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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Japan Bank for International Cooperation provides export and import banking services. The bank was founded in April 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Symphonic Securities LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City

Symphonic Financial Advisors LLC (Symphonic) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Garrett R. D'Alessandro in 2005 as a solution for investment professionals and CPAs to provide premier, customized investment guidance and financial solutions to their clients. Symphonic provides money management services to individual and institutional clients primarily on a limited discretionary basis.

PerformLine, Inc. provides compliance monitoring and campaign verification products and services for advertisers, agencies, publishers, and advertisement networks. The firm offers PerformMatch, a compliance platform that focuses on automated compliance monitoring and assessment. The company was founded by Alex Baydin in 2008 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Asian University for Women Support Foundation operates as a non-profit organization that serves as the principal fundraising arm of the Asian University for Women. It offers liberal arts education and leadership development to young women from all across Asia and the Middle East. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH (Union Investment) is the asset management subsidiary of Union Asset Management Holding AG in Germany. Founded in 1956, the firm was formerly known as Union-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH and changed their name to Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH in 2002. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Union Investment is a socially responsible investor which offers a product range that covers all asset classes worldwide including equity, fixed-income, balanced, index and real estate funds.

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Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AccuWeather, established in 1962, is the World's Weather Authority. They provide local forecasts for everywhere in the United States and over two million locations worldwide. They also provide their products and services to more than 175,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions. Their headquarters in State College, PA, is home to the greatest number of forecast meteorologists in one location anywhere in the world.

Abbott Capital Management LLC (Abbott Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Raymond L. Held and Stanley Edward Pratt. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, ultimately held by Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ). LAM manages investment portfolios and provides investment advice to institutional and individual investors around the world.

Part of Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., Evaluation Associates LLC is a company that provides financial consulting services. The company is based in Norwalk, CT. The CEO of the company is Steven C. Case. Evaluation Associates was acquired by Mercer Investment Consulting LLC from Milliman, Inc. on June 30, 2011.

Part of Barclays PLC, Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. is a brokerage company based in Tokyo, Japan. Barclays Securities Japan provides brokerage services. The Japanese company was founded in 1987. Kentaro Kiso has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. (GSJCL) is the Japan-based broker-dealer subsidiary of Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm originated in 1974 and was formally founded in 1983. Headquartered in Tokyo, GSJCL offers Internet-based transaction services covering equity, debt, commodities and derivatives to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals.

Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse AG (Tokyo Branch) is a bank that provides services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Brookfield Property Partners provides real estate services. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Paidy, Inc. engages in the operation of cardless and real-time online payment services. It also provides application programming interface (API) and Paidy check-out systems for online shopping purchases. The company was founded by Russell Cummer in 2008 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The Bretton Woods Committee operates as a nonpartisan network of prominent global citizens. The firm specializes in international financial institutions, international economic policy and networking global leaders. The company was founded by Henry Owen and James C. Orr in 1983 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Nature Conservancy is a conservation organization working around the world to protect land and waters for nature and people. The organization pursues non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Jupiter Intelligence, Inc. develops climate score intelligence platform which offers weather and climate data, trend visualizations, forecasts, weather models and climate models. The company was founded by Rich Sorkin, Eric Wun, Josh Hacker and Alan Blumberg in 2017 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.