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Hutchinson Capital Management Corp. (HCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Rafael, California. The firm was founded by William “Bill” Hutchinson in 1995. HCM provides investment management services and personalized advice for individual, family, trust, retirement plan, and charitable organization clients.

Fisher Asset Management LLC, dba Fisher Investments (FI), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plano, Texas. The firm was founded in 1979 by Ken Fisher and is a subsidiary of Fisher Investments, Inc. FI manages the assets of a diverse global client base which includes corporations, public and multi-employer pension funds, foundations and endowments, insurance companies, health-care organizations, governments and high net worth families.

The Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS), established September 1, 1957, administers retirement, life insurance and long-term disability benefits to most state employees, including members of the Missouri General Assembly, elected state officials, judges and administrative law judges and legal advisors. Their headquarters are in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (SBAM) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1987 and they are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., which acquired the firm in 2005. Their ultimate parent is TIAA Board of Overseers. SBAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a wide variety of individual and institutional clients, including, including pension funds, high-net worth individuals, corporations, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, endowments, foundations, religious organizations, managed accounts and investment companies and/or other funds.

Miller & Schroeder Financial, Inc. provides investment banking services. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN and has subsidiaries in the United States.

QCM LLC, do-business-as Quantum Capital Management, is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1996 by Howard Aschwald and Stephen Bradley. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sterling Bank & Trust, FSB, itself a subsidiary of Sterling Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: STL). QCM provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, business entities and other financial services firms.

Blue Oak Capital LLC (Blue Oak) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 by Thomas Baker and Loren Walden. Blue Oak provides wealth management services to a select group of individuals, families, and trusts.

Part of Waterland Management Holding IV BV, Geotexan SA is a producer of high-quality geomembranes made of high-density polyethylene with carbon and polymer. The company is based in Minas de Riotinto, Spain. Geotexan has worked on various projects in recent years using different types of geocomposites and geotextiles for different works. Geomeshes and geocells are products created to prevent erosion, delay the appearance of cracks and fissures, and reinforce and stabilize various projects. The CEO of the Spanish company is Enrique Figueroa. Geotexan was acquired by Bontexgeo NV on March 21, 2022.

Glovista Investments LLC (Glovista) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Carlos Asilis and Darshan Bhatt in 2007. Glovista provides investment management services to clients through separately managed accounts and privately offered pooled investment vehicles.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc. (OAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1986, the firm is a subsidiary of E.A. Viner International Co., which is owned by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OPY). OAM offers a variety of advisory services to individuals, foundations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, business or government entities, insurance companies and endowments.