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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

40/86 Advisors, Inc. (40/86) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. Formerly known as Conseco Capital Management, Inc., the firm was founded in 1981 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO). 40/86 provides portfolio management services primarily to affiliated and limited unaffiliated insurance companies.

I Squared Capital Advisors (US) LLC (I Squared Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with an additional office in London, Sydney, Taipei, New Delhi and Singapore.

Part of Lincoln National Corp., Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. provides fund management services. The company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

bioMérieux, Inc. develops in-vitro diagnostics solutions. It offers microbiological testing solutions for medical and industrial applications. The company was founded on December 31, 1986 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP provides legal services. Its clients include Bank of America, Dow Jones and Northrop Grumman. The company has offices in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Washington. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Merit Capital Partners (Merit Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. (BNPP AM USA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc. (FFTW). In 2015, FFTW’s affiliated US registered investment advisor, BNP Paribas Asset Management Inc., was merged into FFTW. FFTW was re-branded as BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. in 2017. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management USA Holdings, Inc. (BNPP AM), part of the International Financial Services division of BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP) (BNPP) in France. BNPP AM USA provides customized investment management services to institutional clients. The firm also provides non-discretionary investment management activities and/or acts as collateral manager for structured products such as CDOs and CLOs.

GCM Customized Fund Investment Group LP (GCM Customized Fund Investment Group) is a private equity subsidiary of Grosvenor Capital Management LP founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Alphatrai, Inc. operates as an AI-based equity trading platform. The firm trades stocks and commodities using algorithms. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Blue Mountain Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Blue Mountain Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Assured Investment Management LLC founded in 2012 by Andrew Todd Feldstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Wells Fargo Bank NA (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC is a company that provides financial services. The company is based in Santa Monica, CA.

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC (Platinum Equity Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Tom Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

Finacity Corp. provides securitization and funding services. It offers asset-backed working capital funding solutions, consumer receivables financing, supplier and payables finance, back-up servicing, and transaction reporting. The company was founded by Kit Codik in 2001 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

BAML Global Principal Investments (GPI) is the capital investment division of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) (BofA). Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, GPI originates, structures, executes and manages all direct private equity investments that are a strategic priority for BofA.

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.

Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management, Inc. (dba Woodley Farra) is a wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm was co-founded by Donal Woodley and George Farra in 1995. Woodley Farra provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations (and other business organizations).

Founded in 1967, the Missouri Local Government Employee Retirement System is a non-profit pension system administered in Jefferson City, Missouri.

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) is a data-driven regional economic development organization that works with 22 member communities and over 190 private investors to attract and grow quality businesses in the Greater Phoenix area. The non-profit company is based in Phoenix, AZ, and the CEO of the company is Chris Camacho. The company's mission is to advocate for the competitiveness of the region and serve as a strategic partner to companies across the world as they expand or relocate to Greater Phoenix. Over the past 32 years, GPEC has helped 895 companies, creating nearly 164,000 jobs and $33.40 billion in capital investment.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Hovde Financial, Inc. provides financial services. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Eric Donald Hovde.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Equality Health LLC provides population risk management platform services. It is focused on underserved populations in medicaid, medicare and commercial benefits. The firm's customers include the healthcare, hospitals and accountable care organizations. The company was founded by Hugh H. Lytle and Joe Schaller in 2015 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.