Sheetal Mehta Prasad

Palisade Capital Management LLC (Palisade) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1995 by Martin L. Berman, Steven E. Berman, and Jack Feiler. They are a subsidiary of Palisade Capital Holdings LP. Palisade offers specialized investment solutions that seek to deliver attractive results to corporations, public plans, financial institutions, family offices, and individuals.

Jennison Associates LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager which was founded in 1969 by Spiros Segalas and six colleagues. The firm was acquired by The Prudential Insurance Company of America (PICA) in 1985. They are a subsidiary of PGIM, Inc., ultimately held by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). Headquartered in New York City, Jennison Associates provides portfolio management services to corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities and other governmental entities, trusts, registered mutual funds and their investment managers and other financial institutions, individuals (primarily through wrap fee programs), collective and common trusts, private funds, insurance companies, sovereign funds, foreign funds such as UCITs and SICAVs, and other US and international institutions.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. provides investment banking, securities trading and brokerage services. Their clients include corporations, institutions, governments and individuals. They are engaged in segments that encompass capital markets, wealth management and global clearing services. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Datamonitor Ltd. is a UK-based investment research firm which was founded by Michael Danson in 1988. The firm is headquartered in London and they are a subsidiary of Informa Group Ltd., which is owned by Informa Plc (LON: INF). Datamonitor provides market research and analysis products and services for the financial services, healthcare, energy, and automotive industrial sectors.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.