Joel Silva

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

Founded in 1931, Stone & Youngberg LLC is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of Stone & Youngberg Holdings LLC. Stone & Youngberg structures and distributes fixed-income securities for their clients which include financial institutions, investment managers, pension funds, insurance companies, state and local governments and hedge funds in California and throughout the US. The firm's research group supports the firm's sales, trading, and public finance efforts by tracking the firm's underwritings in the primary and secondary markets, particularly the below investment-grade issues.

American Century Investments Value Yield LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.