with more than 3,500 investment professionals located throughout north america, the u.k., israel and asia, oppenheimer is one of the global leaders in the financial community. we provide the resources of a full-service global financial institution and the level of service normally associated with highly focused specialty firms, delivering knowledgeable sector specific, senior-level attention that leads to top quality advice and execution. we offer a broad range of financial services, including wealth management, investment banking and asset management to corporate clients, institutional investors, families and individuals. oppenheimer’s wealth management professionals provide private client services to high net worth individuals throughout the country. with a distribution network of approximately 1,400 financial advisors in over 90 branches, we are one of the largest independent u.s. investment banks on the basis of our number of registered representatives. our investment banking platf