John Karis

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.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Conifer Securities LLC is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of The Conifer Group LLC, The firm was established in 1989 as Genesis Merchant Group, a private investment partnership that acted as a holding company for the development of an investment advisory business. In addition, Genesis Merchant Group created a broker/dealer to provide corporate finance, equity sales and trading, research and investment management services to a select group of corporate clients, institutional customers and high net-worth individuals. In 1999, a group of management partners and investors, led by Phil Stapleton, renamed the firm Conifer Securities and shifted the firm's focus to the custom outsourcing of comprehensive services and support for independent money managers. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.