David Evans

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

AXA Investment Managers Schweiz AG (AXAIM-CH) is the Swiss branch of AXA Investment Managers SA, itself a subsidiary of AXA SA (XP: CS) in France. Formerly known as Winterthur Investment Management, AXAIM-CH was founded in 1990 as a subsidiary of Winterthur Insurance and is located in Zurich with a branch in Winterthur. AXAIM-CH provides asset management services to private and public-sector staff pension funds, insurers, corporate associations and other institutional and non-profit organizations. The firm offers customized asset management mandates in addition to the Winterthur Managed Funds, investment products and Win Investment Funds. Their product range for institutional clients in Switzerland includes bond (CHF and foreign currencies), equity (Swiss and global) and mixed (BVV2) portfolios.

Baring Asset Management Ltd. (Barings UK) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of Barings Europe Ltd., ultimately held by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in the US. Barings traces its origins to 1762 when it was founded in London as a firm of merchants and merchant bankers. They were an asset management pioneer in the UK and set up an Investment Department in 1955. In 1989, all of Barings' asset management activities were consolidated within Baring Asset Management. Headquartered in London, the firm manages assets on behalf of pension funds, pooled vehicles, governments, charities and high-net worth individuals. Barings UK offers a wide range of equity and fixed-income mutual funds in both domestic and international markets. They are a socially responsible investor which takes environmental and socially responsible investment issues into account and seek guidance from clients.

Legal & General Investment Management Ltd. (LGIM) is a fund management firm headquartered in London. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Ltd., which is owned by Legal & General Group plc (LSE: LGEN, ADR: LGGNY). LGIM provides investment management services to pension funds, institutional and private clients. Their clients are primarily in Great Britain, and marginally in the US though their Chicago-based subsidiary LGIM America, which established in 2006.

Mashreq Capital DIFC Ltd. (Invt Mgmt) (Mashreq-IM) is the investment management division of Mashreq Capital DIFC Ltd., which is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a subsidiary of MashreqBank PSC (DA: MASQ). Mashreq-IM offers a range of investment solutions to individual, institutional and corporate investors through their Makaseb funds or tailored portfolios, providing mix and match country, sector and investment plays within the region and across asset classes.

Mashreq Capital (DIFC) Ltd. provides investment and funds management services. The firm's business activities encompass credit and deal investment, asset management, collective investment funds operation, custody provision, and fund administration. It also provides banking advisory and consulting services on financial products and credit intermediation operations. The company was founded on February 7, 2006 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

State Street Global Advisors, Australia, Ltd. (SSGA Australia) an investment management firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT) in the US. SSGA Australia provides integrated solutions that combine investment management, transition management, trust, custody, recordkeeping, and administration services for corporations, private and public pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, central banks and intermediary investors.

State Street Global Advisors (State Street Global Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of State Street Corp. founded in 1978. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Geode Capital Management LLC (Geode) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2001 as a spin-off of Fidelity Investments. They are now a subsidiary of Geode Capital Holdings LLC, owned by Geode Holdings Trust. Geode acts as adviser and sub-adviser for equity, commodity and options strategies for funds and client accounts.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Investment Management) (ADIA-IM) is the sovereign wealth fund management division of state-owned Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in UAE. The firm was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. ADIA-IM invests fund on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi with a focus on long-term value creation. They also manage a global investment portfolio that is diversified across more than two dozen asset classes and sub-categories.