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Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Oak Ridge Investments LLC (Oak Ridge) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David M. Klaskin in 1989. Oak Ridge manages discretionary accounts for a variety of clients including individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, retirement accounts, trusts, estates, corporations and other business entities, charitable organizations, and banks and thrift institutions.

Nomura Asset Management USA, Inc. (NAM-USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is wholly owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. NAM-USA offers discretionary investment management services to institutional clients such as corporate pension plans, US registered investment companies and non-US pooled investment vehicles.

HighMark Capital Management, Inc. (HighMark) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1919 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MUFG Union Bank NA, ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MY, TYO: 8306), a Japan-based financial institution. HighMark provides investment advice to pension and profit-sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, state and municipal government entities, corporate employee benefit plans, public agencies, foundations and endowments, Taft-Hartley plans, hospital and religious organizations, and treasury departments.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides insurance and financial security solutions. The firm offers life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, and investment products. It also provides financial planning strategies and solutions. The company was founded by John C. Johnston on March 2, 1857 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

JMG Financial Group Ltd. (JMG) is an independent, fee-only wealth management firm headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. Founded in 1984, JMG provides comprehensive and customized wealth management services for high net worth individuals and families.

Zurich Investment Management Ltd. (Zurich Investments) is an asset management firm headquartered in North Sydney, Australia. The firm is a subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd., which is owned by Zurich Insurance Group AG (SWX: ZURN) in Switzerland. Zurich Investments provides Australian advisers and investors with wealth-building opportunities.

CIFC Investment Management LLC (CIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1993 as Deerfield Capital Management LLC and became CIFC Investment Management in 2018. They are wholly owned directly by CIFC Capital HoldCo LLC, which is an indirect subsidiary of CIFC LLC. CIM primarily provide investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are CLOs and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit.

Sumnicht & Associates LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and high net-worth family wealth manager headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Vernon Sumnicht in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Sumnicht Holdings LLC. In 2021, Sumnicht & Associates made the decision to retire from the retail investment advisory business. The firm continued a family office investment advisory relationship with one family.

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

Ziegler Capital Markets Group is a broker/dealer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with an additional office in Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of Ziegler Capital Management LLC, a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago. Ziegler Capital Markets Group investment banking, investment advisory, retail brokerage, fixed-income institutional sales and trading and related financial services. These services are provided to institutions, businesses and individuals with a particular focus on the not-for-profit sectors of healthcare, senior living, churches and schools. They do not provide internal research. Ziegler is a member of FINRA and the SIPC.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Ziegler Capital Management LLC (ZCM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1991 as the investment management division of the Ziegler Companies. They became a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), when it acquired ZCM in 2013. The firm provides tailored investment solutions to a wide range of investors.

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC (Fort Sheridan) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Highland Park, Illinois. The firm was founded by Pater Karmin in 2009. Fort Sheridan provides investment advisory services to family offices, high net-worth individuals, pensions/ERISA, endowments, trusts, charitable organizations and other corporations and businesses.

Inveniam Capital Partners LLC engages in the provision and development of digital financial instruments. It offers a software as a service (SaaS) technology platform, which assists financial professionals to digitize securities utilizing the block chain technology to model securities as data, not code. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.