The FIX Protocol Organization

Conference Sponsors
Become part of the 2012 FPL Americas Trading Conference experience.

Choosing to exhibit or sponsor at the Americas Trading Conference will provide your firm with the unrivalled opportunity to meet and showcase your brand to key decision makers within the Americas trading market. To ensure your firm achieves the desired return on investment, a range of opportunities exist from just $3,500 that will enable your brand to benefit from increased visibility at this event.

2012 Lead Sponsor

Sponsorship Package	Member Rate	Non-Member Rate	Availability
Lead Sponsor	$10,000	N/A	Only 2 packages remaining!
Combined Sponsor/Exhibitor	$7,500	$9,500	Available
Exhibitor	$6,000	$7,500	Available
Breakfast & Lunch	$8,000	N/A	Only 1 package available!
Cocktail Reception	$6,000	$7,500	Available
Morning and Afternoon Break	$5,000	$6,500	SOLD OUT!
Buy-Side Breakfast Sponsorship	$7,500	N/A	SOLD OUT!
Lanyard Sponsorship	$7,500	N/A	SOLD OUT!
Mobile Device Charging Lounge Sponsorship	$7,000	N/A	Only 1 package available!
Agenda Sponsorship	$5,500	N/A	Only 1 package available!
Buy-Side Breakfast Branding Sponsorship	$5,000	N/A	5 packages available
Pen and Paper Sponsorship	$5,500	$7,000	Only 1 package available!
Delegate Bag Sponsorship	$7,500	N/A	SOLD OUT!
Internet Meeting Area Sponsorship	$5,000	N/A	SOLD OUT!
Brand Sponsorship	$3,500	$4,500	Available

*Please note all prices are in USD.

Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors for their support!

Lead / Lanyard Sponsor

Volante Technologies

Volante Technologies has accelerated data integration for financial firms and utilities around the world since 2001. With built-in expertise in FIX/FIXml and FAST, market/reference data feeds and FpML based connectivity, Volante eliminates hand-coding, while delivering low-latency data flow to and from trading/execution systems, CCPs, SEFs and affirmation services.

Volante customers include exchanges, industry utilities, brokers, hedge funds, and providers of software and services. Volante software runs on any platform – hardware, software or network -- to cut costs and time from a development project, or serve as the foundation for a global integration strategy. Metadata-based technology enables broad benefits from re-use of integration codes to supporting canonical data standards.

Robust, reliable Volante has been proven at one of the world’s largest exchanges, where it handles more than 750 million messages daily. To learn more about our customers and our product scope, visit us at www.volantetech.com or contact us at info@volantetech.com

Buy-Side Breakfast Sponsor

Fixnetix

Fixnetix, winner of the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast50 UK, provides outsourced managed services across multiple asset classes to leading global banks, hedge funds and proprietary trading groups seeking ultra-low latency trading, market data, hosting, infrastructure connectivity and risk management solutions. The company is in 33 co-location and proximity hosting centres across Europe and the US and offers trading access to over 87+ markets including Asia-Pac. November 2011, Fixnetix won first place for the 2011 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, earned 2nd place in the Deloitte Technology 500 EMEA and placed fourth in the 11th annual Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table which ranks Britain’s one hundred privately-owned technology, media and telecoms (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years.

Cocktail Sponsor

Traiana

Traiana Inc. (www.traiana.com) provides global banks, broker/dealers, buy-side firms and e-trading platforms with solutions to automate post trade processing of financial transactions. Traiana's post-trade solutions and the Harmony Network are used by over 500 of the world's leading financial market participants and have become the market standard for post-trade processing of foreign exchange, exchange traded derivative, synthetic and cash equity transactions. Traiana, an ICAP company, is headquartered in New York City with offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.

Combined Sponsor and Exhibitor

Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for financial professionals and businesses. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytics, data, news, and display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the Bloomberg Professional® service and multimedia platforms, including Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets magazines. Bloomberg's media properties span television, radio, digital and print, making up one of the world’s largest news organizations. Headquartered in New York, the company employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world. For more information go to www.bloomberg.com.

