Anthony LaBella

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

Herzog, Heine, Geduld LLC provides financial and brokerage services. It offers full-service brokerage and clearing services. The company also offers online portfolio accounting with the PAWWS system. Herzog Heine Geduld was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Virtu ITG Holdings LLC engages in the provision of financial technology services. It operates through the following segments: Executive Services, Workflow Services, Workflow Technology, and Analytics. The Execution Services segment includes liquidity matching through POSIT, self-directed trading using algorithms, portfolio trading and single stock sales trading desks providing execution expertise, and futures and options trading. The Workflow Technology segment offers trade order and execution management software applications in addition to network connectivity. The Analytics segment covers tools enabling portfolio managers and traders to improve pre-trade, real-time and post-trade execution performance; portfolio construction and optimization decisions; and securities valuation. The company was founded by Chris A. Hynes on July 22, 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

European Securities Network LLP, also known as ESN, is an Italian financial services company that provides equity research services through its four members in four different locations. The private company is based in Europe, but the specific location is not mentioned in the provided metadata. The company offers a unique service that is fully client-oriented. ESN also hosts conferences and roadshows in different European cities, such as London and Paris. ESN was founded in 1998, and the CEO is Giorgio M. Zancan.

Founded in 2002 by Ben Chinea, James Craig and Ben Pfeffer, Direct Access Partners LLC a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a member of NYSE Euronext, FINRA and the SIPC. Direct Access Partners provides complete anonymity and non-conflicting multi-asset class agency execution sales and trading, a state of the art electronic trading platform, NYSE direct access, soft dollar services, compliance services, prime brokerage, global prime services, independent research and introductions to their alliances with capital raising services. Their clients include U.S. and international hedge funds, mutual funds, insurance companies and government agencies. The firm does not engage in proprietary trading, market making activities or investment banking.