Valar J. Mihan

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

NYSE Chicago, Inc. offers technology based national securities exchange services. It provides business to transact in all equity securities traded on NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, or other national securities exchanges. CHX acts as a venue for hedge funds, options market markers, quantitative, professional and active individual traders that require immediate and automated execution. The firm provides services through its technology products including CHXBD, CHX SHARE and SNAP. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides options exchange services. It trades equity options, security index options, options on exchange traded notes and products, binary options, one-week and quarterly options, long-term equity anticipation securities options, and flexible exchange options. The firm also provides information on various stock and options trading strategies, options trading tools, stock and option quotes and data; and options information and education. Additionally, they offer access to product information, conference notices, portfolio management tools, and educational materials for institutional investors and products and strategies for advisors to protect client’s portfolios. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Chicago Bar Association is a voluntary membership organization consisting largely of lawyers and judges from Cook County and the state of Illinois. The private company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The association works to establish and maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of law, promote the welfare of its members, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of justice. Founded in 1874, it is one of the oldest and most active metropolitan bar associations in the United States.

Hilltop Securities, Inc. (dba HilltopSecurities) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1946 as Southwest Securities, Inc. and they a subsidiary of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. Hilltop Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Ceres Managed Futures LLC is a company that provides investment advisory and management services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Tactical Diversified Futures Fund LP engages in the speculative trading of commodities. The company was founded on December 3, 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Futures Industry Association operates an international swaps and derivatives association. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Walt Lukken has been the CEO of the American company since 2012.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Charter WNT LP engages in the speculative trading of futures contracts, options on futures and forward contracts. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Charter Campbell LP engages in speculative trading of futures contracts, options on futures and forward contracts, and forward contracts on physical commodities and other commodity interests. Its trading services include foreign currencies, financial instruments, metals, energy, and agricultural products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Global Diversified Futures Fund LP provides private equity fund. It engages in speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests, including futures, option, swap, and forward contracts. The company was founded in June, 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical LP is a private equity fund. The company is based in New York, NY.

The NASDAQ Private Market LLC provides equity and capital market services for private companies. Its products and services include ExactEquity cap table management, cap table onboarding services, outsourced stock plan Administration, equity management portal and private tender offer. The company was founded in March 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Orion Futures Fund LP operates as a private Equity Fund. It engages, directly and indirectly, in the speculative trading of a portfolio. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. engages in the provision of brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services to individuals, businesses, and governments. The company was founded by Julie E. Silcock and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS O'Connor LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS O'Connor primarily provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various types of pooled investment vehicles, (which may or may not be exempt from registration), pension or profit-sharing plans, and institutional separately managed accounts.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP provides legal services. The firm's practice areas encompasses corporate, executive compensation and benefits, international business, litigation, pro bono, tax, and trusts and estates. Its lawyers and associates' training focus on addressing and handling clients' legal issues, business transaction, and disputes. The company was founded in 1819 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BOX Options Exchange LLC operates as an all-electronic equity options market. It offers a transparent marketplace for security trading and order execution. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Quadriserv, Inc. engages in the provision of securities finance activities. The company was founded by Martin Hakker, Gregory W. DePetris, Sean McNamara, and Joseph Charles Weinhoffer and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Inc. (SIFMA) is an organization that represents the securities industry in the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's main focus is advocating for effective and resilient capital markets. The CEO of the company is Kenneth E. Bentsen.

The Illinois State Bar Association is a state bar association that serves lawyers. The association is based in Springfield, IL. The association provides various resources for lawyers, including legal forms, expert services, and publications. It also offers continuing legal education programs and hosts events for lawyers.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

IBG LLC provides investment and security services. Its products and services include product listings, exchange listings, new products page lists, contract search, portfolio analysis, trading and expirations calendar, trading products, account management and services. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

NYSE Liffe US LLC operates as US futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, which engages in the provision of access to a liquid marketplace and trading in precious metal futures and options, stock index futures based on foreign and domestic MSCI indices. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nyack, NY.

Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. engages in buying and selling commodity contracts. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Pershing Trading Co. LP provides brokerage services.

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago is an organization that partners with other organizations to provide long-term help with food, shelter, clothing, and furniture. The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago is based in Chicago, IL. The non-profit company serve more than 12.4 million people in 88 counties from 6 local chapters. The organization encourages blood donation as a way to help those in need and reports that donors often feel a sense of satisfaction after making their donation.