Jim Lee

BIDS Trading LP is a registered broker-dealer and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jim Lee and Jim Bird in 2006. BIDS Trading is the operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS), an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with the Cboe US securities exchanges. It brings counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks of shares. The BIDS ATS is open to all qualifying broker-dealers and their institutional clients, subject to basic credit and regulatory requirements.

SIA SpA engages in the design, creation, and management of technology infrastructures and services for financial institutions, central banks, corporations and public administrations. It offer solutions for payment systems, network services, blockchain technologies, document management, physical security, and capital markets. The company is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange Ltd. owns and operates electronic stock exchange. The firm offers listing and trading opportunities for international and domestic issuers of equity, debt, depository receipts, insurance securitization, and derivative warrants. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. provides securities exchange services. It offers electronic and floor-based trading solutions to financial firms, dealers, investment institutions and listed public companies. The firm’s products include automated price improvement; Boston Exchange automated communication and order-routing network, BEACON REMOTE and execution quality report. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.