Bill Winston

Washington Mutual, Inc. provides financial services to consumers and mid sized businesses in the United States. The company primarily operates through three segments: retail banking & financial services, mortgage banking and commercial banking. The retail banking and financial services segment provides investment advisory and brokerage services, sales of annuities, mutual fund management and other financial services. This segment also purchases and re-underwrites loans to subprime borrowers. The mortgage banking segment offers various home loans including fixed rate home loans, adjustable rate home loans, hybrid home loans, option ARMs and government insured or guaranteed home loans. The commercial segment provides financing to developers and investors for the acquisition or construction of multifamily dwellings and other commercial properties, originates and services multifamily and other commercial real estate loans. The company was founded in August 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Founded by Syngon Hare, SL Hare Capital, Inc. is an investment bank and broker/dealer located in Los Angeles, California. The firm's services include public finance, equity capital markets and institutional equity trading. SL Hare Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. The firm does not provide any internal research. SL Hare Capital is a member of FINRA, the MSRB and the SIPC.