Edward Santevecchi

Founded in 2000, Bradesco Securities, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Brazilian brokerage firm Banco Bradesco SA (NYSE: BBD) in Brazil.. They operate as a broker dealer in the US, focusing on the intermediation of stock share purchases and sales. The firm is also authorized to trade in bonds, commercial paper and certificates of deposit, among others and to provide investment advisory services. They are located in New York City.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.