Joe Gladue

J. Alden Associates, Inc. is an independent firm that was founded in 1995. The company is based in Jenkintown, PA and offers a wide range of services including individual account management, institutional research, investment banking, private placement offerings, wholesaling services, retirement plans, equity trading, fixed income trading, and options trading, among other broker/dealer and RIA capabilities. The firm has 65 advisors spread across 14 districts and states and offers a robust platform for its advisors built around competitive payouts, with access to unique investment products and a compliance program.

Equalize Capital LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican company was founded by Lee Albert Calfo, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Equalize Community Development Fund is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, which engages in the provision of current income, consistent with the preservation of capital, and to enable institutional fund investors to claim favorable regulatory consideration of their investment. The firm is also involved in investing primarily in a portfolio of loans that are eligible for Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 treatment as community development loans or qualified investments. The company was founded on July 29, 2013 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Alden Associates, Inc. engages in the provision of computers, networking equipment, and peripherals. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Founded in 2012, MCG securities LLC is an investment research firm located in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The firm does business as Merion Capital Group and is a subsidiary of R5 Partners, Inc.

Axos Bank provides consumer and wholesale banking services through online. Its brands include Bank of Internet USA, UFB direct, bank X, netbank and apartment bank. It offers premier online banking and financial services including business banking, home loans, commercial and industrial lending. The company was founded by Jerry L. Englert and Gary Lewis Evans in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

Founded in 2007, Cohen & Co. Capital Markets LLC is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is also does business as FGC Securities. They are a subsidiary of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IFMI), formerly known as Cohen & Co., Inc. The firm specializes in credit-related fixed-income investments. They provide a range of services to institutional investors and corporations. Cohen & Co.'s primary operating segments are Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Capital Markets segment consists of credit-related fixed income sales and trading, as well as new issue placements in corporate and securitized products. The Asset Management segment manages assets through listed and private companies, funds, managed accounts and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Cohen & Co. manages fixed-income investments across a variety of asset classes including U.S. trust preferred securities, European hybrid capital securities, Asian commercial real estate debt and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. Clearing services are provided through Pershing LLC.