Udo Frank

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America engages in the provision of individual annuities and life insurance products. It operates through the following segments: Individual Annuities, Life, Questar, and Legacy. The Individual Annuities segment includes fixed, fixed-indexed, variable, and variable-indexed annuities that are provided through independent distribution channels made up of agents and registered representatives. The Life segment issues fixed-indexed universal life insurance products, as well as maintains term and whole life in-force blocks that the company no longer sells or distributes. The Questar segment distributes a range of securities products, including mutual funds, variable life insurance, and annuity contracts; and also processes general securities transactions through a clearing arrangement with a third-party provider. The Legacy segment consists of closed blocks of long-term care and special markets products. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. MN.

Founded in 1970 by Claude Rosenberg, RCM Capital Management LLC, formerly Rosenberg Capital Management, RCM Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm was also previously known as Dresdner RCM Global Investors. RCM is a division of RCM U.S. Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE. RCM manages portfolios for individuals and institutions. They also manage the Allianz/Dresdner family of mutual funds. The firm provides investment management services to clients around the world including: pension funds, blue chip multinational companies, investment trusts, governments, insurance companies and charitable foundations.

Allianz Global Investors GmbH (AGI) is an investment management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The was founded in 1956 and is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management GmbH, which is owned by Allianz SE (ETR: ALV). AGI manages the group's assets and client-focused equity, fixed-income, and balanced portfolios. They also launch and manage equity and fixed-income mutual funds for individual and institutional clients.

Deutsche Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH (DeAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Investment GmbH, itself a subsidiary of Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB). Established in 1967, DeAM establishes and manages tailor-made institutional funds for German institutional investors with a special focus on pension schemes and pension funds.