Robert Cauley

Opteum Mortgage Acceptance Corp. provides assets backed mortgage services. The company provides services and executes transactions in the mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities industry. It was founded in 2003 is headquartered in Paramus, NJ.

Part of Bimini Capital Management, Inc., MortCo TRS LLC provides mortgage lending services. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA. MortCo TRS was acquired by Bimini Mortgage Management, Inc. on November 03, 2005 for $73.74 million. Peter R. Norden has been the CEO of the company since 1999.

Federated Investment Management Co. (FIMCO) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII). FIMCO offers domestic and international equity, fixed-income and money market mutual funds, as well as a variety of separate account options for a wide range of investors.

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.