Ron Saba

Horizon Investments LLC is an independent registered investment headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with an additional office in Columbia, South Carolina. The firm was founded by John Johnson in 1995. Horizon Investments provides services to a number of types of clients, including registered investment companies, wrap programs, third party investment advisers, individuals (including high net worth individuals), trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, not for profit entities, institutions, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Charlotte Capital LLC (CC) is an institutional-only money management firm specializing in small capitalization value investing. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, CC has a national client base that includes Fortune 500 companies, Taft Hartley plans and foundations. Previously named Capital Technology, Inc., the firm was acquired by Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. in 2004.

Heartland Advisors, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1983 as an investment advisory subsidiary of a regional brokerage firm, The Milwaukee Co., owned in part by William J. Nasgovitz. In 1984, Mr. Nasgovitz purchased a majority interest in the investment advisory subsidiary from his partners and started managing Heartland's first mutual fund, the Heartland Value Fund. In 1988, Mr. Nasgovitz and his partners sold The Milwaukee Co. to Dain Bosworth. In the same transaction, Mr. Nasgovitz acquired the remaining shares of the investment advisory subsidiary and changed its name to Heartland Advisors, Inc. In 2000, the firm was reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Holdings, Inc., but it remains a 100% employee-owned independent firm. Heartland Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and formerly known as Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. In 2021, they merged with and into Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and subsequently changed their name to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi US, Inc., ultimately held by Rue La Boëtie SAS’ Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Amundi US provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.