Lou Ann Williams

Founded in 1994 by Eduardo Prado, Finacorp Securities is a full service broker/dealer located in Irvine, California. The firm services to institutional clients in the US and in select international markets. They provide products and services in the fixed-income, interest rate, credit and equity markets. Finacorp operates as a certified minority-owned Hispanic broker/dealer. They are a member the SIPC, FINRA and MSRB. All accounts are carried by Broadcort, a division of Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER).

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.