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State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

Wilen Investment Management Corp. (WIM) is an independent registered investment adviser headquartered in Bonita Springs, Florida. The firm was founded by James R. Wilen in 1984. WIM . provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, private investment funds, trust programs, and other US and international institutions.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1985, Berthel Fisher & Co. Financial Services, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The firm provides a full range of securities and brokerage services to their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Berthel Fisher is the broker subsidiary of Berthel Fisher & Co.

Ladder Capital Realty Finance, Inc. provides real estate services. It also acquire and manage a diverse portfolio of real estate and real estate-related assets through a fully-integrated commercial mortgage loan origination platform with in-house origination, underwriting, structuring, financing, asset management, risk management, and disposition capabilities. The company was founded in October 2008 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Pinnacle Holding Co. LLC provides financial services. It operates through its subsidiaries: Pinnacle Investments, Pinnacle Capital Management, Pinnacle Solutions, Confidential Planning, and Pinnacle Employee Services. The company is headquartered in Syracuse.

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. provided voice, data and video telecommunications services. It was acquired by Cingular Wireless LLC in October 26, 2004. The company was headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Pinnacle Advisors LLC (Pinnacle) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in East Syracuse, New York. The firm was founded by Gregg Kidd and Daniel Raite in 1995. Pinnacle serves as the investment advisor for the NYSA fund.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Hahn & Hessen LLP operates a law firm services. It focuses on finance, debt, and commercial businesses. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Jamo International ApS manufactures and markets electronic loudspeakers. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Glyngøre, DK.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Bose Corp. designs and manufactures music systems and loudspeakers. Its products include headphones, audio sunglasses, and speakers. The company was founded by Amar Gopal Bose in 1964 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

The National Center for State Courts provides technical assistance and consulting services to courts. The non-profit company is based in Williamsburg, VA.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

The American Bar Foundation operates as a non-profit law professionals organization. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. The organization was founded in 1870 and it is headquartered in New York, NY

The Federal Bar Council operates as a not-for-profit specialty bar association. It consists of lawyers and judges who practice primarily in federal courts within the Second Circuit. The company was founded on April 4, 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York County Lawyers Association operates as bar association. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2003, Hudson Realty Capital LLC is a real estate fund manager founded by Arman Michael. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Shaffer Asset Management, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Daniel S. Shaffer in 1998. Shaffer Asset Management provides portfolio management services to individual and institutional clients.

Ladder Capital Finance LLC provides financing solutions for commercial real estate. It offers fixed-rate and floating-rate commercial mortgages, mezzanine financing, and preferred and direct equity to its partners. The company was founded by Greta Guggenheim and Robert Perelman in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Echo Springs Water Corp. manufactures bottled water. The private company is based in Mississauga, Canada.

Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Inc. provides public transportation services. The firm’s services include schedules, bus tracker, alerts, trip planner and specialized transit. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Syracuse, NY.

WCNY operates public broadcasting station. It offers Create, World and Plus channels with PBS programs like sesame street, masterpiece, and frontline. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Syracuse, NY.

Pinnacle Capital Management LLC (PCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in East Syracuse, New York. The firm was founded by Stephen (Steve) Fauer in 2006 and is owned by Pinnacle Holding Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Fkapi, Inc. PCM actively creates and manages investment portfolios on a discretionary basis for individual and institutional investors. Additionally, the firm serves as an investment manager to two funds – a mutual fund and a private fund.