Matthew Schwarz

JLF Asset Management conducts bottom-up research. They invest long/short primarily in small/micro-cap stocks with above-average earnings growth potential. They focus on the technology services, consumer non-durables and producer manufacturing sectors in Asia. the firm maintains a very high turnover rate

Ivory Investment Management's core funds consist of their Flagship Strategy and their Optimal Strategy. They also manage a Long-Only Strategy and the Ivory Select Opportunity Fund. The firm uses utilizes a range of investments including equities and convertibles; cash equivalents, including short-term corporate or government obligations and money market instruments; market or sector indices; debt securities and instruments of US and non-US government and corporate issuers including distressed and high-yield securities; options; futures; warrants; swaps; index derivatives; when-issued securities; private placements; partnership/LLC interests; trade claims; and structured security products. The Ivory Flagship Strategy seeks to deliver attractive, risk-adjusted absolute returns with low correlation to market indices. It takes long and short positions in equity securities of publicly traded companies and may also invest in debt securities and other liquid instruments. The Ivory Optimal Strategy employs the same proprietary, bottom-up, value-based investment approach as the Flagship Strategy and invests in the same universe of companies. The strategy seeks to maintain 1.5x the position sizing of positions held by the Flagship Strategy. The Long Strategy takes long positions primarily in equity securities of publicly traded companies. It may also invest in debt securities and derivative instruments. It may have higher individual position concentration and maintain fewer total positions than the Flagship Strategy due to the Flagship’s mandate to hedge long exposure with short positions. The Select Opportunity Fund's core portfolio consists of a diverse group of long and short positions based on a proprietary set of systematic screens and analyses, as well as select concentrated positions based on in-depth fundamental analysis The fund invests in the same universe of companies and related firms as the Flagship Strategy.

SAM uses a global, event-driven, multi-strategy investment approach that focuses on merger-arbitrage, equity-event, and distressed credit investments. The firm generally invests fund assets in a portfolio of event-sensitive securities which may include a variety of US and non-US equity and debt securities and other financial and investment interests, instruments and property. The funds' portfolios typically include securities of companies that are subject to mergers, takeover bids, exchange offers, tender offers, spin-offs, liquidations, recapitalizations, corporate restructurings and other similar extraordinary corporate events. SAM is an activist firm and is included in the SharkWatch50 as one of the 50 most prominent and impactful activist investors.

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Western Standard invests in publicly traded securities globally. The firm's value-driven investment process aims to provide substantial capital appreciation to their investors with minimal risk through a reasonably steady appreciation of capital over a long-term period.

MAZE seeks to identify companies where deteriorating fundamental performances are not adequately reflected in valuations, and consider such securities as short opportunities. Investment opportunities are sourced through primary and third-party research, proprietary screening methods, and focus on sectors in which the firm has substantial prior experience. These include the industrials, healthcare, and consumer sectors.