Dennis J. McCarthy

Founded in 1938, Founders Asset Management LLC is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm is a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corp. (NYSE: MEL) which acquired the firm in 1998. They manage the Dreyfus Founders funds

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

Founded in 2009, del Rey Global Investors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Los Angeles, California. The firm provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of retail and high net worth individual and institutional clients, including pension funds, trust accounts, corporations or other business entities, banks, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. del Ray provides sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end investment companies, collective investment trusts, and investment companies established pursuant to the European Communities (Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities, i.e. UCITS). The firm also provides investment advice for a number of private investment funds.

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. engages in the business of underwriting annuities, deposit-type contracts and life insurance through multiple distribution channels. It operates through the following segments: Annuities, Retirement Plan Services, Life Insurance and Group Protection. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

The TCW Group, Inc. provides investment management services. The firm's clients include corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations in the United States, as well as a number of foreign investors and individuals. It works in partnership with financial advisors to help build the businesses and meet the needs of clients. The company was founded by Robert Addison Day in 1971 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Compass Holdings LLC, Compass Advisors LLC is a private company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Miami, FL. The company was founded by Monica S. Digilio. Monica S. Digilio has been the CEO since incorporation.