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Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Blue Hill Ventures LLC (Blue Hill Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mittleman Brothers LLC founded in 1999 by Christopher Mittleman and Philip Mittleman. The firm is headquartered located in New York.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Harbinger Capital Partners LLC (Harbinger) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philip Falcone in 2001 and is a subsidiary of Harbinger Holdings LLC. Harbinger provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds (Harbinger Funds).

Barings (Guernsey) Ltd. provides investment advisory services. The company was founded on February 20, 2001 and is headquartered in St. Peter Port, the United Kingdom.

Barings LLC (Barings) is a private equity firm a subsidiary of Barings LLC founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kognitiv Corp. operates as service provider for the online travel market. It also provides licensing to proprietary market management system to travel suppliers and demand networks. The company was founded by Peter J. Schwartz in 2009 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

GCT Global Container Terminals, Inc. operates container terminals. It specializes in transportation, stevedoring, containers, general cargo, shipping, and logistics. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Babson Capital Partners is an American company that provides investment services. Thomas Michael Finke has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Jefferies Finance LLC provides commercial financing services. It also purchases syndicated loans in the secondary markets and acts as investment adviser for various loan funds. The company was founded by Andrew Robert Booth in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Jefferies Finance LLC, Jefferies Finance CP Funding LLC is a company that provides security brokers. The company is based in New York, NY.

Loan Syndications & Trading Association, Inc. is an organization that is focused on educating individuals on various topics related to the loan industry. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company's recent focus has been on the transition away from libor-based loans, and they are offering educational opportunities for those interested in learning more about this topic, as well as other areas such as clos and private credit, liability management transactions and restructuring. The organization was founded by Christopher Anthony Pucillo.

National Math & Science Initiative, Inc. provides programs gearing towards improving math and science education. It offers a variety of programs including college readiness program, laying tha foundation, UTeach expansion, research and results, and request a consultation. The company was founded by Sarah Dillard in 2005 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Founders Group of Food Cos. Inc. (Founders Group of Food) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.