Bob Carroll

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (BACA) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Stephen Schwarzman in 2005 as GSO Capital Partners LP and changed their name to Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP in 2020. They are a subsidiary of GSO Holdings I LLC, ultimately owned by The Blackstone Group, Inc. (NYSE: BX). BACA provides their services to a limited number of sophisticated investors such as institutional and high-net worth individual investors.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.