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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides financial life insurance services. It offers annuities, disability income insurance, investments, long term care and wealth management, and retirement plans. The company was founded on May 15, 1851 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Salient Partners LP (Salient) is an asset management boutique headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2002 by Andrew Linbeck, Jeremy Radcliffe and Haag Sherman. In 2003, the firm merged with Pinnacle Management & Trust Co. to form Salient Partners & Pinnacle Trust Co. Two years later the firm adopted the name Salient Partners LP. In 2022, they were acquired by Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Salient provides real assets, tactical equity alternatives, and private solutions for institutional investors and investment advisors.

Iconixx Corp. provides consulting, systems integration, and application development services. It offers enterprise incentive, human capital, and channel management solutions. The firm's clients include Enron, ExxonMobil, Friedman Billings Ramsey, IBM, Sony Pictures, Wellmark, and Whirlpool. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

La Quinta Corp. engages in the operation of hotels in the United States. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Equitable Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Equitable Distribution Holding Corp., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Equitable Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks or thrift institutions, corporations and other business entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Grande Communications Networks LLC provides Internet, telephone and digital cable services. Its products and services include Internet, cable TV and phone services for residential and business customers, bundles and special deals. The company was founded in October 1999 and is headquartered in San Marcos, TX.

Telemus Capital LLC (Telemus) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2013 and is a subsidiary of Focus Operating LLC., ultimately owned by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). Telemus offers comprehensive financial advisory, investment management and asset management solutions to high net worth individuals and families, endowments and foundations, and select institutions.

Promethean Power Systems, Inc. develops solar powered refrigeration system. Its product is rapid milk chiller, conventional milk chiller, cold storage system, thermal storage system, and solar power option. The company was founded by Sorin Grama and Sam Saul White in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Evermore Global Advisors LLC (Evermore) is an independent investment manager headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 2009 by David Marcus and Eric LeGoff. In March 2023, MFP Investors LLC acquired the business assets of Evermore and, in April 2023, became the sub-adviser to the Evermore Global Value Fund, a sub-adviser to a model account, and investment adviser to several separate accounts, all of which were formerly managed by Evermore.

Simpa Networks, Inc. develops portable solar home systems. The firm sells solar-as-a-service to energy-poor households and small medium enterprises in rural India. The company was founded by Michael Macharg, Paul Needham, and Jacob Winiecki in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Growing Energy Labs, Inc. provides software and business solutions. Its services include designing, automating, and managing energy storage and microgrid systems. The firms suite of products creates an ecosystem where project developers, original equipment manufacturers, financiers, and project operators can deploy advanced energy projects using a hardware-agnostic software platform. The company was founded by Ryan Wartena and Crispell Wagner in 2010 and is headquartered in San Fransisco, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Court Square Capital Partners LP (Court Square Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1968. The firm is headquartered in New York.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Investment Management) (JPM-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City. JPM-IM offers investment solutions to individuals, corporations, governments and institutions.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Pioneer Bank SSB offers banking solutions. It provides personal and business banking services which include checking, savings, certificates of deposit, online and mobile banking, and treasury services. The firm also offers personal, home equity, business, mortgage, and agricultural loans. The company was founded by Whit Hanks and Jack Seifrick on May 14, 2007 and is headquartered in Dripping Springs, TX.

Invested Development LLC (Invested Development) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Miguel Granier. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

ACCION East, Inc. provides microcredit and financial support services. It offers access to capital and financial education. The firm serves low- and moderate-income individuals, primarily minorities and women. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Solarnow Services (U) Ltd. wholesales solar home systems. It offers household solutions, small business solutions, and corporate solutions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Kampala, Uganda.

Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners LLC (AiiM Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Shally Shanker. The firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. (dba Envestnet PMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 by Judson Bergman, James Lumberg, Brandon Thomas, and Bill Crager. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV). Envestnet PMC provides investment management and investment advisory services through independent investment advisor firms (Advisors) for use with Advisors’ clients. The firm also serves institutional clients such as pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations and provides advisory and research services directly to Advisors.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

The Municipal Advisory Council of Texas is a non-profit membership corporation which collects, maintains and distributes information related to Texas municipal debt issuers through a variety of programs. The council was organized in 1954 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Bain Capital Private Equity LP (Bain Capital Private Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Bain Capital LP founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

BRCK, Inc. provides internet technology related services. It runs from cloud software to fingerprint scanners for mobile devices to high-level medical device prototyping and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.