Todd Boeve

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Founded in 2001, American Capital Partners LLC (ACP) is a broker/dealer located in Hauppauge, New York. The firm has affiliated offices in New York City, Baldwin, New York, East Meadow, New York, Fairfield, Connecticut, Farmingdale, New York, Huntington, New York, Medford, New York and Scottsdale, Arizona. ACP serves the needs of experienced investors and traders who are willing and able to incur higher degrees of risk. They generally recommend securities listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ but they may also recommend other investments such as mutual funds and short sale and/or options strategies. ACP provides independent research. They are generalists that are opportunistic and employ a long/short investment philosophy. On the long side, ACP utilizes bottom-up, fundamental research to identify undervalued and under-followed companies without regard for market-cap or sector. In general, the firm does not invest in biotechnology or biopharmaceuticals. When recommending a long position, ACP looks for companies with low p/e, low price/cash flow, low price/book value and strong balance sheets, which generate cash and are profitable or will generate profit in the near term. On the short side, they position portfolios in order to hedge against economic or market downturns. In this instance, ACP looks for companies with high p/e or cash flow multiples, deteriorating business model or franchise value, poor or weakening cash flow and earnings and/or a change that undermines the business model.

North American Insurance Leaders, Inc. provides insurance investment services. It offers capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, and foreign exchange trading services with one or more businesses in the insurance services industry. The company was founded on August 8, 2005 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Rocky Mountain Capital Corp. provides investment services. The firm also offer insurance services to the individuals. The company is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Part of Bounty Minerals, Inc., Bounty Minerals LLC is a natural gas-focused minerals company. The company is based in Fort Worth, TX. Bounty Minerals acquires, owns, and manages mineral interests in the Appalachian basin of the United States. Bounty Minerals is an exclusive buyer of Appalachian minerals and has approximately 65,000 net mineral acres across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The company offers information for mineral owners looking to sell their minerals and is one of the top mineral acquirers in the basin. The company was founded in 2012 by Jon Brumley, who has been the CEO since then.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Ecoban Finance Ltd. LLC, EIC Corp. Ltd. provides credit and political risk insurance services. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. EIC Corp. was acquired by Island Partners LLC on January 05, 2005.

KBW Capital Partners is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of KBW LLC founded in 1962. It is headquartered in New York.

Crestline Investors, Inc (Crestline Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Douglas Bratton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Preparis, Inc. provides business continuity and cybersecurity solutions. It serves corporate, legal, commercial real estate, financial services, banks and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Armistead B. Whitney and Randall Tolbert in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of ACHP Plc, Island Capital Ltd. provides credit and risk insurance services. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Paul Mooney has been the CEO of the Bermudian company since 2001. Island Capital was acquired by ACHP Plc from Ecoban Finance Ltd. LLC on October 25, 2010 for $40 million.

Bratton Capital Management LP (BCM) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm subsidiary of Bratton Capital, Inc. BCM provides investment advisory and management services to their clients.

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S provides turboprop aircraft leasing services. It engages in the trading and leasing of regional aircraft turboprops. Its leasing solutions include operating leases, finance leases, and sale and leaseback options. The firm also engages in the sale, purchase, and financing of commercial jet and turboprop aircrafts. The company was founded by Martin Møller Nielsen in 1990 and is headquartered in Billund, Denmark.

Crestline Canada, Inc. operates as alternative investment management firm. The company was founded on July 27, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.