Jennifer Macha

New Century Mortgage Corp. provides home loan, home equity loan, debt consolidation loan and mortgage refinancing services to borrowers with impaired or limited credit histories. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA

First Quadrant LLC is an investment management firm headquartered in Glendale, California. The firm was founded by Robert Arnott in 1988 and is a direct subsidiary of AMG CA Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Affiliated Manager's Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). First Quadrant provides investment management services to institutional clients around the globe, which includes corporate and public pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations and endowments, mutual funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, private (unregistered) funds, state or municipal government entities, and foreign governments.

Research Affiliates LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by Robert Arnott and Jason Hsu. They are a subsidiary of Research Affiliates Global Holdings LLC. Research Affiliates provides discretionary and non-discretionary sub-advisory services to an independent, third-party investment adviser to unaffiliated registered investment companies, separately managed accounts and private funds.