Jonathan Ilany

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.

Laser Mortgage Management, Inc. engaged to create and manage an investment portfolion of primarily mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans that in combination with financing and hedging activities, would generage income for distribution. The mortgage-backed securities included mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, other securities representing interests in, or obligations backed by, pools of mortgage loans and mortgage derivatives securities. The company was founded on May 1, 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mariner Investment Group LLC (MIG) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Harrison, New York. The firm was founded in 1992 by William Michaelcheck and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIG Holdings LLC which acquired them in 2007. They are ultimately held by ORIX Corp. (NYSE: IX; TYO: 8591) in Japan. MIG discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to institutional clients which are primarily privately offered pooled investment vehicles and, to a lesser extent, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and plan sponsors via managed account agreements. The firm is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Tiptree Financial Partners LP acquires perfoming and distressed credit assets and related equity interests. The company seeks to generate income from distributions and capital gains from these assets. Tiptree Financial Partners is externally managed by Tricadia Capital Management LLC, which organized the company in May 2007. Tiptree is located in New York, NY.

Residential Capital Corp. use to provide real estate finance services. The firm focused primarily in the residential real estate market. It also provided capital to other originators of mortgage loans. The company was founded in 2004 and was headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Reliance First Capital LLC is a direct lender, which provides mortgage services. The company is headquartered in Melville, NY.

Tiptree Operating Co. LLC provides real estate investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.