Ray Wicklander

Great Lakes Advisors LLC (GLA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1981, the firm is a subsidiary of Whamco Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Wintrust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: WTFC), which acquired the firm in 2011. GLA offers customized investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients. In addition, the firm serves as adviser to mutual funds and is the General Partner to a Private Fund. GLA is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

NWQ Investment Management Co. LLC (NWQ) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen NWQ Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Nuveen Investments, Inc. NWQ provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of retail and high net-worth individual and institutional clients, such as corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, trust accounts, estates, corporations or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. Additionally, the firm provides investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs, and UCITS Funds.

Founded in 2006, Tradewinds Global Investors LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm was created through a reorganization of their affiliate, NWQ Investment Management Co. They are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Tradewinds provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of clients, including corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, individuals, high net-worth individuals, trust accounts, estates, corporations and/or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. They provide investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs and other non-US pooled investment vehicles, including UCITS funds. Tradewinds also provides investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds which are generally organized as Delaware statutory trusts.