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Founded in 2001, Guardian Investor Services LLC (GIS) is an investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is the successor to Guardian Investor Services Corp., a New York corporation that was founded in 1968. The firm provides institutional asset management services to both taxable and tax exempt entities. They also offer a variety of investment management services to clients in the insurance industry. GIS is the distributor of mutual funds and variable annuities. Annuities are issued by The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Co., Inc., (GIAC) a Delaware corporation. Both GIS and GIAC are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the US. GIS primarily provides services to investment companies and corporations.

A2a Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops proprietary computational systems and new therapeutics that serve highly unmet patient needs. The company was founded by Edward Painetr, Sridhar Wempati, Brendan Kelly, and Matthew Welsch and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Part of Danforth Advisors LLC, Argot Partners LLC is a strategic communications consultancy exclusively focused on the life sciences. The company is based in New York, NY, with offices in the Boston area. The company provides a broad suite of services to over 90 clients across all stages of their corporate evolution. The company's services include corporate communications and investor relations, public relations and digital media, IPO, data, partnership, product approval, commercial launch, M&A, and special situations communications, executive visibility and training, ESG communications, event planning, and a full suite of creative services. The company was founded in 2007 by David M.F. Pitts, Andrea F. Rabney. Andrea F. Rabney has been the CEO since 2007. Argot Partners was acquired by Danforth Advisors LLC on January 04, 2023.

Pure Communications is a public relations firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. and has subsidiaries in South Africa. The South African company operates a public relations firm.

NeoTract, Inc. develops surgical devices for urological and gynecological disorders. It offers UroLift System, a minimally invasive device to treat lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The company was founded by Joshua Makower, Joseph Catanese, Theodore C. Lamson and Earl A. Bright II in 2004 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Russo Partners LLC provides communications services for healthcare companies. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1988. The CEO is Tony Russo.

Trividia Health, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets diabetes monitoring and management products. It supplies blood glucose monitoring systems, cobranded under the TRUE name, to pharmacies, distributors and mail service providers. The company was founded by George H. Holley in 1985 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

iBasis, Inc. provides international voice carrier and value added services for mobile operators. It offers comprehensive portfolio of voice termination and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, and mobile operators, as well as voice-over-broadband service providers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Tiberend Strategic Advisors is a strategic communications firm that specializes in providing expert counsel to companies in the life sciences industry. Tiberend is based in New York, NY, and the CEO of the private company is Gregory Tiberend. The company offers a full suite of investor and public relations services, including product communications, clinical trial recruitment, and social media. The company's mission is to be an integral component of their clients' business activities, and they develop action plans that reflect near-term and longer-range opportunities specific to each client's anticipated growth trajectory.

Hill & Knowlton, Inc. engages in the provision of international communications consultancy services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Huntsworth Ltd., Dewe Rogerson Ltd. is a financial communications agency providing advertising, marketing, and public relations services. The company is based in London, UK. Dewe Rogerson was acquired by Incepta Group Plc on September 22, 1998 for $41.05 million.

The Edelman Financial Center LLC provides financial planning and investment management services. Its staff include group of financial planners, investment advisors, insurance counselors, mortgage professionals, educators and business consultants to provide advisory services to clients. The company was founded by Fredric Mark Edelman in 1987 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

National Investor Relations Institute operates as an association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The company was founded by DeWitt C. Morrill in 1969 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.