Esther Y. Kwon

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) is a government-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by the United Nations General Assembly in 1949 to provide retirement, death, disability and related benefits for staff upon cessation of their services with the United Nations, under Regulations that, since then, have been amended at various times. The Fund is administered by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, the Chief Executive of Pension Administration, a staff pension committee for each member organization, and a secretariat to each such committee. As a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Investing or PRI, the UNJSPF’s Office of Investment Management (OIM) incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations throughout the investment decision-making process.

The YMCA Retirement Fund (YRF) is the pension fund of YMCA of the USA, which is headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1921 by a special act of the legislature of the State of New York. YRF’s sole purpose is to provide retirement benefits for YMCA employees throughout the US. The Fund offers two plans to help YMCA employees build their retirement savings: the Retirement Plan and the Savings Plan. The Retirement Plan is a 401(a) defined contribution church pension plan, while the Savings Plan is available to all employees of participating Ys from their first day of employment.

Columbus Circle Investors (CCI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is directly owned by CCIP LLC and is a partly-owned subsidiary of Principal Global Investors LLC, itself a member of Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG). Founded in 1975, CCI provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities, registered mutual funds, private investment funds, trust programs, sovereign funds, foreign funds, and other US and international institutions. The firm also provides sub-advisory services to certain registered investment companies, including certain affiliated Principal Global Investors’ Funds. They also sub-advise accounts of the Principal Global Investors Trust and provide investment portfolio services to wrap fee programs and other similar mandates.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Founded in 1990, Retirement System Investors Inc. (RSI) is a registered investment advisor that provides mutual funds with investment advisory and management services. They manage a portion of the Retirement System family of mutual funds. Based in New York City, they are a wholly owned subsidiary of RSGroup.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.