Ann Houlihan

Great American Financial Resources, Inc. provides financial products and services. The company offers customers with annuities, supplemental insurance and life insurance through a distribution system of licensed independent agents and registered representatives. Great American Financial Resources was founded by Carl Lindner in 1940 and is located in Cincinnati, OH.

Wechsler & Co., Inc. operates as an investment company. The company is based in Mount Kisco, NY.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Wilshire Advisors LLC (Wilshire) is a privately-held investment technology and advisory firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Dennis Tito in 1972 as Wilshire Associates, Inc. Wilshire provides innovative investment solutions, consulting services and multi-asset analytics to institutional and intermediary clients worldwide.

HSBC Capital (USA) Inc ( HSBC Capital (USA) ) is a private equity arm of HSBC Holdings Plc Founded in 1978. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (PIA) is an independent, employee-owned registered investment advisory firm headquartered in El Segundo, California. The firm was founded by Lloyd McAdams and Heather Baines in 1986. PIA provides professional investment management services for public funds, Taft-Hartley plans, corporations, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and private clients.

Advent Capital Management LLC (Advent) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Tracy V. Maitland in 1995 as a division of Utendahl Capital Management LP and became independent in 2001. They manage assets across several traditional and alternative strategies on behalf of both institutional investors and private clients. Advent is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Goldman Sachs International (GSI) is the Great Britain-based, wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group UK Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Trushelfco Ltd. Headquartered in London, GSI provides prime brokerage, securities lending, futures services and financing services for a range of clients such as corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals.

Cargill Investor Services, Inc. provides trading and execution services. It also performs securities research, foreign exchange & risk management services, as well as outsourced facilities and technology management. The company has seven offices in the United States, Europe and Singapore. Cargill was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

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.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Furman Selz Holding Corp. is an American company that operates as security dealers and investment bankers.

UBS SDIC Fund Management Co., Ltd. (UBS SDIC) is an investment management subsidiary of SDIC Taikang Trust Co., Ltd., itself an indirect subsidiary of SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600061), a public firm owned by the Government of China. UBS SDIC was founded in 2002 by five Chinese investment trust and securities companies. Formerly known as China Dragon Fund Management Co., the firm was restructured into a joint venture in 2005 and shareholders officially changed to SDIC TAIKANG Trust Co., Ltd. and UBS AG, with shareholding proportion of 51 and 49 percent respectively. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm has additional offices in Shanghai and Beijing. UBS SDIC provides financial advisory and wealth management services, managing discretionary portfolios and mutual funds primarily for Chinese clients. The firm's culture combines local expertise with the global asset management capabilities of UBS.

Paramount Pictures Corp. is a producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Its labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hollywood, CA.

SSI Investment Management LLC (SSI) is a registered investment adviser headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1973 and became a subsidiary of Resolute Investment Managers, Inc. in 2019. SSI serves as an investment adviser to separately managed accounts, investment sub-adviser to open-end management investment companies.

Painewebber & Co., Inc. provides stock brokerage and asset management services. The private company is based in Los Angeles and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Brent D. Williams.

Invesco Great Wall Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Investment Management) (IGW-IM) is the investment management division of Invesco Great Wall Fund Management Co. Ltd., founded jointly in 2003 by Great Wall Securities Co. Ltd, Invesco Ltd., Kailuan (Group) Co. Ltd., and Dalian Shide Group Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Shenzhen with branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, IGW-IM is the first Sino-US fund management company in China. They manage a range of open-ended funds featuring different risk/return profiles.

Chardan Capital Markets LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Kerry Propper and Steve Urbach in 2003. The firm offers a range of services which include capital raising, merger and acquisition advisory, strategic advisory, equity research, corporate access and institutional trading to institutional clients.