Matthias Paul

ICE Data Services, Inc. provides financial market data, analytics and related solutions. The firm offers fixed income evaluations, reference data and real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions. Its offerings support clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management. he company serves the mutual fund, bank, asset management, hedge fund, securities and financial instrument processing and administration sectors. ICE Data Services is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH provides information and technology solutions. It specializes in asset and asset-liability management, retail and private banking, as well as wealth management. Its products and solutions include financial service, media, corporates, financial and stock market information, sales support, analysis and evaluation, vwd data manager, vwd market manager, vwd portfolio manager, vwd finance guide, and vwd fund cloud. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ned Davis Research, Inc. (NDR) is an institutional investment research firm headquartered in Nokomis, Florida. The firm was founded by Ned Davis in 1980. They are wholly owned by Delinian Holdings US LLC, which is ultimately owned by Delinian Ltd. in Great Britain. NDR produces and publishes independent financial research and offers customized research services. The firm markets its research globally, primarily to registered investment advisers, brokerage firms, asset management firms, hedge funds, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other types of institutional investors. Their approach combines both fundamental and technical research disciplines.