CameronTec

In 2012 CameronTec irrevocably changes the FIX messaging landscape. Catalys 2.0 is an industry-first, inclusive, FIX-based ecosystem that is engineered on the industry-acknowledged standard in FIX technology, CameronFIX. Firms serious about FIX need the ultimate enabler; a solution built on a 20/20 vision to provide unprecedented levels of performance, data interoperability, convergence and business insight. It is in this spirit that Catalys was developed to empower agency brokers, banks and the buy-side. So that they can take related trade data from an entire global ecosystem to aggregate, view and manage.

CameronTec’s solutions are used by sell side firms representing some of the world’s largest brokers with the most demanding technology requirements. Buy side firms use our technologies to meet their new standards in client success. Hedge funds look to our latest technology to gain the fullest edge and make their mark. Exchanges committed to building an enduring marketplace turn to us. And ISVs find in us a superior and trusted technology partner.

With offices in New York, Chicago, London, Stockholm, Paris, Hong Kong and Sydney, and valued partners reaching additional geographies, CameronTec delivers solutions and services that are truly global. CameronTec is a 10+ years Global Premier Member of the FIX Protocol Organization.
www.camerontec.com

Interxion

Interxion is a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services to the Financial Services industry. Our proximity hosting and colocation offerings allow capital markets participants to host their servers in close proximity to Europe’s leading liquidity venues. The Interxion footprint counts 31 data centres located in 13 cities across Europe, including all major financial centers. Interxion hosts an extensive trading and investment community, including exchanges, MTFs, market participants and financial service providers. Interxion’s Financial Hubs are located at the heart of the markets and offer a cost-effective location for your operations, industry-leading reliability & security and a wide choice of (low latency) connectivity providers.

For more information, please visit our website or contact

FIX Flyer

With over 170 clients worldwide, including UBS, Barclays, Berenberg Bank, GBM, Larrain Vial, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan, FIX Flyer develops advanced technology for managing complex, multi–asset, institutional securities trading using highly scalable software and network technologies. FIX Flyer provides DMA Gateway technology, Exchange Adapters, Managed FIX services, the Daytona trade monitor, the Ignition regression testing, certification and trade validation tool; Flyer Online OMS; and tools for commission and risk management. The Flyer Engine is the first FIX server designed to manage high volume, ultra low latency trading networks and ECNs, easily scaling to thousands of connections. FIX Flyer hosts and partners with Equinix, the leading global provider of network–neutral data center and interconnection services. FIX Flyer is an IBM Business Partner with real world experience with IBM systems hardware and the Netezza accelerated data storage platform. FIX Flyer has headquarters in New York City with offices in Boston and Hyderabad India. FIX Flyer trading software tools are additional distributed and supported in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg by FIX Solutions (fixsolutions.de) in Frankfurt.

Visit fixflyer.com for company information and to request a free demonstration.

NYSE Technologies

A unit of NYSE Euronext (NYX), NYSE Technologies provides comprehensive transaction, data and infrastructure services, and managed solutions for financial services firms requiring next-generation performance and expertise for mission critical and value-added client services.

NYSE Technologies provides a diverse range of products, services and solutions to: the Buy Side, including FIX order routing, liquidity discovery and access to a community of over 630 Broker-Dealers and execution destinations globally; the Sell Side, including high performance, end-to-end messaging software and innovative market data products delivered on the world’s largest, most reliable financial transaction network; and Market Venues and Exchanges, including multi-asset exchange platform services, managed services and expert consultancy.

With offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, NYSE Technologies offers advanced integrated solutions for the global capital markets community, earning the ability to power trading operations for many of the world’s best financial institutions and exchanges. For additional information visit: www.nyse.com/technologies.

Transaction Network Services Inc.

Transaction Network Services (TNS) was one of the world’s first organizations to offer a low latency extranet dedicated to meeting the unique needs of the financial community. Since those pioneering days, we’ve expanded our hugely resilient, highly secure network’s coverage globally and allow end user to connect in over 45 countries, including in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
We can currently deliver:

Access to e-Commerce and FIX connectivity, proprietary trading, broker dealers, exchanges, MTFs, ATS and ECNs.
Third party and order routing services
On-net connectivity within days of request
24/7/365 network monitoring
Customer portals, for ordering and monitoring
Connection to over 1700 financial community endpoints around the world
Strategic hosting /co-location

Participantis include: fund managers, proprietary traders, broker dealers, exchanges, MTFs, ATS and ECNs.
Asset classes supported include: equities, foreign exchange, derivatives, fixed income and options hosting.

