Forestdale is a family services organization committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and trauma that afflicts generations of families in Queens. Our mission is to ensure that children have the fundamental assets they need to thrive: a safe and loving home, health literacy, and education and career opportunity. With a history of service dating to 1854, we serve as a resource for over 1,000 families in crisis from Astoria to Far Rockaway. Our central programs include Foster Care, Preventive Services, Fathering Initiative, and Passport To Parenting.Forestdale’s results-driven culture is focused on the individual growth of our clients, achieved through best practices with demonstrated measures of success.

The American Securities Opportunities Fund invests in public or private companies experiencing operating or financial stress as well as other challenges that may be solved with an injection of appropriate resources.The American Securities Opportunities Fund seeks to invest in companies that are either in financial distress or trading at discounted levels. Fund I, $303 million, was formed in 2006 in anticipation of an increase in supply of distressed investment opportunities. Fund II is a 2011 vintage fund with $753 million of committed capital. Fund III closed on $1 billion of commitments in 2014.

Broadpoint.Gleacher (formerly Broadpoint Capital and First Albany) provides corporate and institutional clients with first class, independent advice and execution in the areas of advisory services, capital raising and research, sales and trading.

Robertson Stephens was a leading full-service investment bank focused exclusively on growth companies. The firm provided a comprehensive set of investment banking products and services, including equity underwriting, sales & trading, research, M&A advisory, convertible securities, private capital, equity derivatives, and corporate and executive services.