Steve Castellano

Ascendere Associates LLC is an investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by J. Stephen Castellano in 2009 to provide equity research, financial modeling, valuation, and business strategy consulting services for short- and long-term investors utilizing a blend of quantitative and fundamental approaches. They offer coverage of 3,000 stocks using a quantitative approach that includes relative value, operating momentum, analyst revision momentum and fundamental quality analysis.

Granite Investment Advisors LLC (Granite) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire. The firm was founded in 1983 and formerly known as E. R. Taylor Investments, as Boston Private Value Investors, Inc. and as Granite Investment Advisors, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Mariner LLC, which is owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC. Granite builds and manages customized investment portfolios for affluent individuals, corporations, and non-profit institutions.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.