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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.

NorthStar Asset Management LLC (NorthStar) is an independent registered investment advisory and wealth management firm headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Robert Bobrow in 2000. NorthStar specializes in the individual management of portfolios for individuals, businesses and charitable organizations, and pension and profit-sharing plans on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Stone Point Credit Adviser LLC (Stone Point Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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

Crescent Capital Group LP (Direct Lending) provides first lien and unitranche senior financing to private equity-backed lower middle market companies founded in 2005 headquartered in the US.

Benefit Street Partners LLC /Private Debt/ (BSP) is a private debt firm which was founded in 2008, headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Charlotte, Houston, Providence and San Francisco.

Portfolio Advisors LLC (Portfolio Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Darien, Connecticut with additional offices in Dallas, London, Zurich, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Part of Communications Equity Associates LLC, CEA Capital Advisors LLC provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Tampa, FL.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Lightyear Capital LLC (Lightyear Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Marron & Associates LLC founded in 2000 by Donald Baird Marron. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Centre Lane Partners LLC (Centre Lane Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Quinn Morgan and Kenneth Lau. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Financial Technology Ventures Management Co LLC (Financial Technology Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Jim Hale, Bob Huret and Richard Garman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Financial Technology Partners LP provides merger and acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, capital raising and valuation services to the financial technology sector. The company was founded by Steve McLaughlin and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Risk Management Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of software and information services to the insurance industry. The firm offers technology and services for the management of insurance catastrophe risk associated with natural perils such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and windstorms, and products for weather derivatives and enterprise risk management. The company was founded by Hemant H. Shah in 1989 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Leonard Green & Partners LP (Leonard Green & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Leonard I. Green. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

MidOcean US Advisor LP (MidOcean Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by James Edward Virtue. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ednovate Education Pvt Ltd. provides online learning services. The company is based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 2021 by Karan Sheth, Ashish Surendra Shah, Dhawal Purohit, Rahul Modi, Sagar Vora.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Iron Park Capital Partners LP (Iron Park) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by J. Albert Smith in 2019 and became a subsidiary of General Atlantic Service Co. LP in 2023. Iron Park provides investment advisory services to private investment funds, as well as certain other co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

180 Degree Capital (180 Degree Capital ) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Douglas W. Jamison. The firm is headquartered in Montclair, New Jersey.

Colony Capital, Inc. is a private company based in San Diego, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides business support services.

CVC Credit Partners LLC (CVC Credit) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1981 and is a subsidiary of CVC Credit Partners Investment Management Ltd., ultimately held by CVC Credit Partners Group Holding Foundation in Great Britain. CVC Credit provides investment advice to collateralized loan obligations and collateral debt obligations (CLOs), managed funds and separately managed accounts.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP provides legal services. It serves in the areas of restructurings and bankruptcy litigations, antitrust, corporate governance and environment, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, derivatives, structured finance and capital markets, aviation practice, consumer finance, banking and insurance transactions, data security, investment management, healthcare compliance and employment litigation. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, NY.