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Advisory Research, Inc. (ARI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David Heller in 1974 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ostara, Inc. They provide discretionary investment management services to institutional and high-net-worth clients through separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, and model-based accounts.

Founded in 1994, Fiduciary Asset Management LLC (FAMCO) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm originated as the internal asset management group of a large corporate plan sponsor in 1983 and emerged as an independent investment firm in 1994. In 2007, FAMCO was acquired by Piper Jaffray Investment Management, Inc. (PJIM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Piper Jaffray Cos. (NYSE: PJC). In 2013, the firm was acquired by the Wiley D. Angell Acquisition Trust, an affiliate of FAMCO's CEO, Wiley D. Angell. FAMCO provides investment management services to institutional clients and high net worth individuals through separate accounts and private investment funds.

Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC (TCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded by Harold Birzer in 2002 and is a subsidiary of TortoiseEcofin Borrower LLC (formerly Tortoise Borrower LLC), ultimately held by TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC. TCA provides investment management services to individual and institutional investors and pooled investment vehicles.

Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund is a closed-end management investment company. It engages in the provision of after-tax total return with an emphasis on current distributions paid to shareholders. The company was founded on October 4, 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund is a closed-end management investment fund. Its investment objective is to provide tax-advantaged total return. The company invests primarily in a portfolio of master limited partnerships operating in the energy sector. Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund was founded on September 27, 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Part of Ostara, Inc., FAMCO MLP is an American company that provides investment advisory services.