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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.

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.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Polen Capital Credit LLC (PCC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Formerly known as DDJ Capital Management LLC, the firm was co-founded by David Breazzano in 1996 and was acquired by Polen Capital Management LLC in 2022. PCC provides discretionary investment advice to corporate domestic and foreign pension plans, public pension and retirement plans and Taft-Hartley plans. They also act as investment sub-advisors to certain US and non-US investment advisors and asset managers. PCC is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Fiduciary Trust Co. is an asset management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1885 and is a subsidiary of Fiduciary Co., Inc. They provide strategic investment advice to institutions, endowments, personal foundations and other clients that require additional manager diversification or asset class exposure. Their advice spans from dynamic asset allocation recommendations to a full spectrum of third-party manager solutions.

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the areas of private equity, technology, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, commercial litigation, and insurance & reinsurance litigation. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Formed in 2004, MIT Investment Management Co. (MITIMCo) oversees the investments of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's assets, including the endowment, the current funds, the pension assets, and other institutional assets. MITIMCo is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. provides research models and laboratory animal support services. It offers quality research models and support services to the biomedical community. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

UBS O'Connor LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS O'Connor primarily provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various types of pooled investment vehicles, (which may or may not be exempt from registration), pension or profit-sharing plans, and institutional separately managed accounts.

Income Research & Management, Inc., dba Income Research + Management (IR+M), is a privately-owned, independent, fixed income investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was co-founded by John A. Sommers and Jack A. Sommers in 1987. IR+M manages US fixed income portfolios for institutional and private clients, several US fixed income private investment funds, and collective investment trusts for qualified investors.

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.

URS Group, Inc. provides engineering services. It offers planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, operations and maintenance, and management services. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Biomedical Research Models, Inc. develops and utilizes specialty animal models to determine the efficacy of new drugs in preventing or ameliorating human diseases. It offers contract research, proprietary models,colony management, and partnership services. The company was founded by Dennis L. Guberski in 1996 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

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.

Amberjack Capital Partners LP (Amberjack Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by Charles R. Cherington and Curtis W. Huff. The firm is headquartered in Texas.

Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fall River, MA.

Southcoast Health System, Inc. owns and operates hospitals. Its services include assisted living, home health care and hospice and outpatient medical services. The firm also offers specialist doctors for orthopedics, cardiac surgery, family medicine, post acute, primary care, cancer care, breast health and obstetrics and gynecology. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New Bedford, MA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

The San Francisco SPCA Hospital provides animal welfare and protection programs. It provides care of animals that are homeless, ill or in need of an advocate also work to educate the community, reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies through spaying/neutering, and improve the quality of life for animals and their companions. The company was founded on April 18, 1868 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BuySellAds.com, Inc. engages in the provision of online advertising marketplace services. It focuses on the development of its advertising technology that connects online advertisers and website publishers. The company was founded by Todd Garland and Nathan Wong in February 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Crosby Advisors LLC is a single-family office headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. The firm manages the family assets of Edward Crosby 'Ned' Johnson III, which owns the Fidelity Investments.

Alcentra NY LLC (Alcentra) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 and became a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in 2006. They were acquired by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2022. Alcentra provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional clients, which include US registered investment companies, US private funds, other pooled investment vehicles and other institutions.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. The firm also sub-advices funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Entercoms, Inc. provides analytics driven services. It offers service parts management, field services and support and asset optimization solutions. The firm serves hi-tech, industrial and automotive, and energy sectors. The company was founded by Nitin Ahuja and Rahul Singh in 2008 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.

Charles River Systems, Inc. provides software and technology consulting services. It also offers implementation, application management services and hosting services. The firm offers Charles River Investment Management Solution that controls operational risk, simplifies day-to-day system management, and decreases technology costs by hosting and managing the enterprise software to wealth managers, advisors, alternative investment managers and institutional investment managers. The company was founded by Peter K. Lambertus in 1984 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Mad*Pow Media Solutions LLC designs and creates intuitive websites, applications, internal systems, and interactive media. The firm offers experience strategy and service design, interaction design and visual design, behavior change strategy, conversion and lead generation, data visualization, content strategy and creation, research and validation, digital marketing strategy, brand development, usability testing and accessibility evaluation, application development, front-end development, project management, and design training and workshops. The company was founded by Will Powley and Amy Heymans in 2000 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

EFG Asset Management (Americas) Corp. (EFG Americas) is a SEC-registered investment firm headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 2011 as EFG Asset Management (US) Corp. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG International AG (SWX: EFGN) in Switzerland. EFG Americas offers investment advisory services primarily to non-US individuals, corporations, and other business entities.