Stacey Marie James

Spears Abacus Advisors LLC (Spears Abacus) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2007 by William Spears, Frank Weil and Robert Raich. Spears Abacus manages equity, fixed income and balanced portfolios for individuals, families and institutions in separately managed accounts.

Founded in 1990, Security Asset Management, Inc. is a wealth management firm and registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm offers investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, other business entities and municipal government entities.^

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.