Harald Bareit

QC Partners GmbH is an investment management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. It was founded in 2013 and is a subsidiary of C-QUADRAT Investment AG in Austria. QC Partners offers institutional investors with innovative opportunities to add value and mitigate risk as a complement to conventional equity and fixed-income products.

Kepler Capital Markets SA (Investment Management) (KCM-IM) is a Frankfurt-based divison of Kepler Capital Markets SA, a German brokerage firm also providing investment management services. Previously known as Landsbanki Kepler Germany, KCM was established in 2003. Owned by Reykjavîk-based Landsbanki Íslands hf (RE: LAIS) until 2008, KCM-IM's securities brokerage business is a market leader for small- and mid-cap companies. The firm also manages several mutual funds, and outsources administrative and technical functions in order to focus exclusively on asset management.Their clients are institutions.

Lupus alpha Asset Management AG (LAAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Lupus alpha Holding GmbH in Germany. The firm was founded in 2000 by Michael Frick, Matthias Biedenkapp, Karl Fickel and Ralf Lochmüller. Headquartered in Frankfurt, LAAM manages mutual funds and discretionary portfolios for institutional clients and private individuals. They also manage several compartments of a Luxembourg-based umbrella fund which is administered by Lupus Alpha Investment SA.