Charles Ruffel

Asset International, Inc. provides data, business intelligence, and information services to the investment management industry. The company was founded by James A. Casella and Charles Ruffel in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The Walt Disney Co., Institutional Investor is a financial publication and event producer for institutional investors. The company is based in New York, NY. For over 50 years, Institutional Investor has been providing exclusive memberships, forums, industry benchmarks, award-winning content, and custom research to the world's financial decision-makers. The company's custom research lab works with clients in the asset management, professional services, and technology industries to develop insightful primary research on asset markets, portfolio management, and investment decision making. Institutional Investor also offers highly-respected proprietary benchmark research and rankings, as well as independent sell-side and corporate performance research and rankings, spanning across all-Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

McCann Erickson (Germany) provides brand communication and public relation services. The private company is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Aspire Financial Services LLC provides retirement plan solutions to small and medium sized businesses, organizations, and government entities. It leverages its proprietary technology platform to offer services to plan sponsors, third party administrators, and advisors through a web interface containing research, tools, and access to investment products. The company was founded by James J. Olson, Manish Gupta and Michael A. Gottfried in 2002 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Asset International, Inc. owns and operates publishing, email, newsletter and education portals. The company was founded by Charles A. Ruffel and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Kudu Advisors, LLC provides investment advice.