Zhiyun Chen

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.

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.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Crowell & Moring LLP provides legal services. It offers litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. The firm serves the aerospace and defense, automotive and trucking, aviation, chemicals, education, energy, financial institutions, and government contracting industries. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Camden Partners Private Equity (Camden Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Camden Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1995 by David Lyle Warnock. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

American Capital Asset Management LLC (American Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Malon Wilkus. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Bluerock Real Estate LLC operates as a real estate investment firm. It provides institutional real estate investment products for individual/private investors. The company was founded in 2002 by Robert Ramin Kamfar and is headquartered in Bloomingdale, IL.

Part of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Realty Investors, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Baltimore, MD.

Bluerock Fund Advisor LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Adam Lotterman and is a subsidiary of Bluerock Asset Management LLC, which in turn is a subsidiary of Bluerock Real Estate Holdings LLC. Bluerock Fund Advisor provides portfolio management services to individual investors. They serve as the Portfolio Manager of Bluerock Total Income + Real Estate Fund.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

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

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.

Bond & Pecaro, Inc. provides financial valuation and strategic consulting services. It offers business valuations, asset allocation, stock valuations, business planning, property tax, consulting, general consulting, and litigation support. The firm serves broadcasting, cable television, telecom, publishing, and internet industries. The company was founded by Timothy S. Pecaro, John S. Sanders, and James R. Bond in 1986 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SySDSoft, Inc. engages in the design and development of software and hardware. It designs and develops baseband and RF/analog circuits for the wireless broadband market. The company was founded by Khaled E. Ismail and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Brown Advisory LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. They are a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Management LLC. The firm was founded and launched in 1993 as an investment management division of Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore-based investment bank founded in 1800. Brown Advisory provides investment management services to institutional and private clients.

BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse AG operates as a credit union. The firm provides financial savings management and international banking services. It offers checking and savings accounts, deposits, loans, leases, mortgages, credit cards, automated teller machine networks, securities brokerage, investment banking, insurance, as well as mutual and pension funds. The company was founded by Georg Coch on May 28, 1882 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

BGC Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of brokerage services to the financial markets. The firm offers integrated voice, hybrid and fully electronic brokerage in a broad range of products, including fixed income, foreign exchange, equities, insurance, energy and commodities and futures. It also provides trade execution, brokerage, clearing, trade compression, post-trade, information and other back-office services. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PayPerks, Inc. operates an education and loyalty platform that promotes adoption and retention of prepaid cards. It offers educational rewards platform for the financially underserved that fuses education with sweepstakes-based incentives to drive positive behavior changes in low and middle income people. The company was founded by Arlyn Davich and Jacob H. Peters in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Movencorp, Inc. develops mobile money management solutions. The firm allows users to deposit money in moven account and make payments and withdrawals using plastic cards and via online and phone. The company was founded by Brett Andrew King and Alex Sion in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Archer Gray Ventures LLC (Archer Gray Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Amy Nauiokas in 2013. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

Anthemis Group SA is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2007. Anthemis Group SA is headquartered in Luxembourg with additional office in New York.

easybank AG provides banking services to private and corporate clients. Its products and services include current accounts, credit cards, savings, financial leasing, consumer and housing loans, securities, and pension. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.