Ben Strom

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to global client base. The firm is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

Variant Trading Institutional Group, Inc. operates as a brokerage firm. It specializes in the business of buying and selling securities such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other investment products. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Founded in 1994, Cobalt Capital Management, Inc. is a hedge fund manager located in Short Hills, New Jersey. The firm was formerly known as Fusion Capital Management. The firm provides investment management services to onshore and offshore hedge funds based on specific investment objectives and strategies. Investors in the funds consist primarily of institutional investors, high net-worth individuals, and endowments. Cobalt is owned by Wayne Cooperman. The general partner for the funds organized as limited partnerships is Cobalt Management LLC. Cobalt MFC LLC is a sub-advisor to certain of Cobalt's funds. Cobalt, the General Partner, and the Sub-Adviser are controlled by Wayne Cooperman.

Founded in September of 2006 by Joanne Egrovich and Steven DiMartino, Kacela Capital LLC is a hedge fund firm headquartered in New York City. They manage the Kacela Partners LP