Chip Walker

ABN AMRO Bank NV provides various financial and banking services to consumer and commercial clients worldwide. The firm offers personal, private, business and corporate banking services. The company offers personal loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings, retirement planning, education planning, personal Internet banking, insurance, and online trading services. It was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Insurance Claims Management, Inc. engagers in the provision of property claims outsourcing solutions for the insurance industry. It offers notice of loss, water mitigation, direct repair, desk repair, and contents valuation outsourcing services. The company was founded by Paul J. Gross in 2004 and is headquartered in Springfield, OH.

Rabobank NA offers a complete range of financial products and services for individuals, businesses, and agricultural clients. It also offers personal banking services, which include checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), and retirement accounts; home loans and personal loans; credit cards; and wealth management solutions. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Roseville, CA.

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.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC provides global investment banking services in the United States. It provides private banking and financial advisory services and banking products. Its businesses include securities underwriting, sales & trading, investment banking, private equity, alternative assets, financial advisory services, investment research and asset management. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.