Colin O. Bell

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Founded in 2002, Natixis Securities Americas LLC is an investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered New York City with offices in several leading U.S. cities and affiliate offices in London and Paris. The firm is a division of Natixis and a subsidiary of Natixis SA. Their client base is located throughout North America and Europe and ranges from the largest mutual fund and pension fund managers to specialist hedge funds. Natixis Securities Americas' sales and trading teams are located in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Houston. Natixis Securities Americas' research efforts focus on identifying new insights about companies that are not fully reflected in their stock prices. The firm also seeks to provide clients with access to the managements of listed companies and to other industry experts. They arrange for such marketing opportunities, in the form of road shows, conferences, meetings and conference calls. Natixis Securities Americas' institutional trading desk offers clients trading capabilities in equities all over the world. The firm focuses on specific global markets to provide clients with the best possible execution worldwide. Natixis Securities Americas employs a transatlantic approach that examines the effects of technological, market and regulatory developments across both continents on the companies under coverage. In the U.S., they provide in-depth sector coverage on energy (oil services, exploration and production, alternative energy and coal), healthcare (large-cap pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare services) and media (media conglomerates, content creators, interactive TV and new media, as well as technical analysis. In Europe, Natixis Securities Americas applies a country-wide approach to all of the key sectors of France, Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. Combined, the firm's product offering includes more than 600 stocks. Natixis Securities Americas global trading group specializes in the trading, execution and settlement of international equities. The firm provides 24-hour access to 55 global markets. They cater to broker/dealer and institutional clients, providing ADR and ordinary share executions on an agency or proprietary basis. The firm can accommodate most client trading requirements from basket trading to block orders. To complement their international trading reach, Natixis Securities Americas domestic bulletin board trading group currently markets over 2000 U.S.-based companies. The firm offers their clients innovative trading technology through a proprietary Direct Market Access (DMA) platform, Enabler Direct. This product allows immediate access to a variety of liquidity sources through one anonymous interface. Natixis Securities Americas' global brokerage services group offers services to a select group of professional clients. The firm seeks to partner with banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds and high net-worth clients that can utilize their blend of international capabilities and traditional brokerage services to support and enhance their success. Their global brokerage services group is prominent in international securities, equity trading and brokerage operations in over 55 countries around the world. They have experience in both the pre-trade and post-trade requirements in each of these countries.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

SCP Private Equity Partners (SCP Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Winston J. Churchill. The firm is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Part of Marco Polo New World, Inc., Marco Polo Securities, Inc. operates as an agency broker in emerging markets. The company is based in New York, NY. Mathew J. McConnell has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

BIDS Trading LP is a registered broker-dealer and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jim Lee and Jim Bird in 2006. BIDS Trading is the operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS), an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with the Cboe US securities exchanges. It brings counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks of shares. The BIDS ATS is open to all qualifying broker-dealers and their institutional clients, subject to basic credit and regulatory requirements.

PGIM Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund-of-funds manager headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1996 and formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC. They are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Investments serves as investment adviser and administers the business affairs of retail, insurance, and alternative funds.

Ice Execution Services LLC provides an alternative trading system for institutional option traders to execute exchange-traded derivatives. The firm offers its electronic platform for block trading of options, delta-neutral strategies, and options transactions. It provides its alternative trading system through multiple execution pathways, including a front-end trading platform; a FIX-based interface supporting programmatic order flow; and various OMS, EMS, and DMA platforms. The company was founded by Robert D. Newhouse in December 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2007, Exotix USA, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Exotix Ltd., a London-based investment banking firm. Exotix provides fixed-income sales and distribution for their clients in both illiquid and frontier emerging markets. They cover a wide array of non-performing (defaulted) and performing debt, sovereign/corporate borrowers and local/hard currencies. They also offer equity intermediation services. Exotix USA of a member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Ram River Coal Corp. engages in the manufacture of coal and steel. It focuses on aries project. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Founded in 1923, Odlum Brown Ltd. is an independent, full-service and brokerage firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm focuses on providing professional investment advice, objective research and personalized client service. They manage investments in equities, fixed-income securities, mutual funds and GICs, and also offer services including financial, retirement and estate planning and a Young Investors Club for children. Odlum Brown seeks to select value-based investments that are consistent with their clients' objectives. The firm uses fundamental research to identify companies with competitive advantages resulting from low cost operations or companies operating in industries with significant barriers to competitive entry.

Brock Capital Group LLC offers provide strategic advice and implementation support. Its services include merger and acquisition, post-merger integration, leadership development, real estate, and corporate turnaround consulting and advisory, independent fiduciary, and investment management. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Terrapin Partners LLC (Terrapin Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Nathan D. Leight and Jason G. Weiss. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Inc. provides investment advice, and insurance products and services. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.

Part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho International Plc is a British company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in London, UK. The CEOs are Suneel Bakhshi, Andrew Feachem. The company was founded in 2000.

Founded in 1999, KBC Securities USA, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm began as the Financial Products group of D. E. Shaw & Co. In 1999, they were purchased by KBC Bank NV. They are a subsidiary of KBC Securities USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is of KBC Groupe SA (LSE: KBC). KBC Securities is a specialist in annuities, convertible bonds and equity derivatives with a strategic focus on technology. They serve a range of global investors including mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, banks, private banks and hedge funds.

Part of Pareto AS, Pareto Securities Ltd. is a British brokerage company. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2013. Soren Andreas Liby Clausen has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

The Lundin Foundation is a non-profit organization which works in partnership with the Lundin Group of companies, host governments, and local communities to improve the management of, and benefit streams from, resource development projects. It designs and implements strategic initiatives through the provision of capacity building, targeted technical assistance, and performance-based funding. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Nasdaq Ventures (Nasdaq Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Nasdaq Inc founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Symphony Communication Services LLC engages in the design and development of cloud-based work platforms. It is an open source, secure communication and workflow platform that help to improve workplace productivity, and connects users to community. The company was founded by David Gurle in October 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The Markets LLC owns and operates grocery stores. It offers meat, sea food, sweets, chocolates and salads. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

Part of Invesco Ltd., Source UK Services Ltd. is a company that provides fund management services. Source UK Services Ltd. is based in London, UK. Source UK Services was acquired by Invesco Ltd. on August 18, 2017 for $500 million. The CEO of the British company is Marco Mautone.

Vela Trading Systems LLC provides electronic trading solutions for the financial industry. It offers market data, feed handling, consolidated feed, terminal usage optimization, market access and order execution services. The company was founded by Srinivasan Ramiah and Dipanjan Chatterjee in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.