Rebekah Plotkin

Payden & Rygel is a privately-owned, registered investment adviser headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Joan Payden in 1983. They provide a full range of investment strategies and solutions to institutions and individual investors.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Part of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. is a Bermudian company that provides property, casualty reinsurance and insurance products. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. The CEO of the company is Christopher Lloyd Harris.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

PGIM Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund-of-funds manager headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1996 and formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC. They are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Investments serves as investment adviser and administers the business affairs of retail, insurance, and alternative funds.

Part of Mishkin, Anderson & Gray Securities LLC, Simplex Trading LLC is a leading, technology-driven, proprietary trading firm and one of the top market makers in equity options today. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Simplex Trading works with the most advanced technology and software in the market, and focuses on innovation, automation and data-driven analysis to remain at the forefront of the market. Simplex Trading’s technology team transforms the strategies conceived by our traders into efficient, scalable code. Founded in 2004, Erik Theodore Swanson has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Steben & Co., Inc. (Steben) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Excelsior, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Ken Steben in 1989 and is a subsidiary of Octavus Group LLC. Steben provides discretionary investment management and advisory services, together with investment management products, to financial advisors and institutions. The firm serves as the general partner of Futures Portfolio Fund LP, a multi-advisor private managed futures fund.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.

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.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Anfaal Capital Co. provides investment services. The firm engages in the business of managing, custody, advising and arranging of securities. The company was founded on March 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Future Ceramics Co. is a ceramics and porcelain company. The company is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Najm for Insurance Services provides insurance services. The company is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Tunisian Saudi Bank is based in Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisian Saudi Bank provides banking services.

ASMA Capital Partners BSC (Asma Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

Braeburn Capital, Inc. is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Reno, Nevada. The firm was founded in 2006 and is principally owned by Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Braeburn Capital manages the assets of its parent company.

Fortigent LLC provides wealth management solutions and consulting services to independent advisors. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Emirates International Investment Co LLC (Emirates International Investment Co) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of National Holding LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Venture Capital Bank BSC (Venture Capital Bank) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

ITWorx, Inc. provides software professional services. It offers portals, business intelligence, SOA and application development outsourcing services. It serves financial service firms, educational institutions, telecommunication operators and ISVs in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1994 by Youssri Helmy and Wael Amin and is headquartered in East Berlin, CT.

Bullpen Management LLC (Bullpen Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Paul Martino, Duncan Davidson and Richard Melmon. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

National Securities Corp., a subsidiary of National Holdings Corp., is an international, full-service, independent brokerage firm with a diverse base of retail and institutional clients. National Securities was founded in 1947 in Seattle, Washington with the goal of providing a full suite of financial products and services to its registered representatives and clients. The firm and their subsidiaries are headquartered in New York City and Seattle and have a multitude of domestic and international offices that provide a broad range of securities brokerage, financial planning, and investment services, as well as corporate finance and investment banking services to corporations and businesses. National Securities' representatives are primarily independent contractors who operate their business with freedom and flexibility in advising their clients. The firm is a member FINRA/SIPC.

RiverNorth Capital Management LLC (RiverNorth) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Brian H. Schmucker in 2000 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of RiverNorth Financial Holdings LLC, which is majority owned by RiverNorth Holding Co. RiverNorth serves as an institutional investment manager to registered funds, private funds and separately managed accounts.

Blue Capital Management Ltd. (Blue Capital) is an asset management firm headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., which is wholly-owned by Sompo Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8630) in Japan. Blue Capital provides innovative catastrophe reinsurance-linked investment products for institutional and retail investors. The firm also provides the management, administrative, underwriting and other services as well as operational infrastructure to Blue Water Re Ltd. (Blue Water Re).

Part of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., Endurance Business Services Ltd. is a British company that provides payroll and administrative services. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2007.