Christine Song

CFA Society Washington, D.C. is a an association for investment professionals. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered Washington, District of Columbia.

New Century Advisors LLC (NCA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The firm was founded in 2002 by Ellen B. Safir. NCA provides investment advice to banking or thrift institutions, corporate and state pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, universities, private funds as well as high net-worth individuals and wrap fee accounts.

Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (Chartwell) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Timothy Riddle in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Carillon Tower Advisers, Inc. (dba Raymond James Investment Management), which is owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) in Great Britain. Chartwell provides investment supervisory services on a continuous basis to a variety of individual, institutional, investment company, private fund and corporate clients. The firm is a sub-adviser to investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Japan) Co. Ltd. (MSIM-Japan) is the investment management subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co. Ltd., itself a subsidiary of US-based Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Formerly known as Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co. Ltd., established in 1987, the firm changed their name to Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Japan) Co. Ltd. in 2012. MSIM-Japan is based in Tokyo and provides investment advisory and asset management services to public and private pension funds and financial institutions.

Daruma Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm was formed by Mariko Gordon in 1995 under the name CastleRock Capital Management and, in 1998, the name was changed to Daruma Asset Management, Inc. In 2012, Daruma Capital Management LLC succeeded to the business of Daruma Asset Management, Inc. The firm provides investment management services to public and corporate pension funds, Taft-Hartley accounts, endowments, foundations, other nonprofit organizations, corporations and high net-worth individuals, as to the Daruma Funds.

Parnassus Investments is an investment advidsory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 by Jerome Dodson and is a subsidiary of Parnassus Investments LLC, ultimately owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). Parnassus Investments provides investment advice to investment companies and separately manage institutional accounts.