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Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

United Road Services, Inc. engages in auto transport services. It offers new vehicle logistics, remarking services, dealer and auction houses, retail single vehicles, and marshalling and storage centers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Romulus, MI.

Capital International, Inc. (CI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1987 as Capital International Research & Management, Inc. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capital Group International, Inc., ultimately held by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. CI provides investment management and advisory services to a registered investment company, other pooled investment vehicles exempt from registration, corporate entities, pension plans, endowments and foundations, certain affiliated companies, foreign governmental entities and other institutions.

NWQ Investment Management Co. LLC (NWQ) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen NWQ Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Nuveen Investments, Inc. NWQ provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of retail and high net-worth individual and institutional clients, such as corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, trust accounts, estates, corporations or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. Additionally, the firm provides investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs, and UCITS Funds.

Causeway Capital Management LLC (Causeway) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Harry Hartford and Sarah Ketterer in 2001 as HWI Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Causeway Capital Holdings LLC. Causeway provides international, global, and emerging markets equity investment management services to institutional clients such as corporations, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, public retirement plans, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles, charities, private trusts and funds, wrap fee programs, and other institutions.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Prime Advantage Corp. provides on-line business to business demand aggregation services. Its members are manufacturing and food processing companies who purchase raw materials, components, services and supplies through network of top-performing endorsed suppliers. The company was founded by Louise O'Sullivan in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Farmers Insurance Group, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance. The company was founded by John C. Tyler and Thomas E. Leavey and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.

Founded in 2003 by Benjamin Howe and Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's Growth Capital LLC (ACG) is an emerging growth-focused, research, broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of America's Growth Capital Holdings LLC. They seek to identify small-cap opportunities and bring new investment opportunities to growth-oriented institutional and private equity investors. AGC completes investment banking transactions for emerging growth companies in the following industries: (1) technology including communications, data center, financial technology, information security, semiconductors and software (2) clean technology, (3) digital media/Internet and (4) business services. They have participated in transactions ranging in size from $6 million to $1 billion. These transactions have included buyouts, buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments, private placements, PIPEs, IPOs, follow-ons and fairness opinions. The firm's Capital Markets group provides analysis on leading emerging growth sectors with a focus on identifying dynamic changes and trends in their focus industries. They present ideas through: (1) white papers, which provide topical and industry-wide analysis by highlighting the leading small-cap public and private companies of influence (2) thought pieces, which illustrate the impact of current events such as legislation, market swings and (3) capital market updates which present comprehensive statistics and data on one or more product areas including IPOs, M&A, private placements, etc. that have an impact on the emerging growth universe. AGC maintains relationships across multiple pools of capital including institutional, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, sovereign wealth and debt. They leverage those relationships to provide clients with the best sources of financing for their particular needs.

Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. (Boston Partners) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Greenbrae, California. Formerly known as Robeco Investment Management, Inc., the firm was founded by Mark Donovan, Robert Jones, Harry Rosenbluth, and Paul Heathwood in 1995 as Robeco USA, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCE US Holding, Inc., ultimately held by ORIX Corp. (TYO: 8591, NYSE: IX), a Tokyo-based international financial services company established in 1964. Boston Partners provides value equity investment products to individual and institutional clients.

Market Metrics is the leading market research firm in the United States focusing on advisor-sold investments and insurance. For more than a decade it has worked closely with asset managers and insurance companies to provide the information they need to grow. Market Metrics works with senior managers at many of the largest financial service firms in the world. It has earned their trust by consistently providing high-quality data, and presenting the data in a way that facilitates their decision-making Market Metrics began in 1993. The firm was originally part of Monitor Group, a family of professional service firms that is primarily focused on strategy consulting. Market Metrics became an independent company in 1996. Since then, the firm's scope of services has grown tremendously, from mutual funds to variable annuities to the wide range of asset management and insurance products that it covers today. The firm is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. It also maintains offices in Chicago and Denver in order to serve clients throughout the United States.

The Berger Funds operates and manages a shareholder welfare fund. The private company is based in Denver, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Orion Consultants, Inc. specializes in market research, analysis, finance, and consulting. The company was founded on December 23, 1974 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC is a private company that specializes in managing investments. The company is based in Tampa, FL. The company's goal is to alleviate uncertainty for their clients by balancing risk and reward. The company understands that their clients are entrusting them with something more valuable than money.

Aristotle Capital Management LLC (Aristotle Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard R. Gleicher and Steven M. Borowski in 2010. Aristotle Capital specializes in equity portfolio management for institutional and individual clients worldwide.

Kopernik Global Investors LLC (Kopernik) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The firm was founded by David Iben in 2013 and is principally owned by Kopernik Holdings LLC. Kopernik provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis.

Fraser McCombs Capital Management LLC (FM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Chase Fraser. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.