Ged Parsons

Parsons Capital Management, Inc. (PCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. The firm was founded by Bob Parsons and Ged Parsons in 1993 and is principally owned by PCM Holdings, Inc. PCM provides investment management services to high net-worth individuals, qualified retirement plans, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, endowments, trusts, estates, foundations, and corporations.

Baldwin Brothers LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Marion, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Michael Baldwin in 1974 as Baldwin Brothers, Inc. They provide investment supervisory services on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, business development companies, an investment adviser firm and a variety of business entities.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.