Michael Charles Brown

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.

A subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Boston-based Bank of America Private Bank (BAPB) offers private banking and wealth management services.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.

Dynasty Financial Partners LLC provides investment advice. It offers a fully customizable platform, with end-to-end support from a proven team and unrivaled access to distinctive products and services. The company was founded by Edward C. Swenson and Shirl Thomas Penney in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dynasty Wealth Management LLC (DWM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 2010 and is a subsidiary of Dynasty Financial Partners LLC, owned by GF-Dynasty Holdings LLC. DWM sponsors an investment management platform, also known as Dynasty TAMP Services (a turnkey asset management program) and offers Investment Programs / Model Portfolios and OCIO Services.