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Founded in 1996, Asset Alliance Advisors, Inc. is a fund-of-hedge funds manager located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Asset Alliance Corp. They offer strategic opportunities for highly skilled hedge fund managers; provide advisory services to organizations worldwide; and manage investment products for high net-worth and institutional investors.

D. Eight Eighteen, Inc. is a private investment management firm founded in 1987. The private company is based in Augusta, GA. The company is committed to serving affluent individuals and their families by providing asset advisory services. The company's advisors respond to client needs through active listening, thorough research, and years of experience. The company is grounded in integrity and their philosophy is steadfast, experienced, and caring.

Asset Alliance Corp. provides investment management services. It offers private equity, mutual, and hedge funds and advisory services. The company was founded by Bruce Howard Lipnick and Arnold Lawrence Mintz on May 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Deutsche Bank Americas Holding Corp. provides banking services. The company is headquartered in New York City, NY.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.