Two
Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO) will host a live
webcast of its Analyst & Investor Day from the New York Stock Exchange
on Thursday, February 20, 2014.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST, a three hour long webcast will be available
for investors, analysts, and media by visiting Two Harbors’ web site at www.twoharborsinvestment.com
in the Investor Relations section under the Events and Presentation
link. An event transcript will be available on the same web page
following the event and an archived webcast will be available.
Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s Analyst & Investor Day will feature
special guest speaker, James Grant, the founder and editors of Grant’s
Interest Rate Observer. Following Mr. Grant’s presentation, there will
be management presentations by Two Harbors’ senior executives including
Tom Siering, Chief Executive Officer, Bill Roth, Chief Investment
Officer, and Brad Farrell, Chief Financial Officer. The management team
will be covering a variety of topics, including executive insights, a
portfolio update, and a financial review. After the presentations,
management will host a question and answer session.
Speaker Biographies
Following are biographies of the Analyst & Investor Day presenters.
Guest Speaker:
James Grant, Editor, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
James Grant is the founder and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
and the author of seven books. His new history of the self-healing
depression of 1920-21 will be published next year by Simon & Schuster.
Mr. Grant’s television appearances include 60 Minutes, NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer, CBS Evening News and a 10-year stint on Wall Street Week. His
journalism career began at the Baltimore Sun, and he has published in
the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs, among
other periodicals. A former Navy gunner’s mate, Mr. Grant is a 2013
inductee into the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame.
Hosts:
Tom Siering, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Two
Harbors Investment Corp.
Thomas Siering has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of
Two Harbors since its incorporation in May 2009. Mr. Siering also serves
as Partner of Pine River Capital Management. Prior to joining Pine River
as a Partner in 2006, Mr. Siering was head of the Value Investment Group
at EBF & Associates in Minnetonka, Minnesota. He joined EBF in 1989 and
was named a Partner in 1997. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Siering was the
portfolio manager of Merced Partners, LP and Tamarack International
Limited. Those funds engaged in a variety of distressed, credit and
value strategies. Mr. Siering began his career at Cargill, Incorporated
where he was a founding member of their Financial Markets Department. He
holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University
of Iowa with a major in Finance.
William Roth, Chief Investment Officer, Two Harbors Investment Corp.
William Roth was appointed Chief Investment Officer in January 2013
after serving as Co-Chief Investment Officer since October 2009. Mr.
Roth also serves as Partner of Pine River Capital Management. Prior to
joining Pine River in 2009, Mr. Roth was at Citigroup and its
predecessor firm, Salomon Brothers Inc., for 28 years where he was named
a Director in 1987 and a Managing Director in 1997. From 2004 to 2009,
Mr. Roth managed a proprietary trading book at Citigroup with particular
focus on mortgage and asset-backed securities. From 1994 to 2004, Mr.
Roth was part of the Salomon/Citi New York Mortgage Sales Department.
From 1981 to 1994, Mr. Roth was based in Chicago and managed the Chicago
Financial Institutions Sales Group for Salomon Brothers. He received an
M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business in 1981, and a B.S. in Finance and Economics
from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1979.
Brad Farrell, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Two Harbors
Investment Corp.
Brad Farrell has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Two
Harbors since January 2012. Mr. Farrell previously served as Two
Harbors’ Controller. Mr. Farrell has spent the breadth of his career
overseeing financial management, reporting and business analysis for
public financial service companies. Prior to joining Pine River in 2009,
he was Vice President and Executive Director of External Reporting for
GMAC ResCap, a diversified real estate company. In this role, from 2007
to 2009, he was responsible for GMAC ResCap’s public filing and bank
holding company reporting initiatives. He was also involved in GMAC
ResCap’s debt restructuring and related accounting and liquidity
initiatives. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Farrell held various positions in
finance and accounting with XL Capital Ltd., a public global insurance
underwriter, including the establishment of finance and accounting
processes in its London based insurance segment. Prior to 2002, he was
employed with KPMG and where he gained experience managing US GAAP
implementation and Securities Exchange Act compliance engagements for
foreign filers in the firm’s London practice. Mr. Farrell is a Certified
Public Accountant (inactive), and graduated with a B.S.B.A. from Drake
University in Des Moines, IA.
Two Harbors Investment Corp.
Two Harbors Investment Corp., a Maryland corporation, is a real estate
investment trust that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities,
residential mortgage loans, mortgage servicing rights and other
financial assets. Two Harbors is headquartered in New York, New York,
and is externally managed and advised by PRCM Advisers LLC, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Pine River Capital Management L.P. Additional
information is available at www.twoharborsinvestment.com.
Additional Information
Stockholders of Two Harbors and other interested persons may find
additional information regarding the company at the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s Internet site at www.sec.gov
or by directing requests to: Two Harbors Investment Corp., 590 Madison
Avenue, 36th floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone
612-629-2500.
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