ETC Global Group is a preeminent brokerage and clearing group, which, through its subsidiaries, offers sophisticated clearing, settlement and custodial services to securities industries participants, such as broker-dealers, ATS's (alternative trading systems), routing firms, professional trading firms, black-box trading firms and hedge funds. Since its US broker-dealer's regulatory approval in July 2009, the Company has routinely cleared a significant percentage of all US daily equities share volumes. Electronic Transaction Clearing (US) is a member of FINRA, SIPC and all major US stock exchanges. Electronic Transaction Clearing Canada is a member of IIROC, CIPF, and the major Canadian stock exchanges.