▁ 2 ▁parts ; ▁Long ▁Fin ance ▁for ▁Pro ▁b ono ▁work ▁and ▁The ▁Fin an cial ▁Services ▁Club ▁( F SC ) ▁which ▁provides ▁networking ▁d inners ▁and ▁events ▁for ▁city ▁profession als . ▁Z / Y en ' s ▁executive ▁chairman ▁Michael ▁Main elli , ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁Michael ▁F ▁Smith , ▁has ▁been ▁working ▁with ▁mut ual ▁distributed ▁led gers , ▁or ▁M DL s , ▁since ▁the ▁early ▁ 9 0 s . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁expert ise ▁and ▁recent ▁interest ▁in ▁M DL s , ▁Z / Y en ▁shift ed ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁research ▁and ▁resources ▁towards ▁this ▁developing ▁technology ▁and ▁community . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁form ative ▁years ▁Z / Y en ’ s ▁research ▁and ▁consult ing ▁included ▁work ▁for ▁British ▁Gas , ▁the ▁London ▁Stock ▁Exchange , ▁the ▁Def ense ▁E valu ation ▁and ▁Research ▁Agency ▁( DER A , ▁now ▁D ST L ▁and ▁Q inet i Q ) ▁and ▁Blo om berg , ▁amongst ▁others . ▁Z / Y en ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁Task force ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁private ▁sector ▁initi ative ▁designed ▁to ▁alert ▁people ▁to ▁the ▁Mill en ni um ▁Bug . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Z / Y en ▁established ▁the ▁£ 1 . 9 M ▁Fin an cial ▁Labor atory , ▁a ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁between ▁B Z W , ▁Royal ▁and ▁Sun ▁Alliance , ▁The ▁London ▁Stock ▁Exchange , ▁D ER