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Dimensional Investment Group, Inc. provides fund management services. It offers investment advisory services to the portfolio. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. (MFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1986 and their sole shareholder is Mesirow Financial Services, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a Chicago-based financial services firm that was founded in 1937. MFIM provides advisory services to individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

The Oilgear Co. designs, manufactures and supplies hydraulic equipment and fluid power systems. Its products include pumps, valves, electronics, cylinders and accumulators. The firm offers field commissioning and trouble shooting, system simulation, CFD and FEA, root cause analysis, testing and product training services. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Traverse City, MI.

State Farm Investment Management Corp. (SFIMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund manager headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2002 and is wholly-owned by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. SFIMC provides investment supervisory services for, or arranges for, such services to the State Farm Mutual Funds.

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.

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.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

U.S. Bank NA (Cincinnati Ohio Investment Management) (USB-IM) is the asset management division of U.S. Bank NA, which is ultimately held by the US Bancorp (NYSE: USB). The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. USB-IM provides tailored investment management services to individuals and institutional investors.

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

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (DFAL) is a mutual fund management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a subsidiary of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA), ultimately held by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. in the US. DFAL provides sub-advisory services to DFA, a registered investment advisor, primarily in connection with DFA’s management of the US Dimensional Funds, and also certain institutional separate accounts.

Part of Alfa Laval AB, Tranter, Inc. is a company that manufactures and wholesales heat exchangers. The company is based in Wichita Falls, TX.

Waukesha Bearings Corp. designs and manufactures hydrodynamic and magnetic bearing systems. It provides engineered hydrodynamic bearings and magnetic bearing systems for turbomachinery in oil and gas, power generation, marine and industrial markets. The firm's applications include gas, steam and hydro turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, generators, gearboxes, pumps and motors. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Pewaukee, WI.

Dover Diversified, Inc. manufactures industrial products and manufacturing equipment. The company manufactures proprietary products and components for industrial & commercial use. It consists of eight companies organized into two groups, The Industrial Equipment, Inc. and The Process Equipment group. The company is headquartered in Waukesha, WI

HillPhoenix, Inc. manufactures, sells and installs industrial walk-in coolers, freezers, and refrigerated display cases. Its products include refrigerated display cases, commercial and light industrial refrigeration systems and mechanical centers, commercial refrigerated display merchandisers, electrical distribution products, and specialty display cases and fixtures. The company was founded by C.V. Hill in 1887 and is headquartered in Conyers, GA.

Sargent Aerospace & Defense LLC provides engineered components and aftermarket services. It's products includes CSD fuel, electrical equipments, hot section machine components, hydraulic, pneumatics, specialty bearing, specialty fasteners, utility hydraulics and wheel brake. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

The Appleton Group LLC (Appleton Group) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Mark Scheffler in 2002 and was acquired by Johnson Financial Group, Inc. in 2023. Appleton Group provides professional, full-time investment advisory and fiduciary services for a wide variety of clients, who includes private clients, employer sponsored plans and non-profit endowments.