Richard Edward Schultz

Founded in 1976, Triad Securities Corp. is a full-service brokerage firm located in New York City. The firm is principally owned by Richard Schultz and Judith Schultz trough Article 6th Trust. Triad Securities provides comprehensive data on the new issue market. They are a global source for equity IPOs, secondaries and convertible bond information. Triad Securities Corp. provides personalized prime broker services to over 300 accounts through a centralized group of prime brokerage specialists who address clients' U.S. and international clearing, financing and support needs. The firm provides comprehensive prime broker services to accounts across all asset sizes and specializes in smaller hedge funds and trading groups with assets of $100 million or less. Triad's prime brokerage allows customers to use the services of multiple prime brokers, while receiving one consolidated account statement through the firm's proprietary web-based reporting system. Triad introduces customer accounts on a fully-disclosed basis to Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN). The firm's accounts are domiciled at Penson Worldwide, Inc. and are protected by SIPC and excess SIPC (Penson). The firm's Triad Trader Pro (TTP) is a professional electronic execution platform that offers direct market access to customers who prefer to enter their own orders. Clients can trade, chart and quote equities, options and ETFs, customizing the layout to fit their trading style. TTP provides sophisticated order handling, robust analytics and powerful portfolio management tools. In addition, algorithmic strategies are available on TTP and through Triad's full-service execution desk. Triad's full-service execution desk offers you access to various equity, option and convertible/corporate bond markets. The firm provides direct access to an extensive network of investment exchanges, local markets and brokers around the world. Triad also accepts order flow through the Charles River network. The firm's New Issue Service offers timely reports, a searchable database, instant messages and access to Triad's professional traders. The service is a valuable organizational tool for tracking IPOs and secondaries. Reports provide indications on deals, projected first day prices or price ranges on IPOs and a consensus indicator on secondaries. In addition, triad offers independent fundamental and technical research from Olson Global Markets. The Triad IPO Dashboard system provides clients with a centralized source for accessing all of the firm's New Issue Reports and an interactive database containing current IPO and secondary deal data, as well as past performance analyses. The database can be searched by deal type (IPO, secondary, convertible), issuer, symbol, trade date, underwriter, industry, and timing (current, priced, and shelf) going back to the year 2000.