Jeff Russo

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Small Cap Premium & Dividend Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It enhance portfolio value relative to the municipal bond market by investing in tax-exempt municipal bonds. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stone Toro Asset Management LLC provides investment advices. It has managed investments for institutional investors and a select group of advisory clients. The company was founded by Richard Horace Jenkins and Jeffrey Lawrence Russo in 2009 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

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.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Founded in 2010, Stone Toro Investment Advisers LP is a hedge fund manager located in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of Stone Toro Asset Management LLC. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to their clients which include private investment funds, individual and institutional clients and managed accounts.