Tim West

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).

John Hancock Investment Management LLC (JHIM) is a fund-of-funds manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately owned by Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX; NYSE: MFC) in Canada. JHIM provides discretionary investment advisory services as a “manager of managers” to certain open-end and closed-end registered investment companies, such as exchange-traded funds, in the John Hancock family of funds, that are offered to retail investors and, in the case of certain funds, are included as investments in model portfolios created by JHIM or one of its affiliates.

Pacific Financial Group, Inc., do-business-as The Pacific Financial Group, Inc. (TPFG), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The firm was founded in 1984 by James McClendon and is solely owned by The Pacific Holdings Group LLC. TPFG provides advisory services to individuals, which includes retirement plan participants and owners of individual retirement accounts, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

WCAS Fraser Sullivan Investment Management LLC provides investment management services to global institutional investors including pension funds, mutual funds, banks and insurance companies, as well as high net-worth individuals. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.