Peter W. Wright

Located in Boston, Tradition Equities is the equity research department of Tradition (North America), Inc., a fully diversified inter-dealer broker in US capital markets, Canadian markets, Mexican markets and foreign exchange. Tradition (North America), Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss-based Compagnie Financière Tradition, a global leader in the brokerage of financial and commodity-related products. Tradition Equities looks for a arbitrage opportunities between equities and credit default swaps (CDS).

GC Research Ltd. is a global equity research firm located in San Francisco with an office in Newton, Massachusetts. They are a subsidiary of Global Crown Capital LLC. The firm specializes in the global technology industry with a focus on emerging technologies across a variety of industries including: wireless, wireline communications equipment, semiconductors, communications, consumer electronics, clean technology, nanotechnology and technology companies in major elected international markets. GC Research offers fundamental analysis, custom research, primary data collection and technical analysis, as well as primary research, proprietary models and supply chain coverage. The firm provides research to institutional investors

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Towers Perrin, Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers actuarial consulting, executive compensation, financial modeling, reinsurance, health, and welfare consulting services. The company offers solutions to client issues in the areas of human resource strategy, design, and management. Towers Perrin was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index. Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB. Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions. Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations. The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities. CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities. CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Countrywide Assured Plc provides long term financial protection for home and family. It offers protection plans, mortgage endowment, savings plans, single premium bonds, and pension policies and permanent health insurance policies. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Preston, the United Kingdom.