Lighthouse Financial Group and PFC Energy Inc. announced that they will enter a strategic partnership. The partnership will combine Lighthouse Financial's expertise in energy and global portfolio trading with PFC Energy's oil and gas sector commentary and analysis. The combined Lighthouse and PFC Energy product will provide institutional investors with a unique blend of unparalleled market intelligence and trading expertise in the energy sector. The analysis will provide customers insights which integrate the critical factors for successful investing across the oil and gas value chain: market fundamentals, geo-politics, emerging investment concepts and the complex strategies of the companies involved in the industry. Lighthouse's Rob Weinstein, Partner and Head of Institutional Sales & Trading, and PFC Energy's Roger Diwan, Partner and Head of Financial Advisory, will co-head this strategic partnership.

Gulf Finance House EC, in collaboration with the Government of Kazakhstan and PFC Energy International, announced plans for the latest project in its 'Energy City' series: The Caspian Energy Hub (CEH), Kazakhstan. With an estimated total investment value of $10 billion, this project marks the entry of GFH and its clients into Kazakhstan, and represents one of the largest foreign investments into the country.

PFC Energy Inc. announced the launch of the Petrochemical Feedstock Service (PFS). With the introduction of the PFS, PFC Energy has integrated the benefits of the company's upstream and downstream practices to provide petrochemical clients with outlooks on the energy products that they use most, petrochemical feedstocks. The PFS is a model-based subscription product that forecasts the supply anddemand of critical raw material inputs to the petrochemical industry, such as ethane, LPG and naphtha. With optional analytical tools that enhance analysis, the PFS can be customized to accommodate a variety of research needs.