Michael Clurman

Founded in 2004, Cowen Securities is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Cowen Group. They were formerly known as Dahlman Rose & Co. Cowen Securities provides value-added research, trading and advisory services to clients in the US and abroad. The firm focuses on growth industries that are the direct beneficiaries of global trade, infrastructure development and urbanization. Their research focuses on various distinct verticals within the global natural resources supply chain including: metals/mining, agriculture, chemicals, oil & gas exploration and production, electric utilities and surface transportation. Cowen Securities follows a variety of companies across geographies, market-caps and strategies. The firm employs a top-down approach that focuses on global themes and macro trends within these sectors. They look for drivers that create opportunities for well-positioned companies.

Founded in 1995, Pali Capital, Inc. is a full-service broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Greenbrae, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Pali Holdings, Inc. Pali Capital leverages their core brokerage business for a predominantly specialty hedge fund client base to create an integrated blend of product lines including equity trading, options trading, hedge fund hosting, independent research and research analysts and investment banking. Their research covers US equities, European equities, European mergers and acquisitions and event-driven capital structure arbitrage and Asian equities.