ELX Appoints CEO

ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange, has appointd Neal L. Wolkoff as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wolkoff has more than 20 years of experience as an exchange executive, most recently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the American Stock Exchange and previously as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

"Neal's record of effective leadership, deep knowledge of the futures industry and commitment to market integrity make him an excellent choice for ELX," said Tom Rubio, Chairman of the ELX Supervisory Board and Managing Partner of Breakwater, a leading Chicago-based trading firm.

"As CEO, Neal will play a major role in establishing ELX as a vigorous, competitive exchange, focused on delivering superior cost-efficiency, innovation and service to all futures market participants," added Catherine Bartzos, a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan and member of the Supervisory Board's Operating Committee.

Mr. Wolkoff said: "ELX will offer an open and competitive exchange focused on the needs of all market participants and their customers. In a new environment in which most market participants directly access exchanges through advanced trading technology, ELX has unprecedented opportunities to build liquidity by offering a structure tailored to the requirements of high- volume electronic trading. Initially, ELX will focus on the significant opportunity to bring lower transaction costs, successful innovation, and greater speed and efficiency to the global market in U.S. Treasury futures contracts. I look forward to talking with market participants in the months ahead about how ELX can best meet their needs and the needs of their customers."

Avadhi CEO Appointed

The former Chief Information Officer of The Clearing Corporation (previously The Board of Trade Clearing Corporation) in Chicago, Brett F. Paulson, has joined Avadhi Finance and Technology, Inc., a vendor of multi-asset trading platforms.
Avadhi founder, Paresh Malde, announced Monday, September 22, 2008, that Paulson was appointed CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. Malde remains company President, Board Chairman and will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer.
Paulson, a 30-year veteran in financial and technology service industries, led The Clearing Corporation to a historic restructuring of the capital and shareholder base. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Paulson helped orchestrate the convening of some of the world's largest members of the investment banking community in order to create innovative solutions aimed at the OTC clearing space as well as the exchange-traded derivatives marketplaces. Previously, Paulson held senior management roles at CS First Boston, IBM, Bank of America, Harris Bank and International Harvester. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from DePaul University.
"Brett's industry leadership brings to Avadhi a significant moment in our rapid growth and expansion," said Malde of the privately held company, based in Okemos, Michigan. "His involvement and vision for the company is going to solidify Avadhi's position in the industry as a leading provider of trading solutions."

Fifth Third at Lehman Brothers

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) will present at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at approximately 3:15 PM (ET). Fifth Third will be represented by Kevin T. Kabat, chairman, president and chief executive officer. Slides and audio webcast may be viewed live and for approximately 14 days after the conference through the Investor Relations section of www.53.com. Additionally, slides used in the presentation will be made separately available in a printer-friendly format on the Company's website.

CapitalSource at Lehman Conference

CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE:CSE) announced today that John Delaney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to make a presentation at the Lehman Brothers Global Finance Services Conference on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 in New York. The CapitalSource presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:45am. The presentation will be webcast live and archived for 90 days on the investor relations page of the CapitalSource website, www.capitalsource.com.

Northern Trust Speakers

Northern Trust Corporation announced today that Frederick H. Waddell, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be speaking at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference at the Hilton New York in New York on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 6:30 a.m. (CT). Separately, Steven L. Fradkin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the UBS Third Annual Best of Americas Conference at the UBS Conference Center in London on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 6:20 a.m. (CT).