Josh Shapiro

Schroder Investment Management North America, Inc. (SIMNA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Schroder US Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Schroders Plc (LON: SDR) in Great Britain. SIMNA manages separate accounts on a discretionary basis for institutions, endowments, foundations, pension funds, government retirement plans, and insurance companies and, as sub-adviser, to registered investment companies sponsored by other advisers. The firm also acts as the investment adviser to the Schroder Funds, which are sold in the US predominantly to institutional clients. They also serve as the manager and general partner of private investment partnerships or funds.

Founded in 1994, MFR Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maria Fiorini Ramirez, Inc. (also known as MFR, Inc.), a macroeconomic research firm. MFR Securities provides a variety of capital markets, sales, trading and investment banking services to institutional clients including corporate treasurers, financial institutions, GSEs, state treasurers, county treasurers, municipalities, pension managers, fund managers and insurance companies. Their sales and trading services focus on governments, agencies, municipalities, corporations, banks, insurance companies, ABS, MBS, CMBS, CPs, Yankee, Euro, domestic CDs, emerging markets and equities. MFR Securities' research focuses on providing an appraisal of U.S. and international economic conditions, central bank policy and political trends. The firm seeks to provide timely and accurate forecasts of economic activity, interest rate trends and monetary and fiscal policy developments. MFR Securities also provides technical analysis of U.S. Treasury and equity markets.