2010 Sponsors & Exhibitors

BNP Paribas

Website: www.bnpparibas.com

BNP Paribas is a European leader in global financial services and one of the six strongest banks in the world according to Standard & Poor’s. With a strong presence in all major financial centers, it holds key positions in three core businesses: Retail banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, Investment Solutions.

ＢＮＰパリバグループ (www.bnpparibas.com) は信用格付において世界の上位6銀行の一角を占める金融機関です（ス タンダード＆プアーズによる）。世界85カ国に205,000人の従業員を擁し、コーポレートバンキング・投資銀行業務、資産 運用業務、並びにリテール銀行業務という3つの重要な業務分野において、それぞれ業界のキープレーヤーとしての地位を 占めています。ヨーロッパでは全業務を展開しており、なかでもフランス、イタリア、ベルギー、ルクセンブルグはリテール銀行 業務の母国市場と位置づけられます。ＢＮＰパリバは、米国においても強力なプレゼンスを築いており、アジアと新興市場に も重要な拠点を有しています。

日本国内においても800名以上のスペシャリストが、証券・投資銀行業務、法人向け銀行業務、資産運用業務、生命保険・ 損害保険業務等、各法人において多岐にわたる業務を展開しています。

＊ＢＮＰパリバ格付け（長期）：Ａａ１（ムーディーズ）、ＡＡ（Ｓ＆Ｐ）、ＡＡ（フィッチ）

Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. In addition, since 1981, Bloomberg has been an innovative leader in providing enterprise-grade ASP Trading System products. Bloomberg's AIM and EMSX build on Bloomberg's market leading data, analytics and network to offer a full solution in Order Management and Execution Management Systems. Bloomberg delivers a complete Trading System solution that requires minimal hardware, software support, enabling clients to focus on true "Alpha" generation without focusing on costs or anxieties with an ever-changing technical landscape

Atsumi & Partners

Website: www.aplaw.jp

Atsumi & Partners is an award-winning independent Japanese law firm, and the only Tokyo-based firm with non- Japanese partners. The Firm has doubled in size over the last three years. The Firm advises on all aspects of finance and business law, real estate, private equity and funds. In addition to our core Japanese practice, we are able to advise on New York, English, German, PRC, Ohio State, and Victoria State (Australia) law.

渥美総合法律事務所・外国法共同事業は、数々の受賞歴を持ち、国内系の独立法律事務所として外国人パートナーを擁する唯一の法律事務 所です。当事務所は過去3年間に規模を2倍に拡大し、ファイナンス、ビジネス・ロー、不動産、プライベート・エクイティ及びファンドの分野にお

いて多面的なリーガルサービスを提供しています。また、中核となる日本法業務に加え、ニューヨーク州法、英国法、ドイツ法、中国法、オハイオ

州法及びビクトリア州法（オーストラリア）に関わるアドバイスを行っています。

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Website: www.kattenlaw.com

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in the nation's largest centers of business, government, finance and technology and an associated entity in London, England. Our 600 attorneys in more than 40 practice areas provide timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries. We are business advisors and advocates for a wide range of public and private companies – from entrepreneurial, emerging-growth, and middle market firms to global Fortune 100 corporations – as well as government entities and major universities, museums and other charitable and cultural organizations.

Barclays

Website: www.barclayscapital.com

Barclays Capital Prime Services provides clients across the globe with an integrated and cross-asset class offering for financing, clearing and execution. The firm offers unique frameworks for asset protection, margining solutions, industry intelligence and insight, analytics and execution technologies. The firm was recognized as the Best Prime Broker Technology provider at HFM Week magazine’s 2009 European Service Provider Awards. The firm was awarded 44 Best in Class Awards in the 2009 Global Custodian Prime Brokerage survey and 106 Best in Class Awards in the Global Custodian OTC Derivatives Prime Brokerage survey.

Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 23,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide. For further information about Barclays Capital, please visit our website www.barclayscapital.com.

Barclays Capital - the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England 1026167. Registered office 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and a member of the London Stock Exchange.

Progress Japan, K.K.

Website: www.progress-japan.co.jp

Progress Software helps Capital Market with Apama, the leading platform for building high frequency trading applications. The Apama platform offers flexible and powerful complex event processing capabilities and broad market connectivity. Apama also gives firms the tools for creating, testing and deploying unique strategies for low latency, high throughput applications including algorithmic trading, market aggregation, smart order routing, and real-time pricing, market surveillance and monitoring, commodities/energy trading and real-time risk management.

日本プログレス株式会社は、米国プログレスソフトウェア・コーポレーションの日本法人として、SOA基盤ソリューションや金融業界向けのソ リューションを提供します。金融業界では、昨今ニーズの高まっているアルゴリズムトレーディング分野で実績のあるProgress Apamaの提 供を行っています。

Tora Holdings

Tora Holdings is Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services. Tora’s unrivalled solutions span the entire trading process, offering traders a full suite of trade execution capabilities in markets across Asia, North America and Europe. Tora’s products include a world class EMS/OMS unique liquidity pools proprietary algorithms and a dedicated Asia trading desk. All of Tora’s products have been developed by buy-side traders for buy-side traders and are supported by unmatched Asia expertise and extensive analytics focused on best execution.

Toraは、先進的な取引技術と金融サービスを提供するアジアのリーディングプロバイダーです。他に類を見ないToraの優れたソリューションは取引の全プロセスにわたり、アジア、北米、ヨーロッパでの市場取引に必要な全機能をトレーダーに提供します。Toraは高性能なEMS/OMS、独自のリクイディティプールへのアクセス、独自アルゴリズム、そしてアジア取引専門デスクを提供しています。Toraの全ての製品はバイサイドトレーダーによって設計されたもので、またそれはアジア市場に特化して最善の執行に焦点を絞った詳細な分析力によって支えられています。

Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)

Website: www.aima-japan.org

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global, not-for-profit trade association for hedge funds, managed futures and managed currency funds. Founded in 1990, AIMA represents the global alternative investment community and provides a centre of knowledge for professional investment practitioners. Spanning 47 countries on five continents, AIMA’s corporate members enable the association to create global tools for the benefit of its members, institutional investors and regulators. We provide education, information and research and address the key issues affecting the industry around the world - and are proud to be a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (www.caia.org). The Japan chapter of AIMA was established in 2001 to serve the local hedge fund industry and Japan-based hedge fund investors.

Tokyo Hedge Funds Club

Website: www.hedgefundsclub.com

The Tokyo Hedge Funds Club is an informal industry network. Our mission is to promote the Japanese hedge fund industry and to help it grow by connecting people through networking. The club was founded in June 2005 to make it easier for investors, hedge fund managers and other senior industry professionals to connect.

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