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The Midwest Trust Co. is a private company based in Overland Park, KS. The Midwest Trust Co. provides trust services in the Midwest region.

The Stephens Group LLC (Stephens Group) is an independent Private Equity firm founded in 2006 by W. R. Stephens and Elizabeth Stephens Campbell. The firm is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Kennedy Capital Management LLC (KCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded by Gerald Kennedy and Richard Sinise in 1980 as Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. In November 2022, the firm converted from “Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.”, a Missouri S corporation, to “Kennedy Capital Management LLC”, a Delaware limited liability company. They are a subsidiary of KCM Holdings, Inc. KCM manages assets for institutional and high-net-worth clients.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Central Trust Co. is a trust company and investment management firm headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of Central Bancompany, Inc. Central Trust Co. was founded in 2007 when Central Bancompany, Inc. combined the trust and investment management functions of Guaranty Trust Co., Boone County National Bank, Central Bank and Empire Bank. They manage portfolios for individuals, trusts, IRAs, corporations, retirement plans, charitable organizations and foundations.

Financial Counselors, Inc. (do-business-as FCI Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1966 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of FCI Holding Corp., which is wholly owned by MTC Holding Corp. FCI Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm also provides sub-advisory services for their affiliates The Midwest Trust Co. and Benefit Trust Co.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

Part of UMB Financial Corp., UMB Bank & Trust, NA is a financial institution that offers personal banking services such as checking and savings accounts, credit services, investing, and wealth management. The company is based in Kansas City, MO. The company also provides strategic planning and investment advisory services for families of significant wealth, with a focus on helping clients plan for their lasting impact.

Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC (Tortoise) is a SEC-registered investment advisor firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded by Harold Birzer in 2002 and is a subsidiary of TortoiseEcofin Borrower LLC (formerly Tortoise Borrower LLC), ultimately held by TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC. Tortoise provides investment management services to individual and institutional investors and pooled investment vehicles.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

HM Capital Management LLC (HMCM) is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2005 by Matthew Kopsky, Karen Gloriod and Maribeth Snodgass. HMCM provides wealth management services to affluent families and retirement planning to institutional clients.

American Century Investments Value Yield LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Nuance Investments LLC (Nuance) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by Scott Moore in 2008 and they are owned by SA Moore Family Corp. Nuance provides investment management services and investment products and services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, retirement plans and business entities through separate accounts and mutual funds.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

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.

Five Elms Capital Management LLC (Five Elms Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Fred Coulson in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Kansas.

Lewis & Clark Venture Capital LLC (Lewis & Clark Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Lewis & Clark Partners LLC founded in 2014 by Thomas J. Hillman. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Omega Fund Management Ltd. (OFM) is the wholly-owned private equity firm founded by Dr. Otello Stampacchia in 2004. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Envera Systems LLC engages in the provision of security services. It offers surveillance, access control, keyless entry, virtual gate guard, virtual doorman, burglar alarm and visitor verification for gated communities, clubhouses, pools and other amenities. The company was founded by Thomas Edward Swain and Addi J. Aloya in 1996 and is headquartered in Coconut Creek, FL.

MidSouth Bank operates as a state-chartered commercial bank. It offers online banking, personal banking, commercial banking, and mortgage banking. The company was founded in January 1912 and is headquartered in Dothan, AL.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

IGP Industries LLC (IGP) is a private equity firm founded by Mike Beaumont, Gottfried Tittiger and Patrick Forster in 1997. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

Ecofin Advisors Ltd. (Ecofin) is an alternative investment manager and holding firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by Bernard Lambilliotte and John Murray in 1991 and was acquired in 2018 by the Tortoise group of companies; shortly afterwards it changed its name from Ecofin Ltd. to Tortoise Advisors UK Ltd. - it has now reverted to using the name Ecofin Advisors Ltd. Ecofin provides discretionary investment management services to collective investment vehicles, and to separately managed accounts which it manages on behalf of professional investors.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

Matter LLC is a SE-registered investment advisor and multi-family office headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded by Kathy Lintz in 1990 and does business as Matter Family Office (MFO). They are a direct subsidiary of Matter Holding Co., Inc. MFO provides services to high-net worth families and non-high-net worth individuals associated with those families. They do not serve institutional clients, except where an existing client has created a donor-advised fund or has gifted money to a non-profit organization or foundation.

Ascension Investment Management LLC (AIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2011 as Catholic Healthcare Investment Management Company (CHIMCO), a non-profit corporation, using Ascension Investment Management as its primary business name. In order to effectuate a change in their form of organization, substantially all of the assets and liabilities of CHIMCO were transferred to AIM. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascension Capital LLC, which is wholly owned by Ascension Health Alliance, a non-profit corporation organized for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes. AIM provides investment advice and consulting to institutional investors through a commingled investment vehicle as well as through the use of separate accounts.

Vantage Investment Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by John Woolway in 2003. Vantage provides investment advisory services for individuals, high net-worth individuals, insurance companies, corporations and sub-advised accounts.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC (WFCS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded 1852 and formerly known as Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC, a non-bank indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial and bank holding company. Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC. WFCS provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. They also act as portfolio manager for certain wrap fee advisory programs.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.