Elizabeth Ward

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides financial life insurance services. It offers annuities, disability income insurance, investments, long term care and wealth management, and retirement plans. The company was founded on May 15, 1851 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Massmutual Ascend Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of life insurance products and services. It offers traditional fixed, fixed-indexed, and registered index-linked annuities in the retail, broker-dealer, financial institutions, and registered investment advisor markets. The company was founded on December 29, 1961 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

American Skandia, Inc. provides annuities, mutual funds and college savings services. The company is headquartered in Shelton, CT.

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.