Lou D'Anella

Founded in 1991, GMP Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was previously known as Miller Tabak Roberts Securities LLC. They are a subsidiary of GMP MTR Acquisition, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GMP Capital, Inc. (Toronto: GMP). GMP Securities is a global institutional sales, trading and research firm focusing on debt, convertibles, equities and asset-backed securities. They are member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.