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Sandler Capital Management (Sandler Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1986, Sandler Capital manages both hedge funds and private equity funds for high-net-worth individuals, large family offices, pension funds, asset managers, and other institutions.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Investment Management) (BBH-IM) is the investment management division of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1931 and do-business-as Brown Brothers Harriman Mutual Fund Advisory Department. BBH-IM advises or sub-advises Mutual Funds, an ETF, and UCITS Funds.

Navellier & Associates, Inc. (Navellier) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Reno, Nevada. The firm was founded by Louis Navellier in 1987. Navellier provides investment advisory services and manages investment advisory accounts for taxable and tax-exempt clients, which includes individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and endowments, professional and religious organizations, corporations, pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, and open-end investment companies.

Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. provides financial services. It offers investment brokerage services to individual investors. The company is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Centre Partners Management LLC (Centre Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Lester Pollack. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

John Hancock Investment Management LLC (JHIM) is a fund-of-funds manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately owned by Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX; NYSE: MFC) in Canada. JHIM provides discretionary investment advisory services as a “manager of managers” to certain open-end and closed-end registered investment companies, such as exchange-traded funds, in the John Hancock family of funds, that are offered to retail investors and, in the case of certain funds, are included as investments in model portfolios created by JHIM or one of its affiliates.

Turner Investments, Inc. manages growth, global/international and alternative managed accounts and mutual funds for institutional investors. The company was founded by Robert Turner, Mark Turner and Christopher McHugh in 1990 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Turner Market Leaders LP provides financial services. The company is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Little Harbor Advisors LLC (LHA) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, LHA builds and delivers tactical strategies and innovative investment structures that are customized for the alpha and beta requirements of institutional investors, wealth advisors, and portfolio managers. The firm provides discretionary investment advisory services to LHA Market State ETFs.

Little Harbor MultiStrategy Composite Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its objective is to realize long-term, risk-adjusted returns that are attractive as compared to those of traditional public equity and fixed-income markets through investing in U.S. and non-U.S. equities of companies with any market capitalization, fixed income securities of any quality, currencies, derivative instruments, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, and commodities. The company was founded on September 13, 2013 and is headquartered in Marblehead, MA.

Ironwood Investment Management LLC (Ironwood) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Warren Isabelle in 1997 and formerly known as Intrepid Partners LLC and Ironwood Capital Management LLC. Ironwood provides advisory services focused on domestic stocks through several targeted investment products. The firm also serves as portfolio manager to wrap fee programs. Ironwood is a signatory to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI).

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

American Chemical Society engages as a scientific society which supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Smith Management LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City

University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc. (UMass Foundation) is the endowment manager of the University of Massachusetts (UMass), a public research university headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Foundation was founded in 1950 and oversees several programs and initiatives to promote the growth and well-being of UMass. The UMass Foundation endowment consists of several individual funds with varying purposes that support the students, faculty, and academic programs at all five campuses of the University.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

SCS Financial Services LLC provides investment management services. It offers services in both traditional and alternative categories as well as tax, trust and estate planning, asset protection, philanthropic strategy, and family office services. The company was founded by Peter H. Mattoon Antony J. Abbiati, Douglas R. Ederle, Stephen V. Kenney and William C. Walser in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pioneer Management Group LLC provides management services. The private company is based in Syracuse, NY.

Manifold Partners LLC provides investment advice. It offers investors with asset management solutions. The firm’s portfolios are designed to produce consistent, uncorrelated returns from a diversified set of global investment strategies. It specializes in portfolio management, risk management, trading, operations, client service and industry outreach as well as centralized infrastructure. The company was founded on June 10, 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Painewebber & Co., Inc. provides stock brokerage and asset management services. The private company is based in Los Angeles and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Brent D. Williams.