Greg Berman

Värde Partners /Private Equity/ is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Värde Partners, Inc founded by George G. Hicks and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with additional offices in London, New York, Singapore, Luxembourg and Mumbai.

Investcorp Investment Advisers LLC (IIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2005 as part of Investcorp Group, whose primary operating entity is Investcorp Holdings BSC in Bahrain. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Investcorp International Holdings Inc. (IIHI). IIA offers alternative investment solutions, private equity, and real estate advisory services. The firm provides non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors, and provides discretionary investment management services to pooled investment vehicles or investment vehicles dedicated to a single investor.

Lyxor Asset Management LLC (Lyxor US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 as SG Cowen Asset Management, Inc. and changed their name to SG Asset Management Inc. in 2002. Effective September 2009, due to an internal reorganization within the Société Générale group, the firm changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management, Inc. In 2023, they changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management LLC when they were acquired by Wilshire Advisors LLC. Lyxor US provides investment advice to institutional clients typically through the Lyxor AM Funds, separately managed accounts.

Allianz Alternative Asset Management SA (AAAM) is the French asset management subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors (France) SA which is the main French office of Allianz Global Investors AG, the investment management division and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE (FR: ALV; NYSE: AZ). The parent firm, headquartered in Germany, was founded in 1981 by Jean-François Vert as W Gestion Financière. Based in Paris, the firm became Athena Alternative Asset Management in 1997. In 1998 they were acquired by AGF and in 2000 were re-named AGF Alternative Asset Management. In parallel, Allianz Hedge Fund Partners (AHFP) was created in 2001 by former executives of Citigroup Alternative Investments. In 2007, AGF Alternative Asset Management acquired AHFP, which was rebranded Allianz Alternative Asset Management.

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.