Steven M. Sherwyn

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Quadra Realty Trust, Inc. (Quadra Realty Trust) provides real estate financing services. The company invests in commercial mortgage investments and related products, including construction loans, mezzanine loans, B notes, bridge loans, fixed and floating rate whole loans, loan participations, preferred equity investments and equity in commercial real estate. The trust specializes in debt financing for commercial real estate throughout the United States. Quadra Realty Trust is headquartered in New York.

Hypo Real Estate Capital Corp. is a private equity firm headquartered in New York City. They manage the Focus Fund LP. The firm is a subsidiary of Hypo Real Estate Bank AG. (OTCPK: HREHF).

Galiot Capital Corp. is a real estate investment trust. The company invests in residential mortgage-backed securities sponsored or guaranteed by a government agency. The company invests in pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. The company is managed and advised by Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc. Galiot Capital was organized in February 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the management of a diversified portfolio of assets. It focuses on investing in financing, and managing real estate related securities, whole loans, and other financial assets. The company was founded on June 3, 2009 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.