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K2/D&S Management Co. LLC (K2) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1997 by William A. Douglass III and David C. Saunders. They are wholly-owned by K2 Advisors Holdings LLC. K2 provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts.

ING Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund is non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its objective is total return, through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Founded in 2003, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc. (BNPP AM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Investment Partners USA Holdings Inc., which is in turn wholly owned by Paribas North America, Inc. They offer a range of equity, Euro, fixed-income and alternative investment products to North American institutional investors.

DKR Capital, Inc. provides investment management services. The company was founded on July 30, 1992 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

BUSA Servicing, Inc. provides online banking system for both personal and corporate banking customers. It also offers distributed security systems including encryption, automatic sign-off and firewalls. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Finch Asset Management, Inc. is an investment research firm located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Finch Group Ltd., a provider of alternative asset management services to institutional investors around the world. Founded in 1999, Finch Group and serves as the institutional and alternative asset management arm of Altree Financial. Finch Group is comprised of UK-based Finch Asset Management Ltd., US-based Finch Asset Management, Inc. and Bermuda-based Finch International Advisors Ltd. The firm combines global macroeconomic research and portfolio management expertise with a proprietary manager research and operational due diligence process designed to ensure superior levels of both transparency and liquidity