, NY.