Tom M. Hutchinson

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Founded in 2000 by Michael Mayhew, Integrity Research Associates LLC is a research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm offers research, analysis, rating services and consulting services to investment banks, brokerage firms, buy-side institutions and hedge fund managers. Integrity Research Associates designed the Internet-based Research Evaluation Database, which provides users with an up-to-date picture of the independent equity research business. Their services include industry overview, integrity quick facts reports and integrity comprehensive company profiles. The firm also offers a compliance service that provides due diligence on the compliance policies and practices of investment research firms. Integrity Research Associates analysts cover almost 4,000 investment research firms in the US, Europe and Asia. The firm tracks the entire research industry including non-traditional research firms, boutiques and research-related data, software and analytics. They cover primary research firms, as well as other alternative research firms.