Frank Timons

Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC (Pier 88) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Frank T. Timons in 2013. Pier 88 provides discretionary investment advice and management to private investment funds and separately managed accounts offered on a direct basis or through sub-advisory arrangements with other financial services firms that sponsor registered investment companies.

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (Lord Abbett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett provides advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, the Lord Abbett Funds and other registered investment companies sponsored by third parties, the Lord Abbett UCITS Funds, the Lord Abbett Luxembourg Fund, other foreign funds, privately offered commingled funds and various separately managed accounts.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.