Z. Fahd Basir

Founded by Ronald Sellers in 1992, Atlantic Asset Management LLC is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm offers a range of investment products and services, from traditional fixed-income to hedge funds and derivatives. Their clients include public and private pension funds, labor unions, foundations, endowments, corporations and high net-worth individuals.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Part of UBS Group AG, UBS Asset Management, Inc. provides investment management services. The company is based in New York, NY.