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Beacon Bay Holdings (Beacon Bay) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Jennifer Stewart. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

John W. Bristol & Co., Inc. (JWB) is an employee-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John W. Bristol in 1937 to advise on college and university endowment funds. In addition to endowments, JWB also serves charitable foundations, trusts, high net worth individuals, partnerships, as well as pension and other institutional clients.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Part of BlackRock, Inc., Blackrock Solutions LLC is an American company that provides risk management, strategic advisory and enterprise investment system services. The company was founded by Bennett William Golub, Charles Shaul Hallac.

Baron Capital Management, Inc. (BCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Ron Baron in 1982 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baron Capital Group, Inc. BCM provides advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, wrap fee programs, and other entities. The firm also offers several comingled strategies.

Wafra, Inc. is a registered investment adviser headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is wholly owned by Wafra InterVest Corp., which in turn is ultimately wholly beneficially owned by the Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait (PIFSS), an autonomous agency controlled by the government of Kuwait. Wafra provides advisory and consulting services to funds, separately managed accounts and joint venture arrangements.

Templeton Investment Counsel LLC (TIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). TIC provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US registered funds, and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.

Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC is a private equity firm. The company is based in New York, NY.

Atlantic Investment Management, Inc. (Atlantic) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Alexander J. Roepers in 1988 and is wholly-owned by a trust for the benefit of Alexander J. Roepers and members of his family. Atlantic provides portfolio management services to the Atlantic Funds, which are organized either as US limited partnerships or foreign corporations, and managed accounts for institutional clients.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures gas turbines. Its services include demonstrator, white light scanning, instrumentation, aerothermal testing and power generation. The company was founded by Shirley Brostmeyer and Joseph Brostmeyer in 1998 and is headquartered in Jupiter, FL.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Investment Management) (BBH-IM) is the investment management division of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1931 and do-business-as Brown Brothers Harriman Mutual Fund Advisory Department. BBH-IM advises or sub-advises Mutual Funds, an ETF, and UCITS Funds.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.