Danny Peeters

KBC Bank NV (KBC Bank) is the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of KBC Groupe SA (BE: KBC) in Belgium, an integrated bank insurance group serving mainly retail customers, small and medium-sized enterprises and private banking clientele. Based in Brussels, the bank was established in 1998 when Kredietbank, CERA Bank and ABB insurance company merged to create the KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Company. In 2005 the KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Company merged with their parent company, Almanij, to create KBC Group NV.

Founded in 2003, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc. (BNPP AM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Investment Partners USA Holdings Inc., which is in turn wholly owned by Paribas North America, Inc. They offer a range of equity, Euro, fixed-income and alternative investment products to North American institutional investors.