StoneX Group

R.J. O'Brien & Associates LLC is the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States. A futures commission merchant (FCM), RJO is a full clearing member of: the CME Group (founding member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and all its markets; IntercontinentalExchange (ICE); NYSE Liffe U.S.; and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE). RJO offers the latest in order entry technology coupled with 24-hour execution and clearing on every futures exchange worldwide. Clearing more than 80,000 client accounts, the firm provides a full range of services to the industry’s largest global network of introducing brokers (IBs) and to commercial, institutional, international and individual investors. These include more than 400 IBs and many of the world's largest financial, industrial and agricultural institutions. We do not engage in proprietary trading; all of Their business focuses on Their valued clients.

JBR Recovery specializes in precious metal recovery and silver recovery services.

Octo Finances is a financial services company established in 1991 and based in Paris. The firm specializes in the public and private bond markets, providing expertise to a diverse range of clients, including insurance companies, mutual pension funds, private management firms, bank-owned accounts, hedge funds, and various issuers. Through its comprehensive understanding of the financial landscape, Octo Finances offers tailored solutions to meet the needs of its clientele in the bond markets.

Giroxx, individuals and businesses make their payments to business partners abroad easy and convenient - and much cheaper thanks to current exchange rates, low fees, and streamlined structures. Security plays the biggest role for Giroxx: data protection, transaction security and IT security are just as strictly regulated and checked as with all banks based in Germany.

Fillmore Advisors is an independent firm based in Park City, Utah, that specializes in providing outsourced trading solutions and operational consulting services to institutional asset managers. The firm offers a comprehensive range of securities trading services, including equities, equity-linked securities, foreign exchange, credit, rates, and commodities. By focusing on these areas, Fillmore Advisors aims to enhance the trading operations and overall efficiency of its clients in the asset management industry.

Coininvest GmbH is a privately owned online bullion dealer located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company operates a platform that facilitates the buying and selling of precious metals, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium products. It caters to a diverse clientele, including private individuals, institutional investors, and financial advisors. Coininvest offers a wide range of products, such as gold coins, gold bars, silver coins, silver bars, and various accessories, as well as bullion and collector coins. This extensive selection enables customers to invest in a variety of inflation-safe assets.

Silver-to-go specialises in buying and selling VAT free silver bullion coins to private individuals as well as institutional investors.

G.X. Clarke & Co., an SEC-registered institutional dealer in fixed-income securities.

Fcstone Group Inc is a integrated commodity risk management company providing risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users and producers. They assist primarily middle-market customers in optimizing their profit margins and mitigating their exposure to commodity price risk. In addition to their risk management consulting services, they operate one of the leading independent clearing and execution platforms for exchange-traded futures and options contracts. They serve more than 7,500 customers, and in the twelve months ended November 30, 2006, executed 50.2 million derivative contracts in the exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets. As a natural complement to their commodity risk management consulting services, they also assist their customers with the financing, transportation and merchandising of their physical commodity requirements and inventories. Their net income increased $8.7 million, or 131.8%, from $6.6 million in fiscal 2005 to $15.3 million in fiscal 2006, and increased $2.9 million, or 85.3% from $3.4 million in the three months ended November 30, 2005, to $6.3 million in the three months ended November 30, 2006.