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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Amherst Holdings LLC provides advice and services to institutional investors, issuers and financial companies. It is a financial services company offering a wide array of brokerage, investment banking and advisory services covering the residential, commercial mortgage and structured finance markets for global institutional investors. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Inc is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. founded in 2008 by Maren Ruth Steinberg and Jay N. Rollins. Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Inc is headquartered in Denver.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SAP America, Inc. provides enterprise application software solutions. Its products include SAP HANA platform, SAP Cloud platform, SAP Commerce Cloud, and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. Its offers innovation services and solutions; advisory services; implementation services; sloud services; and support services. The company was founded by Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector on April 1, 1972 and is headquartered in Newtown Square, PA.

NCH Capital, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1993 by George Rohr and Moris Tabacinic. The firm is a subsidiary of Russian-based NCH Advisors, Inc. NCH Capital provides investment supervisory and management services on a discretionary basis to clients that are pooled investment funds intended for institutional and other sophisticated investors.

2M Companies LLC (2M Cos) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1985 by Morton H. Meyerson. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The Atlantic Council of the United States engages in the promotion of constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Torch Hill Investment Partners LLC (Torch Hill Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by William R Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Entrust Corp. provides care for individuals with developmental disabilities. It offers adult residential care program and residential care program. The firm’s services include meal preparation, recreational services, transport assistance, medical administration bathing aids, and behavioral support or modeling. The company was founded by Kevin Hatch in 1997 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Diamondback Tactical LLLP manufactures and distributes tactical equipment including ballistic plates, vests and helmets. Its product includes ballistic armor, carriers, and hard armor shields. The company was founded on August 9, 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Castlelake LP (Castlelake) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Rory Joseph O'Neill and Evan Andrew Carruthers. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AlienVault, Inc. provides security management solutions. It offers open source tools for asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring, security intelligence, security information and event management. The company was founded by Julio Casal and Dominique Karg on May 1, 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is based in Austin, TX. The non-profit company promotes the city of Austin as a destination for tourists by highlighting its rich history and culture. The city is known for its live music scene and offers a variety of attractions, museums, outdoor spaces, and events. The company also provides information about local music organizations, choirs, orchestras, ensembles, and more through its Music Office.

Coro Health, LLC is a digital therapeutics company that provides therapeutic music and spiritual support programs to the healthcare industry. The private company is based in Austin, TX. The company's flagship products, MusicFirst and CoroFaith, are delivered to millions of users daily in over 5,000 locations. The company's patented Music Prescription™ building technology has been clinically proven to create playlists that reduce agitation and depression. Coro Health was founded by William Schofman and Jeff Gray in 2009.

iFly Holdings LLC engages in the designing, manufacturing, sale and operations of wind tunnel systems for indoor skydiving. It operates as entertainment company that creates modern indoor skydiving. The firm develops technology to create a stable, wall-to-wall cushion of air in a flight chamber. The company was founded by Alan Metni in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Auctane, Inc., ShipStation is a shipping software company that helps tens of thousands of e-commerce retailers import orders and process shipments. The multi-channel and multi-carrier platform offers more than 300 partnerships with leading shopping carts, marketplaces, carriers, and fulfillment services, including USPS, UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Shopify, and BigCommerce. ShipStation is headquartered in Austin, TX, and is a member of the Auctane family of companies. Founded in 2011, ShipStation offers an intuitive online solution that allows online sellers to efficiently ship orders wherever they sell and however they ship. Auctane LLC was acquired by Auctane, Inc. on June 16, 2014 for $76.29 million.

Sway Ventures Management LLC (Sway Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Brian Tyler Nugent. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Willis Group Holdings LLC provides insurance brokerage services. The company was founded on November 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of CME Group, Inc., ICAP is a health leader situated at Columbia University. The company is based in New York, NY. The company has worked since 2003 with one central goal: to improve the health of families and communities.

Nex Cubed Investment Management LLC (Nex Cubed) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio, Kip D. Quackenbush and William M. Malloy. The firm is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

Pensa Systems, Inc. operates as a stealth technology venture. It engages in building autonomous machine perception systems for inventory visibility. The company was founded by Sean D. Matthews and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Tau Ventures LLC (Tau Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Amit Garg and Sanjay K. Rao. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.