R. Stephen Bartholow

Carret Asset Management LLC (Carret) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philip Carret in 1963 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cascar Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by SBI Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8473) in Japan. Carret provides investment management services to wealth managers, financial advisors, select institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals and families.

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1951 and formerly known as The Dreyfus Corp. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). BNYMIA serves as an investment advisor to mutual funds, such as the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and The BNY Mellon Funds Trust, and as sub-investment advisor to non-affiliated mutual funds. Formed in 2009, Dreyfus Cash Investment Strategies (Dreyfus) is a division of the BNYMIA that offers money market strategies to US and non-US institutional investors.