Sunil B. Shah

MetLife Investment Management LLC (MIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as MetLife Investment Advisors Co. LLC. They are a subsidiary of MetLife Investment Management Holdings LLC, which is owned by MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET). MIM provides advisory services to institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans (which include government plans), sovereign funds, limited partnerships, and MetLife affiliated accounts such as MetLife’s domestic insurance company subsidiaries, registered investment companies, and pooled investment vehicles.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Susquehanna International Group LLP engages in the provision of investment and other financial services. It offers institutional brokerage, trading, research, and market making services for equities. The company was founded by Lon Taylor and Gordon Apple in 1987 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of investment management services. It also offers managed accounts, college savings plans, mutual funds, and retirement plans. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Part of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Lockwood Financial Group, Inc. is a company that provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Malvern, PA. Lockwood Financial Group was acquired by The Bank of New York Co., Inc. on October 08, 2002.

Modera Wealth Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Westwood, New Jersey. They are a subsidiary of Modera Capital, Inc. The firm was founded in 2011 by the merger of Back Bay Financial Group, Inc. and Modera Capital (formerly Modera, Inc.). Modera Wealth Management offers asset management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations (including foundations and endowments), corporations, and business entities.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Wilmington Trust Corp. provides banking and financial services. It also creates a relationship management company that helps individual and institutional clients increase and preserve their wealth. The firm operates through four segments in three core businesses: Regional Banking, Corporate Client Services and Wealth Advisory Services. The Regional Banking Services serves commercial clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region and consumer clients in the state of Delaware. The Wealth Advisory Services serves high-net-worth clients throughout the United States. The Corporate Client Services serves institutional clients. The company was founded by T. Coleman duPont on July 8, 1903 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

The New Jersey Division of Investment (NJDI) is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. NJDI was founded in 1950 and is responsible for the investment management of the seven public pension systems that comprise the New Jersey Pension Fund and the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund. The Pension Fund supports the retirement plans of active and retired employees in seven public pension systems: Consolidated Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund, the Judicial Retirement System, the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System, the Prison Officers’ Pension Fund, the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System and the Teachers’ Pension & Annuity Fund.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

40/86 Advisors, Inc. (40/86) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. Formerly known as Conseco Capital Management, Inc., the firm was founded in 1981 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO). 40/86 provides portfolio management services primarily to affiliated and limited unaffiliated insurance companies.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

PNC Bank, NA (Investment Management) (PNC-IM) is the asset management division of PNC Bank, NA, a banking company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is ultimately held by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC-IM manages assets for institutions and high-net worth individuals and provides tailored investments, wealth planning, trust and estate administration and private banking to high-net-worth families and individuals.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (WTIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded as MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1995 as the result of a merger between Allied Investment Advisors and M&T Asset Management. In 2012, their name was changed to WTIA. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M&T Bank), which is owned by M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB). WTIA principally provides investment management services to institutional clients. The firm also serves as sub-advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of mutual funds.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Evergreen Investments & Management LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Terry G. Bryant and Doug Smith. The firm is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and formerly known as Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. In 2021, they merged with and into Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and subsequently changed their name to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi US, Inc., ultimately held by Rue La Boëtie SAS’ Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Amundi US provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.