Howard Messias

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. provides financial regulatory services. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Richard B. Jennings, Vince Means.

Montréal Exchange, Inc. engages in the operation and development of market and clearing services for Canadian and international clients and to commercialize internally developed technology solutions. The Group operates in two segments, namely, Exchange and Clearing House. The Exchange segment acts as the only standardized financial derivatives exchange in Canada, providing a complete range of equity, index and interest rate derivatives. The Clearing House segment acts as clearing house and guarantor for derivative instruments traded at the MX and certain other derivative instruments from the over-the-counter market. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. involves in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in Namibia. The firm mainly focuses on marine diamond deposits in unexplored prospective territories. Its projects include Haib Copper, Block J Marine Diamond Concession and Marine Diamonds. The company was founded on August 9, 1984 and is headquartered in Westmount, Canada.

Part of British American Tobacco plc, Imasco Ltd. is a Canadian company that engages in the manufacturing of tobacco products. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. Imasco was acquired by The Toronto-Dominion Bank on February 18, 2000 for $7,264.34 million.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.