Jonathan Bedard

Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP (Angelo Gordon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michael L. Gordon in 1988. They were acquired by TPG, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG) in 2023. Angelo Gordon invests on behalf of pension funds, corporations, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and individuals.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

PrimeRevenue, Inc. provides working capital financial technology solutions. Its products include SCI, which provides optimization solutions and cross-application integration and supply chain finance, which enables early payment to suppliers without regard for the payment date of the payable. The company was founded by Robert Barnes and Frank William Hulse IV in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers, Inc. (NBIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 as Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and adopted their present name in 2016. They are a subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. NBIA provides a wide range of discretionary investment management services to a variety of clients, which includes individuals, institutions, registered investment companies, non-US registered funds and private investment funds.

Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners (BBH Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Alternative Investments Group) founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

OpenView Investments LLC (OpenView Investments) (OpenView Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Scott Maxwell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. collects, analyses and publishes information about the energy sector. It offers daily and weekly newsletters via Web, e-mail, fax, or print media formats; online data sources comprising spreadsheets; and research reports. The firm also delivers real-time information related to energy markets, such as upstream, downstream, gas and liquid natural gas, markets, politics, and finance areas. It also offers research, advisory support, and executive training and topical seminars; and conducts onsite forums, as well as Webinars. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Reserve Group Management Co Inc (Reserve Group Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Dick Hamlin and R Mark Hamlin Jr. The firm is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.

Forged Products, Inc. engages in the supply of die forged products for oil and gas market. It offers subsea wellheads, heacy walled gears, midstream components, and channel forgings. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Spartanburg Steel Products, Inc. designs, develops, engineers and manufactures metal stampings and welded sub-assemblies for automotive, ag tractor, lawn and garden and heavy truck industries. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC.

Gautier Steel Ltd. produces hot roller carbon and alloy flats, cornered squares and special sections. Its serves machine tools, construction, cold drawing, agriculture, service centers, material handling, railroad, mining sectors. The firm processes billets into precision hot rolled flats, squares and asymmetrical special shapes on three versatile bar mills. The company was founded by Josiah H. Gautier in 1998 and is headquartered in Johnstown, PA.

Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, Rothschild, Inc. provides investment banking and advisory services.

Precision Terminal Logistics LLC operates as an investment holding firm. The company is headquartered in the United States.

Best Doctors, Inc. provides medical consultation services and insurance programs. Its services include InterConsultation medical reviews, Ask the Expert advisory services, Find a Best Doctor physician search assistance, and Explore My Options treatment decision support. The company was founded by Kenneth H. Falchuk and Jose Alberto Halperin in 1989 and is headquartered in Quincy, MA.

Scivantage, Inc. provides web-based software solutions for the financial services industry. The firm's products include scivantage professional, investor, and maxit. Its services encompass implementation, consulting, custom solutions, and staff augmentation. The company was founded by Adnane Charchour in 2000 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Employer Direct Healthcare, LLC provides healthcare solutions for self-funded employers in the United States. It allows plan members to access a network of medical providers and facilities for various procedures, such as major heart, orthopedic, spine, colonoscopy and endoscopy, and outpatient procedures. The company offers a capacity-management tool for healthcare providers to manage patient flows. The company was founded by Robert Kummer and Erickson Ken in 2010 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Dundon Capital Partners LLC (DCP) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Thomas G. Dundon. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Tower Ventures Holdings LLC provides wireless communication services. Its services include third party marketing, leasing, management program, tower, land acquisitions and property lease consulting. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Point Pickup Technologies, Inc. operates as a technology enabled platform (services) company disrupting legacy transportation models to solve middle and last mile delivery. It offers its services to wide range of industries and company sizes like retail, food and grocery, liquor/specialty foods, automotive and pharmaceutical and laboratory markets. The company was founded by Tom Fiorita in 2015 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Chime Solutions, Inc. provides contact center solutions. The company was founded by Mark Wilson in 2015 and is headquartered in Morrow, GA.