Steven A. Schneider

MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Campbell Strategic Allocation Fund LP is a as a hedge fund, which operates as a commodity investment pool, whose purpose is to trade speculatively in the U.S. and international futures and forward markets. The Fund trades in a diverse array of global assets, including global interest rates, stock indices, currencies and commodities. Campbell Strategic Allocation Fund was founded on May 11, 1993 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (Voya IM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as ING Investment Management Co. LLC, the firm was founded in 1972 under the name of Aetna Capital Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Investment Management LLC, ultimately held by Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA). Voya IM manages assets for institutions, financial intermediaries and individual investors. The firm serves as adviser or sub-adviser to many investment vehicles.

Campbell & Co. LP provides investments management services. It is a pioneer in absolute return investment management, specializing in systematic managed futures and equity market-neutral strategies. The company provides absolute return investment strategies and global diversification in a single investment. Campbell & Co was founded in 1972 and is located in Towson, MD.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Part of New York Life Insurance Co., NYLIFE Distributors LLC is an asset manager with over $600 billion in assets under supervision. The company is based in Parsippany, NJ. NYLIFE Distributors provides investment solutions that help clients reach their goals through a long-lasting focus and diverse boutique perspectives. The company's multi-asset solutions offer diversification through a combination of asset classes, providing the potential for attractive income and capital appreciation. The company's latest report suggests that it may be time to consider rebalancing and reallocating the stocks and bonds in your portfolio, further diversifying within asset classes. Stephen P. Fisher has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Gartmore Investment Management Ltd. provides investment products and services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

HHR Asset Management LLC (HHR) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. The firm was originally founded as Hintz, Holman & Robillard, Inc. in 1975. HHR provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to institutions with separately managed accounts and private pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

New York Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance products and services. It offers life insurance, retirement income, long term care, investments, and premier services. The company was founded on April 12, 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Newport Group, Inc. engages in the provision of retirement, insurance, and consulting services. It offers retirement plan, deferred compensation and executive benefit plans, institutional trustee service, and independent fiduciary services. The firm also offers Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI), Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI), Insurance Company-Owned Life Insurance (ICOLI), and after-tax plans. The company was founded by Peter Cahall in 1984 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

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.

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

NYL Investors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2013 and is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Co. NYL Investors provides a broad array of investment advisory services to affiliated insurance companies’ general and separate accounts and other affiliated corporate entities, third-party institutional clients, investment companies, UCITs, and other pooled investment vehicles. The firm also serves as collateral manager and subadviser to certain special purpose vehicles, which include, but not limited to, CLOs.

ZT Corporate (ZT Corporate) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Taseer A. Badar and Kraig W. Killough. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Alta Semper Capital is an private equity firm founded by Afsane Jetha, Ronald Lauder and Richard Parsons in 2015. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

PanAfrican Investment Co. LLC provides software solutions. It offers applications that leverage data and analytics to find patterns and predict outcomes in order to optimize performance. The firm also provides data integrity and professional services to enable improved use of customers organization's data assets. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.