David Slavin

Founded in 1999 by Glen Beigel and Robert Doeberl, Cogent Alternative Strategies, Inc. is an independent broker/dealer located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The firm is a subsidiary of Cogent Asset Management LLC, a Fairfield, Connecticut-based registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager. Cogent Alternative Strategies provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Founded in 2003, Olympia Capital Markets Group is an asset management, investment banking, broker/dealer and investment research firm located in New York City. The firm is a member of FINRA, the SIPC, the MSRB and NASDAQ. The firm clears through Dallas-based Penson Financial Services Inc. Olympia Capital Markets Group provides execution, proprietary research and capital markets insight to institutional, individual and corporate investors. The firm generates fundamental and technical analysis of companies, industries, markets and economies. They employ a top-down approach that seeks to identify the different sectors and industries with the best value and risk/reward opportunities. Olympia Capital Markets Group's equity research analyzes company fundamentals utilizing a range of proprietary tools to identify opportunities in the securities they cover. Quantitative research is integrated with macroeconomic considerations to enhance their clients' own research.