Susanne Gülpen

DWS International GmbH is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK, NYSE: DB) in Germany. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1983 and provides discretionary and/or non-discretionary services to a variety of types of clients, including one or more affiliated investment advisers.

UniCredit Bank AG provides banking services. It offers banking and financial products to corporate as well as public and private sector clients. The company operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking and Other/Consolidation. The Commercial Banking segment offers consumer loans, mortgage loans, savings-and-loan and insurance products and banking services for retail customers. The corporate & Investment Banking segment operates through three divisions HVB, UniCredit Bank Austria AG and UniCredit spa. The other/consolidation segment encompasses the chief operating office business unit, activities of the group corporate center business unit and consolidation effects. The company was founded on July 1, 1869 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH (Union Investment) is the asset management subsidiary of Union Asset Management Holding AG in Germany. Founded in 1956, the firm was formerly known as Union-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH and changed their name to Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH in 2002. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Union Investment is a socially responsible investor which offers a product range that covers all asset classes worldwide including equity, fixed-income, balanced, index and real estate funds.

HSBC Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH (HSBC-GAM-DE) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KG (FR: TUB), itself a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC; LSE: HSBA) in Germany. Formerly known as HSBC Investments Deutschland GmbH, the firm was established in 1989 and is the HSBC group's asset management arm for German speaking-countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, as well as for Eastern European countries. They are located in Düsseldorf and manage and develop investment instruments for institutional clients and private individuals.

Fitch Ratings Ltd. (FRL) is an investment research firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1977 and is a subsidiary of Fitch Ratings, Inc., ultimately held by The Hearst Family Trust in the US. FRL provides research and specialized ratings of services to residential and commercial mortgages, asset managers and managed funds. They also publish quantitatively based ratings such as Q-IFS ratings.

Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG (Hauck & Aufhäuser) is the German private banking subsidiary of China-based Fosun International Ltd. (HKG: 0656), which is owned by Fosun International Holdings Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands. Originally founded as Gebhard & Hauck in 1796, Bankhaus Georg Hauck & Sohn and Bankinstitut H. Aufhäuser merged to form Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KgaA in 1998. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Hauck & Aufhäuser provides asset management, investment banking, and finance consulting services for wealthy private individuals and family offices, companies and entrepreneurs as well as foundations and non-profit organizations.

DJE Kapital AG (DJE) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Pullach, Germany. The firm was founded by Dr. Jens Ehrhardt in 1974 as Dr. Jens Ehrhardt Vermögensverwaltung. They became Dr. Jens Ehrhardt Kapital AG in 1998 and DJE Kapital AG in 2008. The firm manages assets for private and institutional clients in Germany and abroad. They also offer several mutual funds that invest in important and attractive markets. DJE is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management GmbH (Munich-MEAG) is an investment management firm headquartered in Munich, Germany. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as Pales Verm?gensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. They are a subsidiary of Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (ETR: MUV2). Munich-MEAG provides investment management and consulting services to unaffiliated professional investors, manages special investment funds (Spezialfonds) for institutional investors and mutual investment funds (Publikumsfonds) for private investors.

UniCredit International Bank (Luxembourg) SA is a Luxembourger company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Part of UniCredit SpA, the company was founded in 1987. Martin Boehm has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. engages in the acquisition and management of non-life insurance and reinsurance companies. It acquires portfolios with run-off and firms with net tangible assets, shareholders funds, and surplus. The company was founded by Christopher Mark Fagan and Dean Dwonczyk in 2005 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (UK) (Crédit Agricole CIB-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment division of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, ultimately owned by Credit Agricole SA (XP: ACA, ADR: CRARY) in France. Formerly known as Calyon, created in 2004 by the transfer of assets from Crédit Lyonnais' Corporate and Investment Banking division to Crédit Agricole Indosuez, the firm changed their name to Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in 2010.[ Crédit Agricole CIB-UK is headquartered in London and provides a range of investment services to large companies and financial institutions.

Eyb & Wallwitz Vermögensmanagement GmbH (Eyb & Wallwitz) is an independent German wealth management firm which was founded by Giselher Freiherr von Eyb and Georg Graf von Wallwitz in 2004. Based in Munich, the firm offers personalized portfolio investment strategies and advisory services for high net-worth clients. They also manage institutional assets in the form of special funds, mutual funds and other asset management mandates for institutional investors including pension funds, banks, insurance companies, industry, public and religious organizations and charitable foundations.

Assenagon Asset Management SA (Germany) (Assenagon-DE) is the investment management division of Germany-based Assenagon Asset Management SA, itself a subsidiary of Assenagon SA in Luxembourg. It was founded in 2008 by Vassilios Pappas and Hans Günther Bonk. The firm is headquartered in Munich and has additional offices in Frankfurt am Main and Zurich. Assenagon-DE manages the Assenagon funds for institutional investors, intermediaries and private individuals. They are a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Part of Fosun International Holdings Ltd., FFT GmbH & Co. KGaA is a German company that provides business and economic services. The company is based in Fulda, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Manfred Hahl, Peter Walper, Tristan Pfurr.

LOOM Impact AG is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The firm was founded in 2001 by Andreas Grassl, Ingmar Przewlocka, Marc Decker and Jens Bies. LOOM Impact provides investment products and solutions to various investors.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG is a law firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. The German company offers a wide range of legal services, including work and real estate law, commercial data protection and cybersecurity, deals/m & a, energy and climate law, financial services, transformation, insolvency and restructuring, IP/IT, and tax law. PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal also provides interdisciplinary solutions by leveraging the competencies of PwC's auditing and consulting society. The company has 18 locations and offers newsletters to keep clients informed about legal developments and information on energy-law developments.

Universal-Investment-GmbH operates as a holding company, which provides administration services, funds structuring solutions, as well as securities and alternative investment structuring solutions to institutional investors and fund initiators. Its services also include direct investments, mutual funds, insourcing, and risk management. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

BVV Versicherungsverein des Bankgewerbes AG is a pension scheme for the financial management industry. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Berlin, Germany, with subsidiaries in Germany. BVV offers pension payment and pension statement services, tax and social insurance information, and forms for both insured persons and pensioners. The German company also provides information on the PUEG service, tax cladding, and the BVV overview. BVV has a customer portal with over 78,000 users and offers training and dual studies experiences. The private company takes care of a careful retirement pension for pensioners and offers advantages for member companies in the BVV pension model.