Prabu Kumaran

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1935, The OPERS Board of Trustees – the governing body of the system – is responsible for the administration and management of OPERS. They provide retirement, disability, and survivor benefit programs for Ohio’s active and retired public workers and their families throughout the state who are not covered by another state or local retirement system.

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB) is the Province of Ontario’s pension fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1990, OTPPB administers a defined benefit pension plan to active and retired teachers in Ontario. The firm manages investment portfolio for the benefit of present and future plan members and their survivors. OTPPB is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Founded in 2003 by Paul Warme, Paul Sparrow and Philip Harrison, LUSIGHT Ltd. is an independent research firm located in Toronto, Ontario. They focus on global emerging markets. LUSIGHT provides a web-based financial analysis application that integrates historical company data, interactive financial models, company-specific financial forecasts and an analytical tool that allows clients to organize and present the firm's data in customized tables and charts. Their reports focus specifically on LUSIGHT's forecasts and the assumptions driving their forecasts. While LUSIGHT produces a fair value target and includes a discussion in their reports on valuation, they do not publish explicit stock ratings. Their research focus is on forecasts rather than valuations. LUSIGHT provides coverage of the following industries and areas: (1) oil & gas (2) materials (3) telecommunications (4) technology and semiconductors (5) pharmaceuticals (6) transportation and logistics (7) utilities and infrastructure (8) consumer (9) financial institutions (10) the Middle East and North Africa and (11) quantitative.