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The Group's principal activity is that of a securities trading company. As a market maker on the Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart stock exchanges,the Group fixes prices for mainly foreign stocks and warrants. In the past few years, the Group has supported more than 30 companies in the run-up to their stock floatation. The Group currently holds several stakes in both listed and non-listed companies.

Eurex Frankfurt AG operates as a futures and options exchange. The company provides access to futures and options market for European derivatives and offers clearing services for derivatives, equities, and bonds repos. It offers a range of products such as interest rate, equity, equity index, volatility index, and exchange traded funds derivatives. The company was founded in December, 1996 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Börse München AG is a stock exchange based in Munich, Germany. The German company's main focus is on stock exchange operations. The CEO of the private company is Robert Ertl.

Baader Helvea AG (Baader Helvea) s the research-based Swiss brokerage subsidiary of Baader Bank AG (XE: BWB) in Germany. Formerly known as Helvea SA, established in 1990, the firm is located in Geneva and specializes in equity research, sales, sales trading, execution and administration, and services institutional clients worldwide, including pension funds, insurance funds, unit trusts, balanced funds and hedge funds. Their core market is Switzerland with a focus on small- and mid-cap companies; however, they also have expertise in European equity especially in those sectors in which Swiss companies operate as global players, such as banking, insurance, healthcare, food manufacturing, chemicals and luxury goods. The firm's research process focuses on company analysis and includes a company visitation program. They aim to identify companies likely to generate superior returns for shareholders and to evaluate sector or company-specific trends.

Baader Bank AG (Investment Management) (Baader Bank-IM) is the investment management division of Baader Bank AG (FR: BWB), a publicly-listed, investment bank headquartered in Unterschleißheim, Germany. Formerly known as Baader Wertpapier GmbH, the firm was founded in 1983 by Uto Baader and became Bader Bank in 2008. Baader Bank-IM offers investment consultants, asset managers, and insurers extensive support in completing fund mandates.

Gulf Baader Capital Markets SAOC engages in operation of an investment services company. It offers asset management, brokerage services, investment banking, and equity research services. The company was founded in January 2008 and is headquartered in Ruwi, Oman.