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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP provides legal services to financial institutions and corporations, government entities, charitable and health care organizations and individual private clients. It was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. (SAC) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert G. Smith in 1982 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smith Affiliated Ventures LLC. SAC provides investment advice for separately managed portfolios of individual and institutional investors.

UBIQ SECURITY INC. develops cyber security software solutions. It includes high-speed cybersecurity, user and key management and PoweClick products. The firm secures enterprise protection, backup, ransomware safeguarding and end-to-end data protection services. The company was founded in 2012 by Eric Tobias and Linda Eigner and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Prince Street Capital Management LLC (PSCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by David Halpert in July 2007 as the successor to Prince Street Capital Management, Inc. PSCM provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to clients, which are primarily commingled private investment funds intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors and which are offered to investors on a private placement basis. Investors in the funds may include financial institutions, corporations, partnerships, endowments, foundations, individuals, trusts, estates, pension or profit sharing plans and funds whose securities are not publicly offered.

Part of WPP Plc, Wavemaker Global LLC is a company that provides advertising services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Charles Courtier.

SkyBridge Capital LLC provides alternative investment management services. It specializes in funds of hedge funds products and hedge fund advisory services. The company was founded by Anthony Scaramucci in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It provides services to banking and finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, employment law, environmental, immigration, intellectual property, litigation, and real estate. The company was founded by Arthur Kramer and Lou Lowenstein in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

WERK Enterprises, Inc. provides online marketplace for professionals looking for career-building flexible work from top companies. The company was founded by Anna Auerbach and Annie Dean on December 29, 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PT Aksi Visitama develops and offers gift cards. The firm provides end-to-end services in loyalty and gift card industries, including gift card processing, distribution through its corporate sales and retail partners. It products include Tada, Fokado and gift cards. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC (RWA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2013 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Adviser Investments LLC in 2023. RWA provides continuous and regular investment advisory services to individuals, families and their related entities, which includes trusts and estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm also provides continuous and regular investment advisory services to retirement profit-sharing plans.

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP provides immigration law services. It offers work permit and work authorization services, value-added services, private client service, immigration program structure and support, immigration knowledge services and technology, government strategy, employment verification services and technologies, document services, consular services, business visa services and technology, and advisory, audit and compliance services. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a national bar association of over 16,000 attorneys who practice and teach immigration law. The non-profit company is based in Washington. AILA's CLE Center is a resource for identifying jurisdiction requirements, learning about approved formats, including new on-demand options, and finding related resources for programs.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

The Ohio State Bar Association is a professional association for those who have been admitted to the practice of law. The non-profit company is based in Columbus, OH and has subsidiaries in the United States. The association represents nearly 65 percent of law practitioners, including paralegals and student associate members.

Torchlight Investors LLC (Torchlight) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel Heflin in 1995 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torchlight Holdings LLC, which is owned by Torch Conerly LLC. Torchlight manages commercial real estate related investments (predominately debt investments) for institutional clients.

Axiom Investors LLC (Axiom) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Andrew Jacobson in 1998 as Axiom International Investors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Axiom Investors LP. Axiom manages international, global, small-cap, and emerging market equities on behalf of their global institutional clients.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance LLC provides financial advisory services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.

Asymmetric Capital LLC (Asymmetric Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Robert Duke Biederman. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.