Pivot, Inc., provider of collaboration and liquidity management products Pivot 360˚™ and Instant Markets™, and The Hammerstone Group, creator of the Hammerstone Institutional Forum (HIF), today announced they have entered into a partnership to broaden the use of each company's products and services within the institutional investor community.

Hammerstone's real-time forum allows individual institutional investors to share news, ideas, commentary, and proprietary technical market levels in a secure, transparent community setting. Under this partnership, Hammerstone now offers HIF access exclusively through the Pivot 360˚ platform.

"The strength of Pivot's technology in terms of security, usability, and reliability greatly enhances our offering," said Jamie Lissette, Founder, The Hammerstone Group. "This is exciting news for all our members, as I believe this change will help strengthen the Forum in many ways."

Pivot currently is developing its network of integrated channels by which users can access third-party content and communities such as HIF through the Pivot platform. "Users are demanding tools to help them do more, but without adding complexity in user experience or desktop support. Our commitment to expanding the value we provide by building new capability and accessibility into our products is clearly accomplished through this partnership," said John Eley, Pivot's CEO.

About The Hammerstone Group The Hammerstone Group was founded in 2001 to develop and market trading technologies and provide specialized consulting services within the hedge fund community. From our experiences working closely with clients, The Hammerstone Institutional Forum was created to offer interactive and collaborative community based applications to our clients. The Hammerstone Institutional Forum is owned by HS Media Inc., a subsidiary of the Hammerstone Group. For more information, please visit www.thehammerstone.com.

About Pivot, Inc. Pivot revolutionizes how buy and sell side traders manage liquidity and trade in conversational trading markets. Pivot's software solutions deliver the benefits of electronic trading while preserving the merits of personal relationships and product customization to improve market efficiency and scalability while reducing operational risks. Pivot is backed by Boldcap Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, EPIC Ventures, Eze Castle Integration, Hudson Ventures, and Softbank Capital.