For further information, please e-mail , visit www.tnsfinancial.com or call +1 703 453 8506

Exhibitors

aurionPro Solutions

aurionPro Solutions is a publicly traded technology company that employs more than 1250 individuals across North America, Asia, and Europe, and has been recognized by Deloitte, Forbes, and the 2011 FinTech 100 as one of the world’s fastest growing organizations. With deep domain expertise in Options, Commodities, Futures, and Equities, aurionPro’s dedicated Capital Markets division has an established 10-year history of providing leading-edge technology solutions and services to financial institutions globally. The team has established a strong track record in FIX-focused solutions and services covering front, middle, and back office aspects of trade flow, and provides technology solutions that include FIX management & Certification/Verification products and consulting offerings focused on FIX Testing and Certification. aurionPro’s expert level Capital Markets resources also excel at developing low latency market connectivity solutions, building algorithmic trading tools, and supporting front office and back office applications. For more information, visit www.aurionpro.com.

B2BITS

B2BITS, the EPAM Capital Markets Competency Center, delivers a broad range of solutions and consulting services to clients in the Capital Markets.

Since 2000 B2BITS has been delivering the fastest multiplatform FIX engines. Our products - mature feature-rich, thoroughly tested, fully supported applications pre-configured to work with a large number of the major exchanges - come with complete online documentation and 24x7 worldwide support. We also develop and integrate order management systems, matching engines, and market data feed adaptors, utilized by many trading firms, banks, brokerages, clearing houses, and exchanges.

B2BITS' FIX products suite includes FIXopaedia, FIX Antennas, FIXEdge, FIX log analyzers, FIX Automated Certification and Testing Service, trade capture, trade reporting and pre-trade risk solutions.

To date over 300 customers have deployed B2BITS' FIX solutions globally.

www.b2bits.com

ConvergEx Group

ConvergEx Group is a leading technology company providing mission-critical proprietary software products and technology-enabled services to asset managers and financial intermediaries globally. Its products and services span the investment life cycle and are designed to enable customers to achieve improved results through operational and workflow efficiencies, execution and analytical tools and highly personalized service. The firm serves more than 4,000 customers accessing over 100 global markets. Formed in 2006, the firm has over 1,250 employees located in 23 cities throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

Fidessa

Exceptional trading, investment and information solutions for the world’s financial community.

New technology, new regulation, new challenges: making money in today’s financial markets is all about staying ahead of the curve. Having the capability to spot new trends and act fast turns change into opportunity. That’s why 85% of the world’s premier financial institutions trust Fidessa to provide them with their multi-asset trading and investment infrastructure, their market data and analysis, and their decision making and workflow technology. It's also why $10 trillion worth of transactions flow across our global connectivity network each year. Because we’re the market leader, we can also offer unique access to the world’s largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.

Fidessa is a global business with scale, resilience and expertise. We’ve delivered around 30% compound growth since our stock market listing in 1997 and we're recognized as the thought leader in our space. We set the benchmark with our unrivalled set of mission-critical products and services and, uniquely, serve both the buy-side and sell-side communities. Ongoing investment in our leading-edge solutions ensures Fidessa remains the industry's number one choice.

Financial Information Forum (FIF)

The Financial Information Forum (FIF) addresses the implementation issues that impact the securities industry across the order lifecycle. FIF provides a collaborative environment for subscribers to make an impact on industry issues affecting operations and technology.

Mantara

Headquartered in New York, NY, Mantara, Inc. is transforming global electronic trading through the development and delivery of ultra-low latency desktop trading and risk solutions. With the customizable, broker-neutral Catalyst® platform, next-generation ExpressWay™ EMS and a low-latency trading infrastructure, Mantara offers innovative solutions to the global trading community—revolutionizing the aggregation, optimization and distribution of trading technology. For more information on Mantara, visit www.mantara.com

OnX Enterprise Solutions - HPT Initiative
As a leading enterprise data center solutions provider, OnX Enterprise Solutions designs, builds and manages complete data center environments comprised of multi-vendor offerings in four core areas - Hardware & Software Solutions, Cloud & Managed Services, Digital Application Services and Technology Solutions & Professional Services.
We have partnered with industry-leading manufacturers, ISVs and service providers to build solutions specific to the high performance trading community. Our collaborative architectures have been designed around these leading technologies, which are integrated and rigorously tested at Intel’s FasterLAB using real-world trading workloads. The result is OnX OnTrade, a portfolio of bench tested solutions designed specifically to solve the challenges that high performance trading companies face today. These solutions can dramatically reduce technology acquisition costs and time to trade as well as accelerate ROI, freeing companies to focus on investing in the market instead of technology. For more information, visit OnX.com

