Brian Thompson

US Global Investors, Inc. (Asset Management) (USGI) is the fund management division of US Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROW), an investment firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1968 and formerly known as United Services Funds. USGI manages mutual funds and ETFs for individual and institutional clients.

South Dakota State Medical Holding Co., Inc. is a mid-sized hospital and medical service plans agency. It also offers pharmacy services, provider search, healthcare reform, health insurance plans to members, and other related services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College provides financial products and services. It offers retirement plans, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, brokerage and trading services, managed accounts and education savings. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

South Dakota Investment Council (SDIC) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The firm was founded by the South Dakota Legislature in 1971. SDIC manages investment of the financial assets of the State of South Dakota. These include public retirement systems, public trust funds, and other financial assets.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

SmartFlow Technologies, Inc. engages in provision of open channel filtration and separation solutions. Its products include PuroSep Lynx, PuroSep Pegasus, PuroSep Phoenix, PuroSep Infinity and PuroSep Gemini. The firm offers a diverse product range of filtration solutions serving multiple growing regulated and non-regulated markets including Biopharmaceutical, Nutraceuticals, Chemical, Food, Water, Renewable Fuels, and Process Recovery markets. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Apex, NC.

Sanford Health Corp. owns and operates hospitals. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at facilities located in South Dakota Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Its services include cancer treatment, orthopedics, rehabilitation and women health care. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Everist Genomics, Inc. provides cardiovascular diagnostic products. The company was founded by Worzel Bill and Sunkara Prasad and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Paxos Trust Co. LLC operates as a global exchange marketplace for virtual currencies trading. It flagship products is Bankchain, a distributed network that expedites and secures the clearing and settling of assets. The firm also offers bitcoin exchange and OTC trading services. The company was founded by Richmond Teo and Charles G. Cascarilla in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mastercard International, Inc. provides credit card services. It provides access to round-trip bill payment and presentment for industry providers. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance solutions. It offers financial guaranty, mortgage insurance, and mortgage services for credit enhancement on public finance and structured finance securities. The company was founded by Roger K. Taylor in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Neology, Inc. engages in the provision of radio frequency identification equipment. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

OnBudget, Inc. provides a general purpose reloadable prepaid card for managing personal or household budgets. The firm also provides a smartphone application, which enables the management of monthly household spending and budgets. The company was founded by James Paul Collas, Jeffrey Lee Hall and Jonathan Drew Shultz in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co. provides insurance services. The firm offers retirement plans, IRAs, mutual funds, retirement annuities, brokerage & trading, 529 education savings, managed investment accounts and TIAA personal portfolio. The company was founded on March 04, 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.