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It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the 2012 UK Stock Market Awards. The theme of this exciting event, 'Excellence Deserves Recognition', is one that resonates with us here at Jaguar and our sponsorship of this event supports our strategy of strengthening Jaguar's engagement with the UK's listed companies.
At Jaguar we pursue excellence by designing and developing cars that can stand apart and gain recognition. The Jaguar XJ has established itself as a firm favourite in the UK, combining elegance with cutting edge technologies and all the performance and refinement you would expect from a Jaguar. This builds upon the tremendous success of the Jaguar XF which has won over 80 awards to date including the prestigious 'Car of the Decade' honour presented by Auto Express magazine.
While Jaguar has created some of the most iconic and desirable cars ever designed, including the C-, D- and E-type sportscars, it still looks firmly to the future, innovating and pushing boundaries in styling and engineering. This approach is epitomised by both the C-X16 and C-X75 Hybrid concept cars - the latter of which is currently in development and promises to set new benchmarks in performance and efficiency with arresting looks that won it 'Best in Show' when it was unveiled in Paris in 2010.
Equiniti is a strategic partner to leading businesses, delivering complete commercial solutions in share registration, employee benefits, investment services and outsourced specialist tasks.
Equiniti is the UK's leading provider of share registration, employee share plan & benefits management, and share trading and custody services. Acting for 50 per cent of FTSE 100 companies and 40 per cent of the FTSE 250, Equiniti is responsible for 17 million shareholder accounts and over 1 million employees. It is part of the Equiniti Group of companies, which is also a leading specialist provider of pensions administration and payments service. The Equiniti Group serves over 1,700 clients, has combined revenues of over £300 million, and makes payments totalling over £11 billion per annum to pensioners, dependents and annuitants in over 180 countries worldwide.
The Dalmore is one of the oldest and most prestigious Single Malt Whiskies in the world, with a rich heritage dating back to 1263, when the brand acquired its iconic Stag emblem through the bravery of a member of the Mackenzie Clan, who later went on to own The Dalmore Distillery. Our rich history does not end there as we hold some of the oldest and rarest stock of any Distillery, allowing us to produce unique whisky that truly does shine. Our inimitable distillation methods and use of incredibly rare Matusalem Oloroso sherry casks for maturation create a very different type of single malt, unlike any other. At the Dalmore, we stand for excellence in everything we do, crafting every bottle of our whisky to perfection.
The Dalmore's strapline is "I Shine", a motto gifted to The Mackenzie clan along with the Royal Stag's head in gratitude of one brave clan member who saved the King Alexander III from a rampaging Stag.
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is a not-for-profit trade organisation that works for small and mid-cap quoted companies in the UK and Europe to promote and maintain vibrant, healthy and liquid capital markets.
KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services employing more than 135,000 people across a range of disciplines in over 140 countries.
The UK Capital Markets Group provide forward thinking advice on regulated capital markets transactions, focussing on the UK's Main listing exchange and Alternative Investment Market (AIM). We help ensure a smooth flotation process by focusing on key issues and using our specialist teams to identify areas that will lead to an increased value at IPO.
We provide a range of services tailored to meet the requirements of the listing company. These include practical assistance before, during and after IPO to minimise the pressure of the management team, maximising the value from IPO through focusing on key areas during diligence, and ensure the smooth running and timely execution of the IPO. In addition, we work with clients who require objectivity and independence outside of a transaction.
WH Ireland offers a complete range of Stockbroking services from private client stockbroking to corporate broking. The corporate broking division offers its clients the full range of equity services including corporate finance, research, sales, investor relations and market making. WH Ireland is independent, quoted, well capitalised and growing strongly.
IG Group is a world-leading provider of financial spread betting and CFDs. We are an established member of the FTSE 250 and have a market capitalisation of £1.7bn (as at December 2011).
With headquarters in London and offices across Europe, as well as in the US, Japan, Singapore and Australia, our international network is growing rapidly. In the last five years we have opened 11 new offices.
The Group has built a reputation for its advanced trading technology, competitive pricing and reliability. We have won a number of awards and independent research has revealed that 59% of the UK's active spread bettors hold an account with IG Index.*
IG Group has hundreds of thousands of clients making millions of transactions a month. The Group is made up of individual brands which cater to our clients' trading needs.
- IG Index is our market-leading spread betting brand, offering a huge range of markets including indices, shares, forex and commodities.
- IG Markets offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) to a global audience, including the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Russia, New Zealand and the US.
Our other brand is:
- Nadex: a retail-orientated exchange in the US
While IG Group is proud of its history, we are constantly looking forwards and focusing on new challenges and opportunities. With many of the Group's member businesses being at the forefront of the market in their respective territories, and offering cutting-edge products, one of our key objectives is to maintain market leadership. We are also committed to technological innovation, continued global expansion and maintaining our excellent levels of customer service.
*Investment Trends survey 2010
Saxo Capital Markets offers online trading in the global financial markets and online wealth management.
Our clients range from private individuals to hedge funds, brokers and major financial institutions.
If you trade the markets we offer online trading in Forex, FX Options, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures and other derivatives through our award-winning trading platform.
If you are an investor, looking at your longer-term objectives we offer online wealth management for Funds, Shares, ETFs, Certificates and Bonds.
Our technology and liquidity is award-winning, and as a result a large base of Banks, Brokers, Asset and Money managers use Saxo too, through Saxo Bank white label solutions that they then deliver to their clients.
Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited is part of Saxo Bank Group, an international financial services group.
Saxo Bank has operated in the UK since March 2006, initially as a branch of Saxo Bank A/S and since 1st January 2012 as Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited.
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