Alex Patten

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Ltd. (BlackRock IM-Australia) is the Australia-based investment management subsidiary of BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty Ltd., which is owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors and the combined firm operates under the BlackRock name. Headquartered in Melbourne, BlackRock IM-Australia offers a range of investment solutions for institutions, financial professionals and individuals.

BNP Paribas Asset Management UK Ltd. (BNPP AM UK) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding SA, itself a subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP, ADR: BNPQY) in France. BNPP AM UK provides customized investment management services to institutional clients, wholesale clients and collective investment schemes.

Profeta Investments Pty Ltd. is a global asset manager that focuses on delivering high absolute returns. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia. The Australian company's portfolios are high conviction and they take a long-term view. The company's strategy is investing in quality businesses when their valuations are attractive. The company seek out growing companies with strong balance sheets, where management teams are strongly aligned with shareholders. The company was founded by Garry Laurence.

EQT Responsible Entity Services Ltd. (EQT) is the boutique fund management subsidiary of EQT Holdings Ltd. (SSE: EQT) in Australia. Formerly known as OneVue RE Services Ltd., the firm was founded in 2002. EQT is headquartered in Sydney and constructs and manages multi-manager, multi-asset class portfolios for investors with various risk profiles. Additionally, they manufacture and distribute specialist investment funds. They are a socially responsible manager which allocates a percentage of their pre-tax profits to a range of local, national and international charities.

Baring Asset Management Ltd. (Barings UK) is the Great Britain-based subsidiary of Barings Europe Ltd., ultimately held by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in the US. Barings traces its origins to 1762 when it was founded in London as a firm of merchants and merchant bankers. They were an asset management pioneer in the UK and set up an Investment Department in 1955. In 1989, all of Barings' asset management activities were consolidated within Baring Asset Management. Headquartered in London, the firm manages assets on behalf of pension funds, pooled vehicles, governments, charities and high-net worth individuals. Barings UK offers a wide range of equity and fixed-income mutual funds in both domestic and international markets. They are a socially responsible investor which takes environmental and socially responsible investment issues into account and seek guidance from clients.

PM Capital Ltd. is a globally focused fund manager headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded by Paul Moore in 1998. They were acquired by Regal Partners Ltd. (ASX: RPL) in 2023. PM Capital manages money on behalf of private clients, the clients of financial advisers and institutions.

Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. is an Australian broker/dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International, Inc., itself owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in Sydney, the firm offers sales, trading and market-making investment management services to global institutions, hedge funds and industry innovators.

The Financial Services Council provides financial services. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia. and has subsidiaries in New Zealand. Sally Loane has been the CEO of the Australian company since 2014.

BBY Ltd. provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Sydney, AU. and has subsidiaries in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. The Australian company was founded in 1987 by Graham Harry Buckeridge. Glenn Rosewall has been the CEO of the company since 2004.

Macquarie Securities (Australia) Ltd. (MSAL) is a brokerage firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a subsidiary of Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Ltd., ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG) in Australia. MSAL serves as the brokering entity for the Macquarie Group.

Australian Ethical Investments Ltd. (Investment Management) (Australian Ethical-IM) is the investment management division of Australian Ethical Investment Ltd. (ASX: AEF) headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Australian Ethical-IM was founded in 1986 and manages diversified portfolios composed of ethical companies for individual and institutional clients.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

MLC Ltd. provides financial and estate planning, investment management, insurance and other related services. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in North Sydney, Australia.

BT Financial Group Pty Ltd. provides online investment balance and transaction services. It offers investment, superannuation, retirement income products, financial advice, and insurance options. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

MLC Wealth Management Ltd. provides financial and estate planning, investment management, insurance and other related services. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

abrdn Australia Ltd. is the Australian asset management subsidiary of abrdn Asia Ltd., ultimately held by abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2000 as Equitilink Australia Ltd. and formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd. and as Aberdeen Standard Investments (Australia) Ltd. they were renamed into abrdn Australia Ltd. to reflect abrdn’s global rebranding in 2021. Headquartered in Sydney, abrdn Australia manages the Group's Australian and New Zealand assets for a range of global and domestic clients such as listed investment companies, managed investment schemes and segregated mandates. In addition, the firm provides local clients with access to the Group's investment capabilities which include domestic, regional equity and fixed-income, international equity and fixed-income and single country equity products.

