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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by David Booth in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Dimensional Holdings LLC, which is wholly-owned by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. Dimensional primarily manages securities and other assets for institutional investors. They also manage securities and other assets for high-net-worth individuals and clients of independent financial advisors. The firm is the investment adviser to various SEC-registered investment companies which represent separate funds in aggregate, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

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

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.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

First Interstate Bank is the investment management subsidiary of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK), a financial holding company headquartered in Billings, Montana. Founded in 1971, the firm provides wealth management services to individuals and businesses.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

DFA Australia Ltd. (DFAA) is the Australian investment management subsidiary of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA), ultimately held by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. in the US. Headquartered in Sydney, the firm was founded in 1994 and offers a full range of equity and fixed income strategies to a range of institutional and advisor clients in Australia and New Zealand including superannuation funds, master trusts, banks, insurance companies and financial advisors. DFAA also acts as a sub-advisor or agent of funds and accounts managed by its US parent, DFA.

The Institute for Quantitative Investment Research operates as a not-for-profit educational organisation. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tonbridge, the United Kingdom.

D. E. Shaw & Co. (London) LLP (D. E. Shaw-London) is an alternative investment manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of D. E. Shaw & Co. LP in the US. D. E. Shaw-London manages assets on behalf of institutional clients and high net worth investors.

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is an organization that helps people in the region achieve greater prosperity by working with businesses looking to create or expand their presence in the Austin region and help them create more jobs. The non-profit company is based in Austin, TX. The company has helped bring more than 400,000 jobs to the region since 2004 and take on the biggest challenges so businesses can focus on growing. Laura Huffman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Global Systematic Investors LLP provides investment advice. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2011 by Bernd Hanke.

Vert Asset Management LLC is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Sausalito, California. The firm offers the Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund (VGSRX), an open-end mutual fund which seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

St. Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire) is an independent charity founded in 1991 and based in the UK. The charity supports people living with a life-limiting illness, facing the end of life, or experiencing bereavement. To commemorate their 30th anniversary, the charity has commissioned beautiful sunflowers from a local business, Hurstbourne Forge. The sunflowers are available in two colors, yellow and gold, and are engraved with Celebrating 30th Years 1992-2022 stmichaelshospice.org.uk on the reverse. The charity is currently running a Patient Comfort Appeal, as it costs an average of £1,150 more a day to run their Hospice services.