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The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (Guardian Life) is a life insurance management firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1860, Guardian Life and their subsidiaries are committed to protecting individuals, business owners and their employees with life, long-term care insurance, disability income, medical insurance products and dental insurance products. They also offer 401(k), annuities and other financial products and trust services.

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.

Corebridge Institutional Investments (US) LLC (CII) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. They are an indirect subsidiary of Corebridge Financial, Inc. (Corebridge) (NYSE: CRBG). The firm was formerly known as AIG Asset Management (US) LLC and changed their name to Corebridge Institutional Investments (US) LLC in 2023 as part of Corebridge’s continued separation from American International Group, Inc. CII provide investment management services to Corebridge, its affiliates, and unaffiliated institutional clients. The firm also manages investment portfolios of private funds and other pooled investment vehicles in which affiliated and unaffiliated parties are investors. CII also serves as a sub-adviser to affiliated investment managers, in the management of their institutional affiliate client accounts.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Wells Fargo Bank Iowa NA is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a diversified financial services company that provides a range of banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer finance services

Athene Holding Ltd. is a financial services company, which engages in issuing, reinsuring, and acquiring retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. It operates through the United States and International geographical segments. The Unites States segment includes California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Arizona, and other. The International segment focuses on the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other. The company was founded by James R. Belardi and Frank L. Gills in May 2009 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Part of Zurich Insurance Group AG, the private company is an insurance concern. The company is based in Schaumburg, IL.

Athene Annuity & Life Co. is a stock life insurance company, which engages in the provision of financial solutions. The firm issues, reinsures, and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. It focuses on the sale of retail fixed annuities, issuance of pension risk transfer (PRT) annuities, and issuance of funding agreements. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.