Nicholas Michael Yip

Davidson Fixed Income Management, Inc. (DFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of D. A. Davidson Companies, a financial services holding company. The firm began was founded in 2004 as Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management, Inc. In 2005, Davidson Companies purchased all of the stock of Kirkpatrick Pettis and shortly thereafter, the firm changed its name and began to conduct business under the name Davidson Fixed Income Management, Inc. DFIM offers investment advisory services to public entities and mutual funds that desire investments in fixed income securities.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

Founded in 1964, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. is a full service investment firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm's expertise includes retail and institutional brokerage services, investment banking and underwriting, secondary trading of corporate, municipal, and government securities and market making in over-the-counter stocks. The firm is a member of the NYSE and FINRA.

Seattle-Northwest Securities Corp. is based in Seattle, WA. Part of Piper Sandler Cos., Seattle-Northwest Securities Corp. is a company that provides investment banking and asset management services. Seattle-Northwest Securities was acquired by Piper Jaffray Cos. on July 12, 2013 for $21 million.