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D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

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 provides investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business or governmental entities.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Arrow Investment Advisors LLC (Arrow) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Laurel, Maryland. The firm was founded in 2005 by Joseph Barrato and Jake Griffith. Arrow serves as the advisor to Arrow Funds which are offered to individuals and businesses, non-profits and endowments, as well as qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

Acuitas Investments LLC (Acuitas) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was co-founded by Christopher Tessin and Dennis Jensen in 2011. Acuitas serves as the investment adviser of an open-end mutual fund, private investment funds, and separately managed accounts.

Palladium Equity Partners Advisor LLC is a Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Marcos A. Rodriguez and Robert J. Lanigan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AHAM Asset Management Bhd. (AHAM Capital) is an independently managed, institutionally owned asset management ?rm headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The firm was founded in 2001 and formerly known as Affin Hwang Asset Management Bhd. AHAM Capital serves the wealth needs of corporates, institutions, pension funds, government-linked companies, high net worth individuals and the mass affluent.

Merriman Wealth Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus Operating LLC, ultimately held by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). The firm was founded in 1983 and has joined forces with Focus Financial Partners in 2012. Merriman provides investment advice and wealth management services to individuals and households who are either saving money and planning for retirement or already retired. They also manage some accounts for pension and profit-sharing plans, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, as well as corporations or other business entities.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Alaskan Copper & Brass Co. processes and distributes corrosion-resistant alloy products. The firm offers products such as fittings, flanges, plate, pipe, rod, tubing, made from materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, copper-nickel and stainless steel. It also fabricates products such as heat exchangers and pressure vessels. It has operations in San Diego, Vancouver, Portland and Seattle. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Fifth Third Bank, NA (Investment Management) (Fifth Third Private Bank) is the private banking division of Fifth Third Bank, NA, ultimately owned by Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB). The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fifth Third Private Bank offers banking, investment and insurance products and services to private clients.

UMD, Inc. develops drug delivery systems and technologies. Its products are tampon-based formulation of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for the treatment of dysmenorrhea. The company was founded by Donald C. Harrison in 1997 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Accounting Research & Analytics LLC, do-business-as Center for Financial Research & Analysis (CFRA), is an investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of CFRA Research, Inc. CFRA provides independent and actionable research and analytics to their global subscribers to improve their investment and business decisions. The firm’s services also include forensic accounting research and analytics that identifies public companies with deteriorating earnings quality; and fundamental research and commentary focused on stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, sectors and industries.

JHP Fintech, Inc. operates as an investment holding company, which engages in providing loan facilitation, credit card application, risk assessment reporting, online traffic and investment facilitation services. The company was founded by Cheng Yun and Jiang Hejun on July 26, 2018 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Bintang Capital Partners Bhd (Bintang Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of AHAM Asset Management Bhd founded in 2016 by Johan Rozali Wathooth. The firm is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Lonsec Fiscal Holdings Pty Ltd. provides investment and superannuation research services. It offers stock broking, investment and financial advisory solutions. The company was founded by Jeff Bresnahan in 2011 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Part of Raymond James Financial, Inc., NWPS Holdings, Inc. is a company that provides retirement administration services. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company was founded in 1994. The CEO is Timothy Wulfekuhle. NWPS Holdings was acquired by Raymond James Financial, Inc. on December 24, 2020.

M.H. Carnegie & Co. Pty Ltd. (M.H. Carnegie) is private equity firm founded in 2010 by Mark Carnegie. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Riot Games, Inc. develops and publishes video games. It offers competitive, PvP multiplayer online battle arena, and online games. The company was founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

DLC Management Corp. owns, operates and manages shopping centers. The company was founded by Adam Ifshin in 1991 and is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY.

Proto Investment Partners Pty Ltd (Proto Investment Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia with an additional office in Melbourne.