Daniel D. McCready

Feingold O'Keeffe Capital (FOC) specializes in strategies that predominantly focus on companies with leveraged balance sheets. The firm invests mainly in bonds, bank debt and other higher yield debt securities issued in the US. FOC may, at certain times, invest in the securities of issuers located in other regions. Depending the client's investment objective, they may also invest in common or preferred stock, warrants to purchase common or preferred stock, and other equity interests. Positions range from the top of a corporate capital structure to the bottom and may include distressed securities. Investments may span across capital structures, including but not limited to, bank debt, corporate bonds (high yield and investment grade), convertible bonds, preferred stock, common stock, credit default swaps and other derivative contracts.The FOC Funds fall into two main investment strategies. One is a long-short opportunistic credit fund that invests in various parts of the capital structure of levered companies, and the other is a secured value fund that focuses mainly on catalyst-driven investing insenior secured loans and secured instruments.

NewStar Financial, Inc. provides financial and investment services. It operates through the Commercial Lending and Asset Management segments. The Commercial Lending segment includes direct lending activities which are focused on providing a senior secured debt options to mid-sized companies. The Asset Management segment represents investment advisory activities which are focused on managing private credit funds that co-invest in middle market loans originated through the established direct lending platform. The company was founded by Timothy J. Conway in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index.Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB.Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions.Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations.The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities.CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities.CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.