Volker Maiborn

Morgan Stanley Bank AG (MSB-AG) is a brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Frankfurt, with an additional office in Munich, Germany. They originated in 1987 and was formally established in 1994. The Munich office opened in 2001. The firm is one of the Morgan Stanley Banks and is a subsidiary of New York-based Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSB-AG provides a variety of products and services to German institutions, government entities, multinational corporations and international high-net worth individuals. The bank's activities include corporate finance advisory, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital raising, and European real estate advisory and investment. The firm offers sales and trading capacities in equity, bonds, derivatives, commodities and currencies. They have specific expertise in German blue-chip equity trading. Their research teams cover a wide variety of industries and leverage the group's global network of offices and contacts.

UBS Europe SE (Broker) is the brokerage division of Germany-based UBS Europe SE, itself is a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm offers a full spectrum of brokerage services to corporate and institutional clients.

Deutsche Bank Group operates as a corporate bank. The company is based in Germany and has subsidiaries in Germany and Luxembourg.

Scope SE & Co. KGaA is a holding company, which engages in the provision of services in sales, finance, human resources management, communications, IT, legal and compliance, and risk management to its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 2002 by Florian Schoeller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., Arthur Andersen & Co. GmbH is a German company.

Scope Group is a German European company that specializes in providing credit ratings, fund analyses, and customized solutions for risk assessment and monitoring. The private company has around 200 employees and has offices in several locations, including Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Oslo, and Paris. The company was founded in 2002 by Florian Schoeller, who has been the CEO since then.