Barbra A. Byington

Founded in 1996 by Frank Lilly and Samuel 'Skip' Halpern, Independent Fiduciary Services Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm provides investment advisory services to institutional investors including ERISA employee benefit plans (including corporate and Taft-Hartley pension, 401k and welfare funds), public pension funds, foundations, endowments, and non-profit organizations and charitable organizations

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) is an independent pension fund manager headquartered in Washington, DC. Founded in 1875, PBGC protects the retirement security and retirement incomes of several American workers, retirees, and their families in private sector defined benefit pension plans.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.