Michael Christopher Pierre

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (Anchor Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1983 by William Rice. The firm is owned by employees and by the Lincoln Peak Capital, a private investment firm. Anchor Capital offers investment advisory services to pension and profit-sharing accounts (corporate, joint trusteed and professional corporations), charitable accounts including religious, non-profit foundations and educational institutions, corporations (taxable), banks/thrift institutions, individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts and estates, and registered investment companies.

Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (MAP) is a privately held multi-boutique investment firm headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by William Moody, Amory Aldrich and Neil Sullivan in 1988 as Moody Aldrich & Sullivan LP. They changed their name to Moody Aldrich Partners LLC in 2003. MAP provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, foundations/charities, endowments, corporate and public pensions, state government of municipal entities, other institutions, registered mutual funds, collective investment trusts and private funds.

Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (MAP) is a privately held multi-boutique investment firm headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by William Moody, Amory Aldrich and Neil Sullivan in 1988 as Moody Aldrich & Sullivan LP. They changed their name to Moody Aldrich Partners LLC in 2003. MAP provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, foundations/charities, endowments, corporate and public pensions, state government of municipal entities, other institutions, registered mutual funds, collective investment trusts and private funds.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.