Brad Stern

AIS Futures Fund IV LP provides stock brokerage services. It engages in trading of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and physical commodities and other commodity-related contracts traded primarily on domestic markets (collectively Futures Contracts) pursuant to the trading and investment methodology of AIS. The company was founded on August 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Wilton, CT.

AIS Capital Management LP (AIS) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. The firm was founded by John Hummel and Bradley Stern in 1993. AIS investment advice to family offices, endowments, foundations, individuals, investment funds, pension plans and trusts.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.