LPL Financial
NASDAQ:LPLALPL Financial Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides an integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial advisors at enterprises in the United States. Its brokerage offerings include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, alternative investments, retirement and 529 education savings plans, and insurance. The company also provides fee-based platforms that provide access to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, stocks, bonds, certain option strategies, unit investment trusts, and institutional money managers and no-load multi-manager variable annuities. In addition, it offers money market products; and retirement solutions for commission-and fee-based services that allow advisors to provide brokerage services, consultation, and advice to retirement plan sponsors. Further, the company provides other services comprising tools and services that enable advisors to maintain and grow their practices; trust, investment management oversight, and custodial services for estates and families, as well as insurance brokerage general agency services; and technology products, such as proposal generation, investment analytics, and portfolio modeling. The company was formerly known as LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and changed its name to LPL Financial Holdings Inc. in June 2012. LPL Financial Holdings Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in San Diego, California.
OTC Markets Group
OTCMKTS:OTCMOTC Markets Group Inc. operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. Its data-driven disclosure standards form the foundation of its three public markets: OTCQX Best Market, OTCQB Venture Market, and Pink Open Market. The company's OTC Link Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) provide critical market infrastructure that broker-dealers rely on to facilitate trading. Its innovative model offers companies efficient access to the U.S. financial markets. The company through its wholly owned subsidiary, OTC Link LLC, operates OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN, and OTC Link NQB, which are Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulated ATS. The company operates in three business lines: OTC Link, Market Data Licensing, and Corporate Services. The OTC Link business operates three ATSs, such as OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN, and OTC Link NQB that provide trading services to FINRA member broker-dealer subscribers. The Market Data Licensing business provides market data and compliance data, including SEC filings for a spectrum of securities and issuers. It provides broker-dealers, investors, traders, institutions, companies, accountants, regulators, and others with a suite of enterprise and user market data licenses, offering via direct or extranet connectivity through third-party market data redistributors or order management systems. The Corporate Services business operates the OTCQX Best Market and the OTCQB Venture Market and offers companies access to a suite of services that are designed to facilitate public disclosure and communication with investors, promote transparency, and allow companies to demonstrate regulatory compliance and mitigate market risk. Its services include the OTC Disclosure and News Service, RealTime Level 2 Quote Display, Blue Sky Monitoring Service for issuers, and Virtual Investor Conferences product. OTC Markets Group Inc. was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Yintech Investment
NASDAQ:YINYintech Investment Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides investment and trading services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers spot commodities trading, which is facilitated by individual customers of gold and silver on Shanghai Gold Exchange; and futures commodities trading services to individual customers on silver and other precious metals and commodities on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange. The company also offers securities advisory and information platform services, securities brokerage services, and asset management services. In addition, it provides account opening, investor education, market information, research, live discussion boards, and customer support services. Yintech Investment Holdings Limited was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.