Matthew William Carper

Parthenon LLC is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm was founded in 1999 by its four principals, J. McFerran Barr, II, Tony H. Coffey, Thomas A. Corea and Todd P. Lowe. Parthenon provides investment management services for individuals, families, trusts, family limited partnerships, retirement accounts such as profit sharing accounts, and institutional clients.

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.