OVERVIEW ON STRAITS FINANCIAL LLC FUTURES DIVISION

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1 OVERVIEW ON STRAITS FINANCIAL LLC FUTURES DIVISION

2 DISCLAIMER Trading in futures products entails significant risks of loss which must be understood prior to trading and may not be appropriate for all investors. This presentation, is not, and should not, be construed as a recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell any security, futures contract, option on futures, or any other financial instrument or commodity mentioned in it. This presentation has been prepared either from publicly available information or is based on the opinions of the author. Information contained in this document is believed to be reliable but has not been independently verified. Straits Financial LLC does not guarantee, represent or warrant, or accept any responsibility or liability as to, the accuracy, completeness or appropriateness of the information contained in this presentation. Information contained herein may not be current due to, among other things, changes in the financial markets or economic environment. Opinions reflected in the materials are subject to change without notice. Past performance should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of future performance. Forecasts of future performance represent estimates; actual performance may vary. This document does not constitute, and should not be used as a substitute for, tax, legal or investment advice.

3 Overview Futures execution and clearing services provided to a broad spectrum of clients to include: Financial institutions Commercial hedgers Commodity advisors Hedge funds Money managers Pension funds Individual traders Global footprint with offices in North America and Asia; Operations center in Chicago Clearing Members of: CME CBOT COMEX Clearport DME NYMEX NZX

4 Overview Client portal providing customizable reporting and access to realtime and historical account data 24-Hour voice execution via Straits Global Execution Desk (GED) Multiple execution platforms to meet each client s trading needs Core global competencies: Logistics Commodities Futures Execution and Clearing

5 Customer Deposits Customer Deposits as of October 25, 2016 Deposits in Banks Customer Sercurities Funds on Deposit with the CME Deposits Held by Carrying Brokers To Our Valued Customers, Straits Financial LLC is committed to maintaining the highest integrity of our customer accounts and their funds on deposit. As the chart shows, all customer deposits are maintained in Cash or US Treasuries. The physical cash is on deposit with Banks, with other CFTClicensed Carrying Brokers or with the CME. We believe this extremely conservative approach to our investments focuses on the safety and the liquidity of the deposit. Straits does not engage in proprietary trading. 100% of our focus is on you, the Customer and on the safety of the funds you have entrusted to Straits. We encourage you to compare this with any or all futures firms. Thank you. Please contact us with any questions.

6 Global Division Straits has access to over 20 global exchanges North America CME CBOT CFE-VIX COMEX ICE Futures-US ICE Futures-Canada KCBT Montreal MGEX NFX NYMEX EMEA Euronext Paris Euronext LIFFE Eurex ICE-Europe LME APAC ASX BMDEX DME HKEX KRX NZFOE NZX SGX TOCOM TSE Straits maintains broker relationships to its direct memberships to meet client demands. Straits Continuously Expands The Breadth of Exchange-traded and Exchange-cleared Products: Energy Futures and Options Agricultural Commodity Futures and Options Soft Commodity Futures and Options Foreign Exchange Futures and Options Precious and Non-ferrous Metal Futures and Options Stock Index Futures and Options Financial Futures and Options Straits Aims To: Serve commercial clients across the spectrum of Futures, Options and exchange-traded OTC products Provide latest trading technologies to meet trader demands of execution services Offer up-to-date post-trade reconciliation technology for completion of daily clearing settlement process Closely collaborate with global partners to monitor all aspects of delivery processes.

7 Global Execution Services Straits Financial LLC accesses the markets through our multilingual Global Execution Desk (GED) or, for open outcry, by calling directly to the CME and CBOT exchange floors. Global Clearing & Operations CME Group Trading Floors Global Execution Desk Electronic Trading Sales and Support Services

8 E-Trading Exchange Access Region Exchange Name Straits Direct Straits EDGE Straits MESA CQG PATS CME Direct Clearport Rithmic TTNET CTS T4 isystems Future Source Trader Barchart Trader North America Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) CBOE Futures Exchange VIXX (CFE) Commodity Exchange (COMEX) ICE Futures U.S. ICE Futures Canada Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBOT) Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) Montreal Exchange (TMX) Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFX) NYMEX Futures

9 E-Trading Exchange Access Region Exchange Name Straits Direct Straits EDGE Straits MESA CQG PATS CME Direct Clearport Rithmic TTNE T CTS T4 isystems Future Source Trader Barchart Trader Europe Euronext Paris Euronext London (LIFFE) Eurex ICE Futures Europe APAC London Metal Exchange Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Bursa Malaysia (BMDEX) Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKEX) Korea Exchange (KRX) New Zealand Exchange (NZX) New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange (NZFOE) Singapore Exchange (SGX) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM)

10 Front-end Execution Platforms - Straits Direct Quick Screen Trading offers DMA applications for real-time streaming futures and options-on-futures quotes. Highly reliable and accurate data for anytime/anywhere access. Paper trade environment available for desktop, web-based, and mobile applications.

