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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.

BayernInvest Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (BIK) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Bayerische Landesbank, itself a subsidiary of BayernLB Holding AG in Germany. Established in 1989, the firm is based in Munich and specializes in providing asset management and central fund administration services for savings banks, insurance companies, corporate and occupational pension funds, endowments and religious institutions.

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.

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.

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).

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 private company has 18 locations and offers newsletters to keep clients informed about legal developments and information on energy-law developments.