Dan DiSpigna

Tourmaline Partners LLC (Tourmaline) is a trading solutions firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2011 by Daniel DiSpigna, Jon Goldstein, Henry Higdon, Daniel Groff and Aaron Hantman. Tourmaline provides outsourced, supplemental and customized trading services to asset managers of all sizes. They deliver buy-side execution offers in global equites, derivatives and ETFs on behalf of hedge funds, mutual funds, RIAs, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and asset owners.

Founded in 1997, Williams Trading LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in Westport, Connecticut. The firm provides outsourced trading solutions to hedge fund managers. They seek to also provide greater access to information, increased liquidity, full anonymity and better execution in equity trading.

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.