Richard F. J. Atkinson

Momentum Global Investment Management Ltd. (MGIM) is a specialist global investment manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of Momentum Asset Management Pty Ltd., ultimately held by Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd. (JSE: MTM) in South Africa. MGIM designs, builds and manages outcome-based investment solutions, delivered through multi-asset portfolios and tailored client solutions.

UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients.

BT Funds Management (NZ) Ltd. (BTNZ) is an investment management firm headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. The firm was founded by 1989 and is a subsidiary of BT Financial Group Pty Ltd., which is ultimately owned by Westpac Banking Corp. (ASX: WBC) in Australia. BTNZ manages a range of mutual funds for retail, mezzanine and wholesale investors. In addition, they provide custom mandates for external New Zealand institutional and wholesale investors.

Liontrust Multi-Asset Ltd. is the mutual fund management subsidiary of Liontrust Asset Management plc (LSE: LIO) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2008 as Lone Wolf Investment Management Ltd. and subsequently became Architas Multi-Manager Ltd. They changed their name to Liontrust Multi-Asset Ltd. when Liontrust acquired Architas UK Investment Business in 2020. Headquartered in London, Liontrust Multi-Asset provides a range of diversified multi-manager funds to private and institutional investors.

CQS (UK) LLP (CQS) is a Great Britain-based alternative investment management firm headquartered in London. In 2024, the firm was acquired by Manulife Investment Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp., in Canada from CQS Cayman LP. The firm was founded by Michael Hintze in 1999 as a global multi-strategy asset management firm. CQS offers a range of strategies and bespoke solutions in multi-strategy, convertibles, asset-backed securities, credit, loans, and equities.