TradingScreen

TradingScreen is the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading and investment technology via SaaS to the financial community. TradingScreen’s goal is to simplify global markets, by consolidating all investment workflows for exchange-traded and OTC instruments on a single platform. TradingScreen brings the major, global sell-side participants, leading regional brokers and the largest Buy side firms to a common environment, delivering market access, order- and liquidity-management and Investment services. http://www.tradingscreen.com

ULLINK

ULLINK is a leading provider of end-to-end multi-asset connectivity and trading solutions. With an extensive library of plug-and-trade connections to favourite destinations (brokers, exchanges, order routing networks and trading applications, in all formats and all asset classes), ULLINK enables financial institutions to build vendor-neutral environments: they simply connect their existing applications to the platform (UL BRIDGE), select their destinations and start trading. ULLINK provides turn-key DMA to over 35 major international markets, and comprehensive care order architectures with full order management, exception management, best execution, and algorithmic trading. These flexible solutions are available in-house, in Facilities Management or through the UL NET global routing network. With offices in New-York, London, Paris and Hong Kong, ULLINK provides 24/7 worldwide customer support. Its proven capacity to deliver reliable software and exceptional services has earned ULLINK the trust of the world’s largest financial institutions. Please visit www.ullink.com or contact sales@ullink.com.

WEDBUSH – Advanced Trading & Clearing Solutions
Wedbush Securities (“Wedbush”), one of the nation’s leading full-service brokerage and investment firms, and an internationally recognized clearing an execution provider for over 35 years, offers clients advanced clearing and performance-engineered trading solutions to fit your business needs and accelerate your success. Wedbush provides custom clearing and prime brokerage services to broker-dealers, advisors, underwriting firms, professional traders, market makers, and proprietary trading firms. Through the added capabilities of our affiliate firm, Lime Brokerage, clients receive advanced trading solutions that deliver speed, scale and reliability. Lime integrates world-class advanced execution technology and reporting services for seamless support of the most complex, automated and high-volume electronic trading strategies. Wedbush and Lime’s combined set of broad capabilities make us a secure, trustworthy partner that is dedicated to delivering relentless service, financial safety, continuity and industry-leading innovative technology. (www.wedbush.com)(www.limebrokerage.com)

Delegate Bag Sponsor

Jordan & Jordan

Internet Meeting Area Sponsor

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading (MSET) provides a complete spectrum of services, from pre-trade analytics and execution to post-trade execution performance analysis and commission management. MSET offers a comprehensive algorithmic trading suite and various direct market access (DMA) strategies, including our proprietary smart order routing technology and proprietary dark pool aggregator.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 1,300 offices in 42 countries. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

Buy-Side Breakfast Brand Sponsor

BARX

With a distinctive business model, Barclays provides corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to fulfill their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs.

Through BARX, Barclays offers electronic execution and a complete set of services across fixed income, foreign exchange, futures, commodities, equities, money markets, emerging markets and structured products. BARX is the full suite of award-winning execution platforms with over 10,000 clients and over US$50bn in transactions daily.
In addition, BARX also provides FIX and DMA connectivity, STP and other leading Barclays services such as prime brokerage, research and analytics.

Video & Breaks Sponsor

Propel Growth

PropelGrowth is a marketing agency that works exclusively in the Capital Markets, developing and deploying customer-centric marketing programs. Our services include go-to-market strategy, thought leadership programs, inbound marketing and content marketing, lead generation, and public relations.

Using the latest methods in content marketing as a powerful tool, we help you develop programs that build awareness and drive demand. For example, we might develop a thought leadership program designed to educate the market about specific issues you help address. We would help you weave a story around the idea and then create supporting content to tell the story. This might include white papers, case studies, webcasts, videos, infographics, press releases, and articles. We would develop a campaign focused on gaining an audience for your thought leadership program, and publish content over time to build awareness and generate demand.

For more information, contact us at +1 201-751-9494.