Taryn B. Man

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Asset Management provides investment banking and asset management services. The firm provides strategic advisory services to corporations around the world, principally related to mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, strategic alliances and financings. Broadpoint.Gleacher was founded in 1990 by Eric Gleacher and is headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Greenwich, Connecticut. They are a subsidiary of BroadPoint Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) and their ultimate parent is MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC.