David B. Clott

Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. (CTAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 as F&C Asset Managers Ltd. and renamed BMO Asset Managers Ltd. in 2018. They changed their name to Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. when BMO rebranded to Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2022. The firm is a subsidiary of Columbia Threadneedle AM (Holdings) Plc, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in the US. CTAM manages a range of in-house and multi-manager funds for private individuals and institutional clients.

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.

Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and formerly known as Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. In 2021, they merged with and into Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and subsequently changed their name to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi US, Inc., ultimately held by Rue La Boëtie SAS’ Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Amundi US provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. SWIB was founded in 1951 and is responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS includes the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Core Fund) and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Variable Fund).

Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (Essex) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Michael Hazard and Joseph McNay in 1976. Essex provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to institutional clients, such as employee benefits plans, endowment funds, foundations, religious organizations, and mutual funds. The firm also provides investment management services to individuals (private clients), limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

GW&K Investment Management LLC (GW&K) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and formerly known as Gannett Welsh & Kotler LLC. They are a subsidiary of AMG Boston Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). GW&K provides active equity and fixed income investment solutions to meet the needs of a diverse client base.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

ZWJ Investment Counsel, Inc. (ZWJ) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1974 as Zeliff Wallace Jackson Investment Counsel, Inc. ZWJ provides discretionary asset management services to individual persons, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and corporations or similar business entities.

Voya Investments LLC (VIL) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. The predecessor of VIL began business as an investment adviser in 1994. In 2001, the name of the investment adviser changed from Pilgrim Investments, Inc. to ING Pilgrim Investments LLC. They became ING Investments LLC in 2002 and Voya Investments LLC in 2014. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Funds Services LLC, ultimately held by Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA). VIL serves as an investment adviser for certain open- and closed-end registered investment companies and to certain Cayman Islands-based CLOs.

BP Capital Fund Advisors LLC (BPFCA) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 2013 to provide discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to registered investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC (FTI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FTI provides investment advisory and portfolio management services under investment management agreements with clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds as well as to separate accounts.

Magnetar Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund firm headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alec Litowitz and Ross Laser in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Magnetar Capital Partners LP. Magnetar Financial serves as the investment manager for, and provides discretionary and may at times provide non-discretionary investment advisory services to, several private investment funds and separately managed accounts. Investors in the funds and clients for managed accounts may include pension plans, foundations, funds of funds, other institutional investors and high net-worth individuals.

Magnetar Capital Partners LLC provides financial management services. It offers solutions to the global event driven, fixed income and energy sectors. The company is headquartered in Delaware.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd. (GIB UK) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1978 and formerly known as Al-Bank Al-Saudi Al-Alami Ltd. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf International Bank B.S.C., which was established in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1975. GIB-UK primarily provides portfolio management services to separate accounts of institutions and pension plans.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Surveyor Capital Ltd. is a hedge fund seeding platform headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Citadel LP, which is owned by GFH HFEVA LLC. Surveyor Capital manages capital exclusively for Citadel’s multi-strategy funds and its positions are consolidated in Form 13F filed by Citadel Advisors LLC.

Agilis Partners LLC (Agilis) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2000 and formerly known as P-Solve LLC and as River & Mercantile LLC. They are a subsidiary of Agilis Holding Co. LLC in Great Britain. Agilis offers a broad range of actuarial and investment solutions to institutional clients, intermediaries, and insurers.