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Hello everyone, I'm Ron Manzini (ICISking); For the past 3 years now, I have been involved with the derivatives trading market and specifically ABS’s, CMO's, CDO's and SIV's. We're considered to be specialists with the handling of FRB's, FRN's and TRB's as we have the ability to accurately and efficiently hypothecate (cash-out) such securities at or around dollar-for-dollar rates and we're accustomed to dealing with the "trustees" of such instruments. In the past 9 years I have had a great deal of success with certain assets and we are now moving more into CMO's than ever before. The actual value of derivatives is determined by fluctuations in the underlying asset. The most common underlying assets include stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates, futures contracts, forward contracts, options, swaps and market indexes. Most derivatives are characterized by highly-leveraged calculus equations. Derivatives are generally used as an instrument to hedge risk, but can also be used for speculative purposes...speculation...leveraged debt...the bottom-line... Example: A European investor purchasing shares of an American company off of an American exchange (using U.S. dollars to do so) would be exposed to exchange-rate risk while holding that stock. To hedge this risk, the investor could purchase currency futures to lock in a specified exchange rate for the future stock sale and currency conversion back into Euros. From time-to-time, we have available, certain opportunities for select clients and institutional investors to enter into special Bank Debenture Trading programs. These special programs are often referred to as 'Bullet' programs and are commonly structured with 10-day, 30-day and 90-day Trading options. If you’re interested in learning more about our hypothecation or trading activities, send me an email at: [email protected] and I'll get in touch with you.