Brian Andrew Murdock

New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately held by New York Life Insurance Co. NYLIM provides a broad array of investment advisory services to affiliated insurance company clients, third-party institutional clients, investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles, and wrap fee programs sponsored by unaffiliated entities.

TD Asset Management, Inc. (TDAM) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Founded in 1987, TDAM provides discretionary investment management services to corporations, investment companies, pension funds/plans, endowments and foundations.

Strategic Investment Management, Inc. (Strategic) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1987 by Hilda Margarita Ochoa-Brillembourg, Joseph Oricoli, Carol Grefenstette, Antoine van Agtmael and Michael Duffy. Strategic offers discretionary investment management and planning services to both US and non-US individual and institutional investors, such as employee pension and benefit plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, pooled investment vehicles and family and general corporate funds.

TDAM USA, Inc. is an investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as Waterhouse Asset Management, Inc. in 1995 and do-business-as TD Asset Management. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank US Holding Co., which is wholly-owned by the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank. TDAM USA provides discretionary investment management services to corporations and certain affiliates, such as TDAM and TD Bank, N.A. They also offer services to pension plans, endowments and foundations, but do not directly offer their services to high net-worth or retail clients.

TD Emerald U.S. Dollar Treasury Management Fund is a closed-end investment fund. It focuses on earning a high rate of interest income and at the same time preserves capital and maintain liquidity. It consists of a selection of U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments, including commercial paper, banker's acceptances and treasury bills maturing in not more than one year. The company was founded on June 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (BIM-UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm is a subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BIM-UK was founded in 2006 following the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and BlackRock. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors, including the iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. BIM-UK manages a family of mutual funds and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual and pension funds. They also offer alternative investments and managed accounts for individual and institutional clients.