HUDSON & CIE, A LEADING BROKER IN WEST AFRICA, JOINS RESEARCHPOOL WITH A COVERAGE OF 38 COMPANIES LISTED ON BRVM (WEST AFRICA REGIONAL EXCHANGE)

For Immediate Release

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

HUDSON & CIE, A LEADING BROKER IN WEST AFRICA, JOINS RESEARCHPOOL WITH A COVERAGE OF 38 COMPANIES LISTED ON BRVM (WEST AFRICA REGIONAL EXCHANGE)

ResearchPool Limited <www.researchpool.com>, a Fintech marketplace for Financial Research, is excited to announce today that Hudson & Cie, a leading African broker, has become a provider of research and market commentary on its innovative online aggregation platform. This has happened thanks to our local partner, IFC Consulting, a Fintech company specialised in collecting and providing financial data and technology in African countries.

Hudson, an integrated securities firm, is a member of the West Africa regional stock exchange (BRVM) and offers a large array of financial services including brokerage, custody, sell-side research, investment management, investment banking and advisory and issuer services. Hudson's African and International client base includes governments, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, and corporate clients from various industries.

ResearchPool.com makes reports, including the ones of Hudson & Cie, openly available to investors, separate from any trading volumes, trading commissions or any other type of trading arrangements. By providing unbundled research through an open marketplace with transparent pricing,

ResearchPool is the first to offer a solution that reflects the principles embedded in MiFIDII regulatory changes. Reports can be purchased on a “pay-as-you-go” basis or via professional subscriptions via ResearchPool’s user-friendly and secure platform.

Pedro Fernandes, Co-Founder and Director of ResearchPool, said::

“The onboarding of Hudson & Cie is a clear example of how ResearchPool is transforming the way global investors get access to research on fast growing regions and countries. Specialised content, previously perceived by most investors as hard to access or even non-existent, is now easily accessible online thanks to ResearchPool. ResearchPool offers companies from emerging and frontier markets a strong increase in their potential visibility and interest from international investors.

Hudson & Cie CEO, Kadi FADIKA-COULIBALY, stated that:

“ResearchPool is an innovative service designed to provide quick and easy access to Research and market commentary. We view IFC Consulting - our local ResearchPool’s representative and the ResearchPool platform, as important partners as we expand our report distribution to raise the visibility of our covered companies and domestic market. We are excited to join ResearchPool as their platform reflects our own commitment to expose our domestic companies and market to more and better international investment.”

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

Press@researchpool.com

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About ResearchPool Limited:

ResearchPool Limited is a start-up company founded in January 2015 by Pedro Fernandes and James Woodley. The Company is incorporated in England and Wales with its registered office in London. It’s research and market commentary aggregation platform launched on 6 July 2015.

Pedro and James have nearing 25-years combined experience working for major exchanges, most recently at Euronext the pan-European securities exchange which they both left in late 2014. Pedro is based in Paris and James in London.

Further information on ResearchPool Limited can be found at www.researchpool.com.

About Hudson & Cie

Hudson is an integrated securities firm, member of the West Africa regional stock exchange (BRVM) that offers a large array of financial services including brokerage, custody, sell-side research, investment management, investment banking and advisory and issuer services. Hudson's African and International client base includes governments, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, and corporate from various industries.

Further information about Hudson & Cie can be found at http://www.kjsmedia.com/hudson/fr/Notre-societe/.

About IFC Consulting

IFC Consulting is a Fintech specializing in the provision of financial information to the African and European markets destined to financial institutions: banks, trading venues, brokerage firms, Intermediation and portfolio management companies, insurance and listed companies. It consolidates and provides transparent, global or bishop market data to its clients. It also offers a technological Omni-canal information distribution platform (web, mobile and tablets) and acts in synergy with prestigious international and local partners. For more information go to: www.ifc-consulting.net.