Economic forecasting and analysis and market research provided to companies, governments and institutions by means of a global computer network

Investment banking; financial and monetary services; financial and monetary services in the fields of-- foreign currency exchange; underwriting fixed income bond issues; company and business liquidity and risk management, price quotations in metals and money markets, and brokerage services in metal and money markets; brokerage in the field of OTC and exchange-traded derivatives; financing services, namely, private placements of equities and securities and repo-based finance; corporate finance; finance and advice underwriting, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, privatization and restructuring of companies and businesses; underwriting and syndications of equity issues; stock brokerage, namely, distributing and trading national and global equities and equity derivatives; underwriting and brokerage asset and mortgage-backed securities; financial analysis and consultation in the field of debt restructuring; export credit finance; national and international leasing and asset-backed finance; leveraged finance; project finance; public sector finance; syndicated loans and tax-based and off-balance sheet finance; asset management, management of equities, cash and real estate; raising equity capital, structuring and providing equity for management buy-outs, mutual investment funds, underwriting and brokerage in the field of tax-free municipal bonds, certificates of deposits, managed futures, hedge funds, fixed annuities all by means of a global computer network; Cash management services, personal asset management services; investment planning, retirement planning and investing, investment financing all by means of a global computer network; Financial planning in the fields of retirement, employee stock option analysis, liability management analysis, education planning, net worth, tax planning, estate planning, investment planning, income and asset protection all by means of a global computer network;Financial portfolio asset management, namely, investment policy development, asset allocation, manager identification, investment strategy review, portfolio structure, portfolio management, goal monitoring performance measurement all by means of a global computer network; Financing services for the purpose of liability management, namely home financing, financing lines of credit, and security based consumer lending all by means of a global computer network; Insurance services, namely underwriting and brokerage services in the field of life insurance, long term care insurance, disability income insurance, and single premium variable life insurance all by means of a global computer network; Investment advice by means of a global computer network; financial advice to companies, governments and institutions by means of a global computer network; Financial information provided by electronic means to account holders, namely, individual account information, individual securities, and individual portfolio performance by means of a global computer network; Financial information provided by electronic means in the field of finance, namely stock quotes, mutual fund prices, pricing charts, research reports, market commentaries, and listings of corporate and institutional clients all by means of a global computer network