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Founded in 1993, Auerbach Grayson & Co. LLC is a broker/dealer/located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Auerbach Grayson Holdings LLC. Through their worldwide network of broker partners, the firm offers research, execution and clearance in equities, derivatives and fixed-income instruments. They also provide and implements hedging and arbitrage strategies. Auerbach Grayson & Co. is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. They employ bottom-up research to identify undervalued, under-represented and misunderstood companies. The firm covers a broad range of small-cap, mid-cap and emerging market equities.

Credit Suisse AG is an investment management firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1856 and was acquired by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) from Credit Suisse Group AG in 2023. Credit Suisse manages global and regional portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide. They also offer private banking and wealth management, investment banking, and corporate and business support services.

LGT Capital Partners AG (LGT Capital Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of LGT Holding International AG founded in 1997 by Thomas Weber. The firm is headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Kaleido Privatbank AG is the Swiss private banking subsidiary of Trusted Novus Bank Ltd. in Gibraltar. Headquartered in Zurich, the firm develops a suite of wealth management products with a view to enable a secure financial future for their clients.

Lantal Textiles AG designs, manufactures and markets textile for interior designing. The company offers upholstery fabrics, curtains, carpets, handtufted carpets, wall covers, headrests, genuine and artificial leather and sheepskins. Additionally, it offers interior designing and modernizing services. Lantal was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Langenthal, Switzerland.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Schweiz AG develops computer solutions through the use of advanced information technology. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The CEO of the Swiss company is Christian Keller.

Partners Group (Private Equity) (Partners Group-PE) is the private equity division of Partners Group AG, itself a subsidiary of Partners Group Holding AG (SW: PGHN), founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. The firm seeks opportunities to create value through working with investee management teams to expand their businesses and attain leadership positions in their markets. Partners Group-PE aligns interests by investing alongside clients.

Bucher Hydraulics is an international leading provider of innovative hydraulic drive and control technologies for mobile and industrial hydraulic applications. Contributing high levels of technical expertise, they support their clients' product development activities from the initial project phase to the finished machine. They can provide valuable help in creating very advanced machinery that features stringent technical demands and exacting quality standards.

Swissmem is a company that provides services to its members in the Swiss industry. Founded in 1999, the private company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Its main focus is on addressing the issues that affect the industry and providing solutions to its members.

Economiesuisse operates as a trade industry association. The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

RONAL AG manufactures alloy wheels for automobiles and commercial vehicles. It serves Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Mexico and the U.S.A. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Harkingen, Switzerland.

TESTEX AG with headquarters in Zurich is a privately-organized, since 1846 global and independent Swiss testing and certification enterprise, focusing the textile sector. TESTEX has a subsidiary in Hong Kong and its own representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Melbourne, Dublin, Bandung and Vancouver. Its range of services extends from standard physical and chemical textile tests through residue and harmful substance analysis to factual investigation in cases of damage, consulting on environmental and quality issues, and special services such as organising round robin tests and on-site services. Their testing facilities are structured in such a way that they can make available a comprehensive range of tests for all textile raw materials, semi-finished and finished products. They are especially proud to be one of the few institutes in the world which is still able to test raw silk and silk products.

BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG (BlackRock AM Schweiz) is the Swiss asset management subsidiary of BlackRock UK Holdco Ltd., itself a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. Headquartered in Zurich, BlackRock AM Schweiz was founded in 1988 and offers a complete range of investment solutions, including the BlackRock Funds, unit trusts and ETFs, to private and institutional investors.

Founded in 1967, BNP Paribas SA (Italia) is an Italian banking company that provides banking services. The company is based in Milan, Italy.

Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG (CSAM Schweiz) is the asset management subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG, ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN, ADR: CS) in Switzerland. Founded in 2017, the firm is headquartered in Zurich and manages collective investment schemes for institutional and individual clients.

Octavian AG is a Swiss company that specializes in equity market expertise and research for high alpha investors. The private company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company also facilitates high-quality investor events and are a trusted corporate finance advisor. Octavian was founded in 2017 by Dan Potashnick, Martin Schuler, René Saner, Serge Monnerat, Stephen Leventhal, Laura Pfeifer-Rossi, Alessandro Foletti.

Reaction Capital (Reaction) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.