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Advantage Advisers Management LLC (AAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OPY). AAM provides general advisory and management services pooled investment vehicles.

The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 1969, QS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned, independently managed subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM). They provide investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a wide variety of institutional investors. Legg Mason, Inc.'s acquisition of QS Investors LLC was effective May 30, 2014. As a result, QS Investors, Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. and Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation LLC became subject to common management and investment oversight, with the objective of integrating the firms to create a combined investment platform offering solutions, quantitative equity, liquid alternatives and multi-manager asset allocation.

Standish Mellon Asset Management Co. LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm traces its roots to 1933, when its predecessor firm, Standish, Ayer & Wood, Inc., began managing fixed income portfolios for US financial institutions, banks and insurance companies. Standish is a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp., which is wholly-owned by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). Standish provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional, retail, individual and high net-worth investors in the form of separate accounts, registered mutual funds, and pooled investment vehicles, and to other investment advisors through sub-advisory agreements.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Promotes private investments in developing countries

The India Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation, which it seeks to achieve by investing primarily in the equity securities of Indian companies. The company was founded on December 27, 1993 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to long-term capital appreciation, which seeks to achieve by investing primarily in equity securities. The company was founded on September 23, 1993 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

TiE Boston is a private equity firm founded by by Desh Deshpande in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index. Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB. Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions. Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations. The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities. CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities. CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

A subsidiary of Blackstone Group LP, Blackstone Asia Advisors LLC is a New York City-based investment management firm and advisor to The Asia Tigers Fund (NYSE: GRR).

FINO PayTech Ltd. operates as a business and banking technology platform. It offers business correspondents, consultancy services, financial literacy, customer enrolment, hardware solutions, and operations solutions. The firm also offers its products and services to a variety of industries such as banking, government, insurance, technology, and international business. The company was founded by Rishi Gupta and Manish Khera on July 13, 2006 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc. (OAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1986, the firm is a subsidiary of E.A. Viner International Co., which is owned by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OPY). OAM offers a variety of advisory services to individuals, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, business or government entities, insurance companies and endowments.

Hexaware Technologies Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the IT, BPO, and consulting businesses. The firm operates through the following segments: Travel and Transportation; Banking and Financial Services; Healthcare and Insurance; High-Tech and Professional services; and Manufacturing and Consumer. Its services include application transformation management; business intelligence and analytics; digital assurance; enterprise solutions; customer experience transformation; business process; cloudify everything; and infrastructure management. The company was founded by Atul Kantilal Nishar and Alka Atul Nishar in 1990 and is headquartered in Navi Mumbai, India.

Fairfax India Holdings Corp. is an investment holding company, which through its subsidiaries, engages in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management. It intends to achieve long term capital appreciation, while preserving capital, by investing in public and private equity securities and debt instruments. The company was founded by Prem Watsa on November 25, 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. provides solutions for processing of flat steels. It serves the automotive, power, home appliance, trading, financial and logistics services and other services. The firm is a player in processing of automotive steel processing in the west zone, and electrical steel for power and home appliance applications. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd. manufactures and distributes scooters and motorcycles. It offers Centuro NXT, Centuro Disc Brake, Centuro XT, Centuro Rockstar, Gusto 125, Gusto 110, Rodeo UZO 125, and Duro DZ. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Pune, India.

Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. develops and markets hybrid crops and seeds. The firm is an agricultural biotechnology company focusing on developing traits and technologies for crop protection & improved productivity. Its biotechnology capability includes all the aspects of gene mining, development, molecular biology, crop transformation, phenotyping, and assaying and trait development. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Karnataka, India.

InfoSys Ltd. provides enterprise-wide web and collaborative solutions. Its customers include William Lea, Thomas Miller Investment and Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The company's services include application development and technical and data management services. The firm's partners include Allied Domecq, NFU, Whitbread and Virgin Atlantic Airways. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

One Mobikwik Systems Ltd. operates as a mobile wallet company. It operates through the following segments: Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Consumer Payments, and Payment Gateway. The BNPL segment provides accessible and affordable small-ticket credit to middle class for daily life payments as well as discretionary spend. The Consumer Payments offers mobile payment app MobiKwik Wallet. It acquires large set of users and create a large acceptance network. The Payment Gateway offers Zaakpay, a payment gateway aggregator and provides end-to-end payment processing solutions to online merchants through an extensive choice of payment modes including credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking, mobile wallets and BNPL credit. The company was founded by Bipin Preet Singh and Upasana Rupkrishan Taku on March 20, 2008 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Classic Legends Pvt Ltd. engages in manufacturing and marketing of two-wheelers. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Embassy Office Parks Management Services Private Limited is a real estate company based in Bangalore, India. The Indian company provides real estate services.

Part of Lupin Ltd., Lupin, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company. The company is based in Baltimore, MD.

SREI Equipment Finance Pvt Ltd. engages in the provision of financing solutions to equipment purchasers. It offers financing and leasing of new equipment; deploying financed equipment to projects; equipment maintenance assistance through spare parts financing; pre-owned financing and branded and refurbished equipment financing solutions; and equipment valuation and inspection, auctioning, and other equipment disposal services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Kolkata, India.

CFA Institute Research Foundation sponsors, publishes, and distributes research on topics that contribute to or improve investment practices. The non-profit company is based in Wilmette, IL.

Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd. engages in providing financial services. The firm focuses on microfinance. The company was founded by Vikram Akula in 1997 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.