Commonwealth Securities Ltd. (CommSec) is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA ). Headquartered in Sydney, CommSec was founded in 1995 and offers a range of brokerage products and services including online trading, cash management, margin lending, and international share trading to retail cliens.

Endeavor Asset Management Pty Ltd. (Endeavor) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The firm was founded by Robert Mead in 2010. Endeavor provides tailored solutions to clients through their High Conviction, Growth and Balanced Equities portfolios in an individually managed account structure.

Taylor Collison Ltd. is an independent brokerage firm headquartered in Adelaide, Australia. The firm was founded in 1988 and offers stockbroking services to private and institutional investors and corporate clients throughout Australia. Their research and corporate focus is on the emerging growth sector of the Australian share market. Taylor Collison uses in-house & external research to establish and maintain diverse & balanced investment portfolios for their clients.

Clime Asset Management Pty Ltd. (CAM) is an investment adviser headquartered in Sydney and was founded in 1996. They are a subsidiary of Clime Investment Management Ltd. (SY: CIW). CAM provides their private wealth advisory advice to wholesale and sophisticated investors. They also manage investments across a range of asset classes including Australian and global shares, debt and hybrid securities, fixed interest, cash, property and other assets.

Abrdn Asia Ltd. is the wholly owned, Singapore-based asset management subsidiary of abrdn Holdings Ltd., which is wholly owned by abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN), a global investment company headquartered in Edinburgh, UK. The firm was founded by Hugh Young in 1992 as Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Ltd. and subsequently renamed into Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Ltd. in 2018. They became Abrdn Asia Ltd. in 2021. Abrdn Asia provides investment advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, such as corporate plans, non-profit organizations, public plans, governments, private investors, multi-employer plans, financial institutions, sub-advised funds and pooled investment vehicles, encompassing both affiliated and unaffiliated US and non-US Registered Funds and US and non-US unregistered funds, among others.

Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (SGA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by George Fraise, Gordon Marchand and Robert Rohn in 2003. On July 2018, the firm was acquired by Virtus Partners, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). SGA manages portfolios and provides investment advisory services for both US and non-US institutions, corporate pension plans, public pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, superannuation fund sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, healthcare organizations, high net-worth family offices and unified managed account platforms.

Queens Lane Capital Pty Ltd (Queens Lane Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Petra Industries Pty Ltd founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Ethical Partners Funds Management Pty Ltd. is an Australian boutique fund manager that focuses on performance and ethical investing. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia. The Australian company's Ethical Partners Tatrai Giving Fund aims to support children, families, and youth in need. The company controls risk through individual company research and its proprietary Ethical Partners Operational Risk Assessment (EPORA). The company actively advocates for change and offers the Ethical Partners Australian Share Fund, a unit trust open to institutional, professional, and sophisticated investors. The company was founded in 2017 by Matthew Nacard and Nathan Parkin, with Matthew Nacard serving as the CEO since then.

Colonial First State Investments Ltd. (CFSIL) is an asset management and holding firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1988, CFSIL provides superannuation, investment and retirement products to members as well as to corporate and superannuation fund investors.

AMP Capital Investors Ltd. (AMPCI) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of AMP Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by financial group AMP Ltd. (ASX: AMP) in Australia. Founded in 1849 as the non-profit Australian Mutual Provident Society, the group is an Australian superannuation provider and asset manager. The firm is headquartered in Sydney with additional offices in New Zealand, Dubai, China, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, UK and the US. They were one of the first to invest in infrastructure when they participated in the financing of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel in 1988. AMPCI is a socially responsible investor which manages a range of unlisted and listed infrastructure investments in Asia, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand as well as life insurance, institutional and mutual funds for the AMP group.

FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (FIL-HK) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of FIL Ltd., a privately-owned group headquartered in Bermuda. The firm was founded in 1981 and formerly known as Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. FIL-HK offers several mutual funds to investors through over 100 distributors in Hong Kong, which includes retail banks and insurance companies.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd. (FIA UK) is a Great Britain-based fund management firm headquartered in Tadworth, Surrey. Founded in 1984, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Holdings (UK) Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Ltd. in Bermuda. FIA UK provides a range of global investment products and services to institutional accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

FIL Investment Advisors (FIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of FIL Financial Services Holdings Ltd., which is owned by FIL Ltd. FIA provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other investment advisors.