James Callahan

SS&C Technologies, Inc. develops investment and financial management software solutions. It products and services include asset management platform, genesis, outsourcing, portfolio exchange, advisor ware, agency lenders, Altair, common diamond wealth platform, recon, risk reporting, SVC and Syncova. The firm offers services to the commercial lenders, corporate treasury groups, insurance and pension funds, municipal finance groups and real estate property managers. The company was founded by William C. Stone in February 1986 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.

TD Asset Management, Inc. (TDAM) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Founded in 1987, TDAM provides discretionary investment management services to corporations, investment companies, pension funds/plans, endowments and foundations.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Founded in 1990, Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. is an independently owned investment management firm located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is the Canadian equity affiliate of the Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Services Group, a large, Canadian asset management firm that provides services to institutional, private and retail clients.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

1832 Asset Management LP (1832 AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm does business as Scotia Global Asset Management and is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). In 2013, another BNS subsidiary, GCIC Ltd. underwent an internal consolidation and transferred its asset management business to 1832 AM. In 2008, through a reorganization by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotia Asset Management came to encompass the Scotia Funds, the asset management programs that had been run by the bank's brokerage arm Scotia McLeod and Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel Ltd. 1832 AM offers a broad range of investment solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients across all levels of wealth in Canada and around the world.

Thornmark Asset Management, Inc. (Thornmark) is an independent Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Daniel Bain in 1998. Thornmark provides complimentary Wealth Management Planning for clients with investments of greater than $3 million. The firm manages the Thornmark Investment Funds, which are only available to accredited investors on a prospectus exempt basis in certain jurisdictions of Canada.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

Bimcor, Inc. is a Canadian pension fund manager headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc. (formerly known as Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.) (TSX: BCE), a telecommunication holding company for the Bell Canada corporate group. Bimcor manages the assets mainly on behalf of pension funds of BCE and their various subsidiaries and affiliates.

Founded in 1989, ScotiaMcLeod, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TOR: BNS). Scotia McLeod offers a full array of investment services bond including stock and money market trading, corporate and government finance, mergers and acquisitions, commodities and futures, personal investment services and mutual funds.

Cority Software, Inc. provides environmental, health, safety, and quality software. Its software spans the main functional areas in EHSQ: Occupational Health, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, Quality and Ergonomics. The company was founded by Murray Balcom in 1985 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Order of Canada is an organization based in Ottawa, Canada. The organization is affiliated with the governor general of Canada, La gouverneure générale du.

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services provides fund administration services. Its firm offers fund administration platform for hedge funds, fund of funds, private equities, real estate, and family offices. The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Trinity Capital Partners Ltd. invests in companies. The private company is based in Calgary, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

Anson Advisors, Inc. is a privately-held alternative asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2003 as M5V Advisors, Inc. Anson Advisors serves as the investment manager to privately-held onshore investment partnerships and offshore investment companies. Anson Investments Master Fund (AIMF) is their flagship fund.

Manulife Investment Management Ltd. (MIML) is the global asset management arm of Manulife Investment Management Holdings (Canada) Ltd., ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSE: MFC) in Canada. The firm was founded in 1949 and formerly known as MFC Global Investment Management and as Manulife Asset Management Ltd. Headquartered in Toronto, MIML and their affiliates provide comprehensive asset management solutions for pension plans, foundations, endowments, financial institutions and other institutional investors worldwide, as well as for Manulife and John Hancock's wealth management and retirement products.

Allstream Business, Inc. is a leading provider of business communication services in North America. Allstream is big enough to deliver and small enough to care, providing customers with access to an expansive network of experts and a team focused on reliability. The company is based in Mississauga, Canada, and was founded in 2001. The Canadian company offers a range of innovative, highly scalable, managed services including IP, cloud, voice, and data solutions for enterprise customers. Allstream accelerates business innovation through cloud technologies that open opportunities and connect enterprise clients to colleagues, customers, and communities. The company was founded over 170 years ago in parallel with Canada's first transcontinental railroad and has continually re-invented itself to remain a leader in business communications. The CEO is Michael P. Strople.

BVP Forge is a private equity subsidiary of Deer Management Co. LLC founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Redwood city, California.