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Nomura Holding America, Inc. provides investment banking and securities services. It operates in North and South America and deals with equities, fixed income, asset management, venture capital and private equity investing. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

Instinet Group, Inc. provides electronic trading solutions. It also provides customers with an access to the decision-making tools. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Monness Crespi Hardt & Co., Inc. is an independent equity research firm and full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. Founded in 1996, the firm's origins can be traced to the establishment of their predecessor firm in 1964. Monness Crespi Hardt & Co. clears all trading activity through Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LLC. The firm's research team produces proprietary, fundamental research that seek to identify undervalued or undercover special situations without regard to size. They focus on the following industries: automotive services, chemicals, defense, pharmaceuticals, gaming, healthcare, home builders, industrials, medical instruments, oil & gas, retail, semiconductors and special situations. Monness Crespi Hardt & Co. is a member of FINRA and the SPIC

BirchStreet Systems, Inc. develops a multi-facility enterprises procure-to-pay automation business solution using cloud-based technology. Its software focuses on improving business processes by automating eProcurement, AP Automation, inventory control, recipe management, executive dashboards, and capital projects modules. The firm serves a variety of industries including hospitals, casino, restaurant, country club, airports, education, food manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. The company was founded by Sushil Garg in 2002 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Part of Nasdaq, Inc., Nasdaq Execution Services LLC is a company based in New York, NY.

Part of Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Execution Access LLC is a company based in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. provides membership network for learning and expertise. The firm promotes knowledge exchange through conversations, small group convenings, mentorships, surveys, and other interactions with its network of experts. The company was founded by Alexander Saint-Amand, Thomas D. Lehrman, and Mark Gerson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1997, DeMatteo Monness Securities is an institutional brokerage firm with offices and trading desks in New York and Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of DeMatteo Monness LLC. They provide a full array of trading and execution services to the hedge fund and mutual fund communities in the U.S. and Europe. They do not provide any internal research. DeMatteo is a member of the NASD and clears through Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing.

Truecommerce (Coventry) Ltd. provides managed and outsourced electronic business-to-business integration services. It offers services in the areas of e-invoicing, customer facing and electronic data interchange. The firm serves the retail, building, energy and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Stephen Luscombe, John Luscombe and Nigel Kibblein in 1999 and is headquartered in Coventry, the United Kingdom.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc. provides children facing adversity in New York City with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 mentoring relationships with adults that change its lives for the better, forever. The firm partners with families, volunteers, organizations and the community to inspire positive change in all. The company was founded on December 3, 1904 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nomura Corporate Research & Asset Management, Inc. (NCRAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1991 as a subsidiary of Nomura Holding America, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Nomura Holding, Inc. (TYO: 8604, NYSE: NMR) in Japan. NCRAM provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to institutional investors in the US and globally.

Part of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Instinet, Inc. provides financial services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Radiant Systems, Inc. provides Information technology solutions and services. Its services include contingent staffing services, recruitment process outsourcing, application development management, mainframes projects and staffing, master data management, data warehousing and business intelligence, legacy systems maintenance and migration, enterprise application integration, enterprise application integration and QA testing and validation services. The company was founded by Venu Myneni and Vinod Koduru in 1995 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

Manhattan Institute For Policy Research, Inc. develops and disseminate new ideas for greater economic choice and individual responsibility. It focuses on economic growth, education, energy and environment, health care, legal reform, public sector, race and urban policy. The company was founded by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey in 1977 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (Invt Mgmt) (NSI-IM) is the investment management division of Nomura Securities International, Inc., a broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Nomura Holding America, Inc., which is owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. NSI-IM provides advisory research services for a fee to institutional clients, such as banking or thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations or other businesses, state government entities, investment companies, other investment advisers, corporations, or other businesses.

Lothbury Investment Management Group Ltd. is a British company that provides real estate investment management services. The private company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2010.

Sharenett Holdings LLC provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hall Venture Partners LLC (Hall Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by David Richard Hall. The firm is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Part of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc., LIM Holdings Ltd. is a real estate investment manager founded in 2010. The company is based in London, UK. LIM Holdings is a boutique firm that specializes in managing property portfolios.

Spartan Topco Corp. provides information technology services. The private company is based in New York, NY.