James Barber

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

Russell Investment Management LLC (RIM) is a SEC-registered mutual fund manager headquartered in Seattle, Washington. They are a holding firm of Russell Investments US Retail Holdco, Inc., ultimately owned by Russell Investments Group Ltd. The firm was founded in 1936 and was formerly known as Frank Russell Investment Co. RIM provides investment advisory services to affiliated pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, government entities, insurance companies, foreign official institutions, financial intermediaries, and wrap-fee program clients of third-party financial intermediaries.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Steward Partners Investment Solutions LLC (SPIS) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Formerly known as Umpqua Investments, Inc., the firm was founded in 1928 as Strand, Atkinson, Williams & York, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Steward Partners Holdings LLC. SPIS provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients.

Principal Global Investors LLC, dba Principal Asset Management (Principal AM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Principal Global Investors Holding Co. (US) LLC and their ultimate parent is Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Principal AM provides investment advisory services to institutional investors and individuals on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Royal Bank Financial Group provides financial services, including issuing money in various forms, receiving deposits of money, lending money and processing transactions and the creating of credit. The company is headquartered in Langley, Canada.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Founded in 2000 by Michael Chu and Dirk Donath, Pegasus Capital is a private equity/venture capital firm located in Newton, Massachusetts. The firm is a subsidiary of Pegasus Argentina SA, a Buenos Aires, Argentina-based private equity firm.

Russell Investments US Institutional Holdco, Inc. engages in the provision of asset management services. The company was founded on November 10, 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Real Property Association of Canada operates as an association for owners and managers of investment real estate. It offers RPIC program, training courses, and conferences. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Liontrust Multi-Asset Ltd. is the mutual fund management subsidiary of Liontrust Asset Management plc (LSE: LIO) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2008 as Lone Wolf Investment Management Ltd. and subsequently became Architas Multi-Manager Ltd. They changed their name to Liontrust Multi-Asset Ltd. when Liontrust acquired Architas UK Investment Business in 2020. Headquartered in London, Liontrust Multi-Asset provides a range of diversified multi-manager funds to private and institutional investors.

Fulcrum Capital LLC is a wealth management company that provides custom plans and insights to create real impact for their clients. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and was founded in 2007 by Robert Carl Kuehn, Darcy Berube Johnson. The company aims to elevate the wealth management experience beyond the expected and deliver dynamic and meaningful solutions. Michelle Aimee Mathieu has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Slate Asset Management LP /Private Equity/ (Slate Asset Management /Private Equity/) is a real estate investment firm, which was founded in 2005 by Blair Welch and Brady Welch. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Pacific Portfolio Consulting LLC operates as an investment and wealth advisory firm. It offers wealth management and investment advisory solutions and services, including specialized practices serving families and individuals, businesses and institutional fiduciaries. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in the Seattle, WA.

Nexxus Capital SA de CV (Nexxus) is a private equity firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Saemor Capital BV is an independent Dutch alternative investment management firm which was founded in 2008 by Sven Bouman with the backing of insurance company AEGON NV. Headquartered in The Hague, the firm manages the Saemor Europe Alpha Fund.

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Ltd. (MCEL) is the London-based subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd. (SY: MQG), a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and fund management services. Operating as part of the Macquarie Capital Advisers division, MCEL provides investment advisory services in the UK and in continental Europe. In relation with Macquarie Securities Group, they provide access to Asia Pacific markets for European clients. In terms of research, MCEL supplies macro-economic, markets and stock level analysis to a diverse range of clients. Their capabilities cover equity, debt, ForEx, futures, metals and mining worldwide, economics and strategy. In 2009 Macquarie Group acquired the international brokerage firm Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC. The London branch Fox-Pitt, Kelton Ltd. was absorbed into MCEL.