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Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (dba GMO) is a privately-held, SEC-registered global investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. GMO was founded was founded in 1977 and provides investment advice to a wide variety of clients.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

Barra LLC provides investment analytics, trading solutions and software to investment professions. The company provides risk management technology for investment professionals. Barra was founded by Barr Rosenberg and Andrew Rudd in 1975 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Investment Management) (BBH-IM) is the investment management division of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1931 and do-business-as Brown Brothers Harriman Mutual Fund Advisory Department. BBH-IM advises or sub-advises Mutual Funds, an ETF, and UCITS Funds.

Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. (Paradigm) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Albany, New York. The firm was founded by Candace Weir in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradigm Capital Holdings, Inc. Paradigm offers investment advisory services primarily to corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, individuals, investment funds, trusts and individuals (which include high net-worth individuals), other separate accounts, and pooled investment vehicles such as private investment limited partnerships.

Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (Chartwell) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Timothy Riddle in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Carillon Tower Advisers, Inc. (dba Raymond James Investment Management), which is owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) in Great Britain. Chartwell provides investment supervisory services on a continuous basis to a variety of individual, institutional, investment company, private fund and corporate clients. The firm is a sub-adviser to investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies LLC (HFS) is a manager of funds-of-hedge funds and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1969 and is wholly-owned by GSAM Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). The Goldman Sachs Group acquired HFS, formerly known as Commodities Corporation, in 1997. HFS acts as an adviser to AIMS program funds and other advisory accounts that invest primarily in underlying funds or other accounts utilizing hedge fund or related strategies on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

TIG Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Carl Tiedemann, III in 2006 and is wholly-owned by TIG Trinity Management LLC. TIG Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to clients who consists of pooled investment vehicles intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors and separately managed accounts.

Allianz Global Investors Japan Co., Ltd. (AGI-Japan) is the Japanese asset management subsidiary of Alliance Global Investors GmbH, ultimately owned by Allianz SE (ETR: ALV) in Germany. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 2004 as RCM Japan Co., Ltd. AGI-Japan provides investment solutions across market cap and style for a range of clients including pension funds, blue chip multi-nationals, investment trusts, governments, insurance companies and charitable foundations. They are a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Vestek Systems, Inc. is a computer software company that operates in the banking industry. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. Vestek Systems was acquired by Primark Corp. on May 24, 1994 for $6.90 million.

Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Meiji Yasuda-AM) is the majority-owned asset management subsidiary of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. in Japan. The firm was founded in 1986 through the merger of Dresdner RCM Global Investors Japan Ltd. and Meisei Capital Management Company Ltd. It was formerly known as MDAM Asset Management Co. Ltd. after they absorbed Meiji Dresdner Investment Trust in 2000. In 2010, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. consolidated MDAM Asset Management Co. Ltd. and Yasuda Asset Management Co. Ltd. to form Meiji Yasuda-AM. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm provides asset management services and products to group pensions, non-financial entities and institutional investors. Meiji Yasuda-AM is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment process.

T. Rowe Price International Ltd. (Japan) (TRP-J) is the Japanese asset management division of Great Britain-based T. Rowe Price International Ltd., ultimately held by of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NYSE: TROW) in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1999 as a joint venture with Robert Fleming Holdings Limited. TRP-J provides investment advisory and asset management services for institutions and intermediaries. They also manage specialist Japanese portfolios for the parent group, as well as discretionary institutional accounts.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Managed Funds Association provides support services for the hedge funds industry. It operates as an association for investment professionals in futures, hedge funds, commodity pool operators, and other alternative investments. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

CQS (US) LLC (CQS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michel Brogard in 2008. They are controlled by its managing member, CQS Management Ltd., ultimately held by CQS Cayman LP in Cayman Islands., CQS provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment services to certain privately offered pooled investment vehicles organized as exempted companies and limited partnerships (or similar structures) under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the state of Delaware, Ireland, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Part of Codrington Japan, the Japanese company is a provider of investment research. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan and is led by CEO Wataru Nishimura.

Bank of America, NA (Private Banking) (Bank of America-PB) is the private banking arm of Bank of America, NA, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1947 and is also known as US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Bank of America-PB provides comprehensive wealth management products and services that focuses on wealth structuring (wealth planning, trusts and estates, philanthropy, custody services), investment management (portfolio consulting, asset management, capital markets, specialty asset management) and credit and banking (financial management tools, liquidity services, custom credit, real estate finance) for high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families.