WJB Capital Group, Inc. Selects Lava's ColorPalette; Lava's Order Management System to Support WJB's Trading Platform

NEW YORK -- WJB Capital Group, Inc., a privately held institutional broker-dealer, today announced it has selected Lava Trading's ColorPalette(TM) as its trading and order management system. WJB Capital Group, Inc. provides floor brokerage and trading services from the floor of the NYSE to Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Advisors, Hedge Funds, Pension Plan Managers and various other financial institutions.

"We reviewed several major OMS providers and were impressed with ColorPalette's leading-edge technology and Lava's industry reputation for speed, intelligence and reliability," said Craig Rothfeld, Chief Operating Officer, WJB Capital Group, Inc. "We are committed to enhancing the information, technology and efficiency needs our customers require and are confident that Lava's OMS facilitates this objective."

ColorPalette is a sector-based trading and order management solution, designed as a high-throughput, fully automated system for managing institutional and retail customer orders. Its features include streamlined regulatory handling of current rules for all capacity orders, customer order crossing and internalization management, open architecture with standard and strategically-placed APIs, complete trade risk management, and TraderIntelligence(TM), a dynamic order-based query.

After an extensive search of several OMS providers, Lava's technology and superior track record proved best suited to assist WJB Capital Group, Inc. in the creation of a trading platform that will provide their customers with superior execution and advanced trading capabilities in equity securities. In addition, Lava worked closely with WJB Capital Group, Inc. in constructing this global execution platform to provide market access, order management and routing capability across multiple markets while simultaneously limiting access to sensitive customer information and restricting routing capability in strict adherence to NYSE rules and regulations.

"We are pleased to count WJB Capital Group, Inc. among our growing number of ColorPalette clients," said Richard Korhammer, CEO, Lava Trading Inc. "Lava is committed to developing high-performance trading solutions and we are confident that ColorPalette will provide WJB with significant improvement over traditional order management systems."

About WJB Capital Group, Inc.

WJB Capital Group, Inc. is a privately held institutional broker-dealer and a Member of the NYSE, NASD & SIPC. Headquartered in New York City and organized in 1993 as a registered broker-dealer to engage in the institutional equity business, the Company is an agency-only execution broker and does not engage in proprietary trading. WJB Capital Group, Inc. provides floor brokerage and trading services from the floor of the NYSE to Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Advisors, Hedge Funds, Pension Plan Managers and various other financial institutions. For more information, please see http://www.wjbonfanti.com.

About Lava Trading Inc.

Headquartered in New York City, with offices in California, Connecticut and the United Kingdom, Lava Trading Inc. is an innovative technology firm that develops unique, high-performance trading solutions for the financial services industry. Lava products are created as true ASP solutions built to withstand maximum volumes in the most volatile conditions. As a cost effective and neutral provider, Lava's OTC, Listed and Foreign Exchange solutions are used by leading broker/dealers, including most of the top U.S. investment banks, as well as market makers, hedge funds and institutional investors. With its patented technology and capital markets expertise, Lava creates value-added trading solutions that combine speed, intelligence and reliability. Lava is a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) and is a member of NASD/SIPC. For more information, visit www.lavatrading.com.