Paul Broughton

Founded in 1998, Advisors Capital Management LLC (ACM) is a registered investment advisor based in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The firm is principally owned by ACM Holding Trust. ACM offers advisory services to their direct clients and clients of unaffiliated registered investment advisors and broker-dealers throughout the US.

Founded in 1960, Pacific Capital Wealth Management Services is a wealth management firm located in Santa Barbara, California. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the lead bank of Pacific Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ: PCBC), a multi-bank holding company formed in 1982.

Salient Partners LP (Salient) is an asset management boutique headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2002 by Andrew Linbeck, Jeremy Radcliffe and Haag Sherman. In 2003, the firm merged with Pinnacle Management & Trust Co. to form Salient Partners & Pinnacle Trust Co. Two years later the firm adopted the name Salient Partners LP. In 2022, they were acquired by Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Salient provides real assets, tactical equity alternatives, and private solutions for institutional investors and investment advisors.