Michael Wells Glueck

Founded in 1996, Investrend, Inc. is a research firm headquartered in Forest Hills, New York. The firm specializes in an integrated, interdependent approach, pulling together research, broadcast, forums and information platforms as needed to create a cohesive platform to enhance events, conferences, research, publications and information distributions worldwide with services skewed toward shareholder empowerment.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits programs. It operates through the US, and MetLife Holdings segments. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

A subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Boston-based Bank of America Private Bank (BAPB) offers private banking and wealth management services.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA (HSBC-PBS) is a subsidiary of HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA, which in turn is a subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc (LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HBC). HSBC-PBS was incorporated in 2001 as HSBC's private banking operations were undergoing reorganization. The bank was previously known as HSBC Republic Bank (Suisse) and originated in 1999. In 2009 the firm absorbed the activities of HSBC Guyerzeller Bank SA. HSBC-PBS is headquartered in Geneva with domestic branches in Lugano and Zurich as well as a seasonal office in St Moritz. The bank also has offices worldwide in Nassau, Guernsey, Stockholm, Athens, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong, Santiago, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. HSBC-PBS specializes in cross-border wealth management for an international clientele of high-net worth individuals and institutions. They manage discretionary portfolios and distribute investment products managed within HSBC and by third parties, following an open architecture model. The bank also carries out market transactions, grants Lombard credits and participates in settlement operations for the parent group.