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BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

Part of Moody's Corp., KMV LLC is a company that provides market-based, quantitative credit risk management products for credit risk investors. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by John Andrew McQuown, Stephen Benson Kealhofer. KMV was acquired by Moody's Corp. on April 15, 2002 for $210 million.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

UBS AG (London Branch) is the Great Britain-based brokerage subsidiary of UBS AG, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1998 and provides nimble, innovative and bespoke access to solutions, from market and insight tools, to trading strategies and execution for private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. They distribute, trade, finance and clear cash equity and equity-linked products. The firm also structures, originates and distributes new equity and equity-linked issues.

Oberon Securities LLC provides financial advisory services. The firm addresses the financial needs of small and midsize companies in all industries. It also provides guidance on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, management buyouts, recapitalization, divestitures and sales, IPO's, cross border transactions, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, and valuations. The company was founded by Elad Epstein and Nicole Schmidt in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Kenmar Olympia Group GP LLC, Kenmar Securities LLC is a company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2005.

A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. (AGP) is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. Formerly known as Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., the firm was founded by Peter Schiff in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Global LLC. AGP provides prime brokerage services to hedge funds, family offices, professional traders and top tier small/mid-cap investment funds. It offers multi-clearing, cloud based, high-touch client service solutions tailored to each client’s business needs.

Part of BlackRock, Inc., Merrill Lynch Investment Managers LP is a private company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in Plainsboro, NJ.

Omega Advisors, Inc. is an independent family office headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Leon G. Cooperman in 1991 as a hedge fund firm and converted into a family office in 2018.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. The firm also sub-advices funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Part of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., MarketAxess Corp. provides financial information exchange test-certification services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Part of Global Information Corp, EJV Partners is an American company that provides fixed-income financial data. The company is based in NY. EJV Partners was acquired by Global Information Corp on August 16, 1995.

K2 Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1994 by William Angus Douglass III and David Charles Saunders and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Banco JPMorgan SA (Banco JPM) is the Brazilian private banking subsidiary of JPMorgan International Finance Ltd., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. Founded in 1990, Banco JPM is headquartered in S?o Paulo and provides a range of services including investment banking, global corporate banking, asset management, private banking and treasury & securities services.

DFO Management /Private Equity/ (DFO) is a private equity subsidiary of MSD Capital Management LLC founded in 1998 by Glenn Robert Fuhrman and John Cartwright Phelan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Intelligent Markets, Inc. is a holding company, which provides order management software and services to broker dealers. Its ALTA software platform, provides sell-side convertible bond trading desks with the reliable support needed to manage the special regulatory requirements of handling convertible bond transactions and record-keeping. The company was founded by Jason Topaz and Carl Huttenlocher in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Stifel Financial Corp., DLJ Canada, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides investment advice and equity financing services. The company is located in Canada. DLJ Canada was acquired by Westwind Partners, Inc. from Credit Suisse Group AG on September 24, 2002.

BoardEx LLC provides relationship capital management services. It operates as a business intelligence service used as a new business development tool and as a source for academic research concerning corporate governance and boardroom processes. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., J.P.Morgan Whitefriars, Inc. is a company that provides financial services. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

IFCI Foundation-International Financial Risk Institute provides education and information services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Moody's Analytics, Inc. provides financial intelligence and analytical tools. It offers asset and liability management, credit origination, and regulatory and accounting solutions. The company was founded in January 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Axioma, Inc. develops, markets, and implements optimization modeling and decision support software for the financial services industry. Its products include Axioma Portfolio Optimizer, Axioma Robust Risk Models, Axioma Performance Attribution, Axioma Backtester, Axioma Portfolio Analytics, and Axioma Risk Model Machine. The company was founded by Sebastián Ceria in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of UBS Group AG, O'Connor & Associates is a securities options concern. The company is based in Chicago, IL. O'Connor & Associates was acquired by Schweizerischer Bankverein /SBC/ on March 27, 1995.

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.