Max Lee

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

Fore Research & Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisor and global hedge fund management firm located in new York City. The firm was established 2003 by Yanxiu "Matthew" Li through a spin off of Toronto Dominion Bank’s global convertible arbitrage business, where the group had operated as an autonomous unit since 1996. Fore Research provides investment advisory or management services on a discretionary basis to their clients which are hedge funds, a single-investor vehicle investing generally pari passu with certain of such hedge funds, and a collateralized loan obligation.