Ian K. Stewart

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Co., Inc. (NYSE: BK), BNY Capital Markets, Inc. is a fixed-income broker-dealer headquartered in Roseland NJ. The firm provides sales, trading and research in investment grade, crossover, high-yield, distressed and convertible securities. The research team provides analysis in stressed/distressed situations and industry coverage of airlines, utilities and independent power producers. BNY is a member of the SIPC and the NASD.