Michael T. Akins

ALPS Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company which through its business units provides investment products and servicing solutions to the financial services industry. The firm's business units include ALPS Advisors, ALPS Fund Services and ALPS Distributors. It delivers asset management and asset servicing solutions through offices in Boston, Golden, New York, Seattle and Toronto. The company was founded in June 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

ETF Action, Inc. is a financial technology and research company based in Englewood, CO. ETF Action simplifies and expands investing by delivering technology to financial professionals through a user-friendly cloud-based platform. The platform features powerful data mapping tools to navigate and research markets, design and showcase portfolios in the interactive model marketplace, create custom stock portfolios leveraging reverse screening functionality, and building custom client-facing reports. ETF Action views markets through the lens of ETFs™, harnessing the extraordinary growth and unparalleled transparency of ETFs to democratize market research via its user-friendly SaaS platform. The private company offers institutional-level data, industry-leading tools, actionable insights, engaging model portfolios, and differentiated index strategies designed to empower investment professionals. The company was founded by Brian Burke, Michael T. Akins, Alex Shepard in 2018.

ALPS Advisers, Inc. (AAI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a subsidiary of ALPS Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSNC). AAI provides discretionary investment management services exclusively to registered investment companies.

ALPS Fund Services, Inc. provides asset servicing and asset management solutions to the investment management industry. The firm’s services include compliance, fund accounting, tax administration, audit process, and portfolio solutions. The company was founded by W. Robert Alexander and Art Lucey in June 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.