Richard Andreas Werner

Profit Research Center Ltd. (PRC) is an independent research and financial advisory firm founded by Richard Werner in 1998 as a market forecasting think tank. The firm is located in Tokyo. PRC specializes in hedge fund advisory and asset allocation consultancy for high-net worth individuals, family offices, funds of hedge funds and institutions including pension funds and investment banks. Their clientele is primarily in Japan, Hong Kong and Europe. The firm operates in close relationship with Aizawa Securities and with ProfitFundCom AG, a Liechtenstein-based hedge fund manager established in 2000 through a joint venture between the Profit Group and PM Services AG, majority-owned by Prince Michael von Liechtenstein.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. The main objective of the Eurosystem is to maintain price stability: safeguarding the value of the euro. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Handelsblatt GmbH publishes and distributes newspapers. It offers financial and corporate information, and other miscellaneous news. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Bear Stearns Asset Management Ltd. (BSAM) is an investment management firm located in London. They are a subsidiary of the London-based Bear Stearns International Ltd. In 2008 the Bear Stearns group was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). BSAM manages a diverse range of products including equity and fixed-income separate accounts, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds, as well as the Cayman-domiciled Bear Stearns Global Growth Master Fund. Their clients are institutions and high-net worth individuals. They also manage

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jardine Fleming Securities (Asia) Ltd. is a private company based in Tokyo, Japan.

Center for Cargo Container Traffic TransContainer PJSC engages in the provision of transportation and logistics solutions. Its activities include arrangement of rail based container transportation and other logistics services including terminal services, freight forwarding, and intermodal delivery using rolling stock and containers. The company was founded on March 4, 2006 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Providence Asset Management Ltd. (Providence) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Winchester, UK. The firm was founded by Richard Werner in 2007. Providence provides investment management services for investors worldwide.