Mark C. Faulkner

Credit Benchmark Ltd. provides credit risk data and analytics. It operates a contributed data model, focused on gathering credit risk information from the world’s major global banks. The firm also offers customized output and risk reports to highlight areas of interest for credit professionals. It calculates consensus credit risk data analytics for probability of default and loss given default at the entity level in the areas of sovereigns, corporates, and banks, as well as non-bank financials that include private equity, mutual funds, and hedge funds. It currently focuses on credit risk estimates produced by banks using the Internal Ratings-Based Approach. The company was founded by Donal Smith and Mark Faulkner in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Markit Securities Finance Analytics Ltd. engages in the provision of global securities finance data, tracking short selling, and institutional fund activity. The company was founded by Mark C. Faulkner on January 14, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.