11 Front-end Execution Platforms Straits Edge Straits Edge offers all the features of a full-service professional trading platform with a much cleaner, more modern user friendly configuration. Reliable order routing and quotes are provided by CQG infrastructure.

12 Front-end Execution Platforms Straits MESA Straits MESA supports built-in and Advanced Order Strategies Charts: Visible Real-time Trade Mode vs. Historical Analysis Mode; both support tick-by-tick live trading Customized Account Manager to track historical order information

13 Front-end Execution Platforms CQG CQG provides execution access to the global Futures market space through one of the most utilized financial tools on a trader s work station. They offer CQG Trader, CQG Q-Trader, CQG Integrated Client, and CQG Mobile.

14 Front-end Execution Platforms Patsystems Patsystems futures trading software is easy to utilize and offers full pre-trade risk management from a single screen. They offer J-Trader and Pro-Mark as solutions for retail and professional traders.

15 Straits TTNET Solution X_Trader is one of the largest futures execution vendors Popular following in the US & Europe, gaining traction in Asia Provides automated updates in batch files throughout the business day Multiple options available for Automated Trading Autotrader : Access to built-in formulas that can be used to create strategies based on market or theoretical price values X_TRADER API: Use RTD (Real-time Market Data) through Excel and execute your proprietary trading algorithms Automate your trading strategy and deploy your algo to servers throughout their global network of colocated data centers for superior execution. 15

16 Front-end Execution Platforms CTS CTS T4 offers a high performance trading solution to both Retail and Professional traders including an expansive list of order types: Market, Limit, Stop, Stop-Limit, Trailing Stops, MIT s, GTC s, OCO s, and Auto OCO s. Desktop, WebTrader and Smart Phone applications.

17 Front-end Execution Platforms Trading Technologies TT software is the market leading provider of Auto-Trading & Inter Market Spreading tools for all asset classes. No. 1 E-trading solution for Tick traders & Energy traders in North America. They offer X_Trader and X_Trader Pro as solutions for Retail and Professional traders.

18 Client Technology Portal - User-friendly, secure, webbased access to Straits processing environment for all futures transactions and exchange data Secure online application function for individual accounts Multiple data delivery options including: SFTP, , and web access to statements Customized client reporting portal allows access to realtime and historical data Data file transmission can be custom tailored to interface with clients downstream systems Real-time margin engine on client website

19 CWT Group Global Logistics & Advisory Straits Financial Group is the brokering division of CWT Group, the largest publicly-listed logistics company in South-East Asia. CWT has offices and warehouses in 38 countries, providing customer connection to 120 ports and 1,200 destinations around the world.

20 CWT Group Organizational Structure CWT Limited (SGX-Listed since 1993) Logistics Financial Services Commodity Supply Chain Management Engineering Logistics Solution Brokering Services Base Metals Supply Chain Management Coal Supply Chain Management Engineering Maintenance Warehousing LME Warehousing LIFFE/SGX warehousing Stock monitoring Freight Forwarding and shipping Trade credit facilitation Mining Logistics Steel Logistics Freight Logistics Defense Logistics and Equipment Container Logistics Contract & SCM Logistics Futures and derivatives services for brokerage, execution, clearing, and settlement and post-trade support Options OTC Facilities Management Hedge strategies Commodity marketing for base metals non-ferrous concentrates (Copper, Lead and Zinc) Coal sourcing and fulfillment and end-toend supply chain management Facilities Management and Maintenance Fleet Management Supply and installation of engineering products

21 Contact Us HEADQUARTERS Straits Financial Group (A Member of the CWT Group) SINGAPORE Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd (A Member of the CWT Group) 9 Temasek Boulevard #28-02 Suntec Tower Two Singapore Tel: Fax: UNITED STATES Straits Financial LLC (A Member of the CWT Group) 440 S. LaSalle Street Suite 3990 Chicago IL Tel: Fax Temasek Boulevard #28-02 Suntec Tower Two Singapore Tel: Fax: CHINA Straits Commodity Merchant Limited (A Member of the CWT Group) Room 1101 Hongjia Building No. 388 Fushan Road Pudong District, Shanghai China Tel: Fax:

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