At SPINS, we believe there's more than meets the eye to data. As the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics and consulting for the Natural, Organic and Specialty Products Industry, we strive to transform raw data into intelligent and actionable business solutions. Our mission is to maximize the value of information for growing the natural products industry. We carry out our mission by providing information, insight and a common language for the industry with which to understand and analyze consumer, retail and broad marketplace dynamics.
Research
500 - 1000 employees
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Strongpoint Partners is a fast-growing, tech-enabled financial services platform that provides third-party retirement administration (“TPA”), recordkeeping, and integrated payroll and HR technology solutions for small-and-medium businesses. Strongpoint’s suite of services prioritizes accuracy, compliance, and reduction of regulatory risk, all delivered by local customer success teams that understand the nuances of the markets they serve. Made up of a coast-to-coast network of leading retirement strategy and administration firms including HowardSimon, Jocelyn Pension Consulting, Retirement Strategies Group (“RSG”), and Retirement Planners and Administrators (“RPA”), Strongpoint Partners combines a relentless passion for service and innovation with the experience and expertise required to make retirement work for everyone. For more information, please visit: www.strongpointpartners.com
Finance
50 - 250 employees
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Wolverine Trading was established in 1994. The two founding partners had cultivated their derivatives expertise at O'Connor & Associates, a global leader that specialized in options trading.
Wolverine originally started as an equity index option market making firm. Over time, Wolverine has added specialists to its market making capabilities. It has also expanded its operations into new products and exchanges. We now trade equities, equity options, equity indexes, equity index options, equity index futures, and equity index futures options. We also created an off-floor operation to manage our equity index portfolio and to construct statistical arbitrage trading opportunities.
Our exchange presence includes: AMEX, BOX, BORSA ITALIANA, CBOE, CBOT, CHX, CME, EUREX, ISE, LIFFE, MONTREAL, PHLX, PCX , STOCKHOLM, and XETRA. Today, Wolverine Trading has over 200 employees and is one of the largest equity and equity index trading firms in the world. We trade only proprietary capital; we have no outside investors or customers.
Wolverine is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and London.
Finance
250 - 500 employees
Chicago, Illinois, United States