Scott Howard Merkel

Founded in 2008, Convergence Investment Partners LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Grafton, Wisconsin. The firm was formerly known as Mariner Quantitative Solutions LLC and as Quantitative Investment Solutions LLC. They are a subsidiary of Montage Investments LLC and their ultimate parent is Bicknell Family Management Co. Trust. Convergence Investment Partners offers proprietary quantitative investment strategies for individual and institutional investors.

Nile Capital Group LLC (Nile Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Melvin D. Lindsey, Richard Cambell Pell and Hien Nguyen Gerbereux. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Welton Investment Corp. provides investment advice. The company is based in Carmel, CA and has subsidiaries in Bermuda and United States. The company was founded in 1989 by Annette Johnston Welton, Patrick Welton.

Voloridge Investment Management LLC (VIM) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Jupiter, Florida. The firm was founded by David Vogel in 2009. VIM provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private funds organized as domestic or foreign private pooled investment vehicles.

Lyxor Asset Management LLC (Lyxor US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 as SG Cowen Asset Management, Inc. and changed their name to SG Asset Management Inc. in 2002. Effective September 2009, due to an internal reorganization within the Société Générale group, the firm changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management, Inc. In 2023, they changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management LLC when they were acquired by Wilshire Advisors LLC. Lyxor US provides investment advice to institutional clients typically through the Lyxor AM Funds, separately managed accounts.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.