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In the Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2011, Eagle Commodities is ranked 3rd for the most active broker in the 'Europe - crude: Brent Options' market and the ' UK/Europe - products: fuel oil options' market. Eagle Commodities Brokers Ltd is a global brokerage service provider in the energy markets specializing in over-the-counter derivatives within the energy complex. It is authorized and regulated by the by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom.

KGI Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited is one of the top securities firms in Thailand and offers a broad range of services such as securities broking business, securities dealer business, investment advisory business, financial advisory business, etc. KGI won the "Top Star Most Active" award, as the most trading active broker in SET 50 Index in Futures Networking Forum, organized by Thailand Futures Exchange Pcl. (TFEX). It also won the “Most Active House 2006” award, as the broker with the most volume in futures derivatives business (TFEX Best Awards).

The Kim Eng Group's Indonesian broking business was placed under new management in 1999, and has since expanded to offer both retail and institutional equity sales to a growing domestic and international client base. It was named Most Active Broker by Bisnis Indonesia (2007).

Securities & Investment Company (SICO) has maintained its position as the most active broker on the Bahrain Bourse in terms of volume and value for the twelfth consecutive year. SICO executed a total number of 9,511 transactions, which was equal to 24.20% of the total transactions completed on the Bahrain Bourse for 2010 and which represented a total trade volume of 551 million shares. The total value of transactions was over BHD 93.5 million, representing a market share of 43.16% of the total value of all shares transacted during the year.

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