Naeem Hukkawala

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Creditex Group, Inc. engages in the provision of screen-based electronic platform for trading credit derivatives. The firm also offers inter dealer electronic transactional platform, interactive application, and brokerage support services. Its services include hybrid broker for credit default swaps execution, delta neutral auctions, post trade processing and credit event auctions. The company was founded by Sunil Gordhan Hirani in 1999 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Newedge USA LLC provides brokerage services to institutional investors and fund managers. The firm specializes in bond, currency and commodities trading, derivative products and foreign exchange. The company is headquartered in Chicago

Skystream Markets, Inc. provides institutional transactional platforms for the renewable energy and environmental markets. It focuses on creating price discovery, concentrating liquidity and improving trade execution quality. The firm has developed and launched in close consultation with major institutional market participants, including renewable power producers, utilities, energy trading companies and investment banks. The company was founded by Kapil Mohindra and Naeem Hukkawala in 2009 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Excalibur Capital LLC (Excalibur Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.