Matthew John Lambiase

Founded in 1994, Fixed Income Discount Advisory Co. (FIDAC) is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY), a publicly-traded REIT. FIDAC specializes in managing residential and commercial loans and securities, CDO liquidations and other financial services. The firm provides services to the public and private markets and is also a leading CDO liquidation agent. FIDAC manages a variety of investment vehicles and separate accounts that are marketed globally through distributor relationships. They also serve as the external manager for Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE:CIM) and CreXus Investment Corp. (CreXus) (NYSE:CXS). In addition, FIDAC provides financial services to a wide range of clients including government entities.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Part of Revenio Group Oyj, Fidaco Logistics Oy develops information technology solutions. Fidaco Logistics was acquired by Digital Open Network Environment Corp. on November 01, 2000.