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Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. (Johnson) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm was founded by Timothy Johnson in 1965. Johnson offers investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business or governmental entities.

Berkshire Bank (Private Banking) (Berkshire Bank-PB) is the private banking division of Berkshire Bank, itself a subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB). The firm is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts with offices in Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Founded in 1846, Berkshire Bank-PB provides various private banking solutions to wealthy clients.

Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (VIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS).The firm was originally formed in 1975 as Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc. They completed a spin-off in 2009 to become independent of the Phoenix Companies. VIA serves as investment adviser to the Virtus mutual funds and closed-end funds.

The Ayco Co. LP (Goldman Sachs Ayco) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cohoes, New York. The firm was founded in 1971 by William Aydelotte and James Conway. They are a subsidiary of GS Ayco Holding LLC, owned by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), a publicly traded bank and financial holding company. Goldman Sachs Ayco provides financial planning services nationally to individuals, institutional clients and charitable organizations.

Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. (Paradigm) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Albany, New York. The firm was founded by Candace Weir in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradigm Capital Holdings, Inc. Paradigm offers investment advisory services primarily to corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, individuals, investment funds, trusts and individuals (which include high net-worth individuals), other separate accounts, and pooled investment vehicles such as private investment limited partnerships.

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Beaumont Financial Partners LLC (Beaumont) is an investment management firm headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1999 and their predecessor firm, Beaumont Trust Associates, became a registered investment adviser in 1981. They were acquired by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS) in 2022. Beaumont offers a comprehensive range of wealth management and family office services to affluent individuals and families, small businesses, and select institutions.

Nationwide Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of long-term savings and retirement products. It operates through the following segments: Life Insurance, Annuities, Workplace Solutions, and Corporate Solutions and Other. The Life Insurance segment consists of life insurance products such as individual variable universal life, traditional life, fixed universal, and indexed universal life insurance products. The Annuities segment offers individual deferred annuity products and immediate annuities. The Workplace Solutions segment deals with private and public sector retirement plans businesses. The Corporate Solutions and Other segment includes COLI and bank-owned life insurance products, small business group life insurance, spread income on Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati funding agreements, and net investment income on invested assets not assigned to other reportable segments. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The Berkshire Bank provides consumer and commercial banking products. It offers personal banking: personal checking, personal savings, certificate of deposits and online banking; business banking: business checking and business savings; loans and mortgages which include commercial mortgages, commercial loans and residential mortgages; and other products and services which include foreign currency, e-statements, debit cards and credit cards. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Spinnaker Trust is a trust management firm headquartered in Portland, Maine. The firm was founded in 1970 and formerly known as Ram Trust Services, Inc. Spinnaker Trust offers multiple strategies ranging from broadly based, diversified portfolios built with low-cost Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to single stock and bond portfolios, to alternative assets managed both by Spinnaker Trust and third party managers selected and monitored by them.

Griffin Asset Management LLC (Griffin) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2006 as a result of the merger between its two predecessor firms Hovey, Youngman Associates, Inc. and Griffin Asset Management, LLC. Griffin provides customized wealth management solutions for individuals, families, trusts and institutions. The firm also manages money for individuals, institutions, and investment companies in various investment strategies.

Fleet Development Ventures LLC (Fleet Development Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of BancBoston Investments, Inc founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1985, NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. is a financial services and brokerage firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of RBS Holdings USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (LSE: RBS). The firm was formerly known as RBS Securities, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. NatWest is an institutional fixed-income firm that provides a full range of debt capital markets services to both those seeking to raise capital and those seeking to invest it. The firm is an industry leader in the U.S. Treasury, agency and MBS markets and in providing real estate and asset-backed financing to their clients. NatWest also provides futures brokerage services and trade strategies to select clients.

Credit Capital Investments LLC is an investment manager and advisor that provides independent and timely fixed income, equity, economic, and quantitative research. The private company is based in Short Hills, NJ, and was founded in 2003. CCI manages separate accounts and is an advisor to the Teak Hill Fund and the Teak Hill Indus Fund. Varkki P. Chacko has been the CEO of the American company since 2006.

ADCM LLC provides investment advice. It offers variety of financial services which include individual investment management, non-dollar denominated investments, banking products, financial planning and trust services. The company is headquartered in Pittsfield, MA.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

New England Asset Management, Inc. (NEAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as General Re New England Asset Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Re Corp., which is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK). NEAM provides investment management services primarily to insurance companies (affiliated and unaffiliated with NEAM). The firm also provides investment management services for governmental entities, a pension/profit sharing plan account, pooled investment vehicles and high-net-worth individuals. NEAM manages assets of an insurance company client that includes a charitable organization account.

Equitable Life Insurance Co. provides investment advice. Its products include life insurance, retirement, retirement plans for employers and investments. The company was founded by Henry Hyde in 1859 and is headquartered in New York, NY.