Ben W. Silverman

Scopus Asset Management LP (Scopus) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Alexander Mitchell in 1998. Scopus provides investment management services to privately pooled investment vehicles.

Headquartered in New York City, Cathay Financial Corp. is an employee-owned independent research firm and institutional broker-dealer. Their product encompassed fundamental equity, (with an insistence on catalysts), special situations including spin-offs, orphan equities and mergers. They do not have a maintenance model. Cathay was founded in 1992 by Bernard Joei.

Ilios Partners is the pre-eminent provider of global securities surveillance and investor relations support to a wide range of corporate, investment banking, and investor relations consulting firms. It also provides investor relations support for corporate clients, including targeting and investor perception studies. The principals of Ilios Partners, John Karageorge and Nick Trikolas, have extensive industry experience. Most recently, Mr. Karageorge was a Managing Director at The Carson Group, where he spearheaded a team providing deal-related stock and fixed income surveillance to investment banking clients as well as having originated Carson’s global surveillance program. Mr. Trikolas has over ten years of experience in investor relations and stock surveillance, having participated in various capacities in the industry since its inception. Prior to co-founding Ilios Partners, he founded and ran the Chicago branch of The Carson Group.

Founded in 2009, Armature Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City