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Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Washington Analysis LLC is an institutional research firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 1973 and is a subsidiary of Accounting Research & Analytics LLC, which is owned by MSCI, Inc. (NYSE: MSCI). Washington Analysis focuses on anticipating and analyzing changes in public policy that will impact the financial markets. Their expertise lies in assessing investment risks and opportunities arising from legislative, judicial and regulatory developments across the sectors most impacted by policy developments including financial services and housing, healthcare, energy (including utilities/FERC, oil & gas, pipelines and renewables), defense, tax, trade and TMT (tech, media and telecommunications).

Part of Mishkin, Anderson & Gray Securities LLC, Simplex Trading LLC is a leading, technology-driven, proprietary trading firm and one of the top market makers in equity options today. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Simplex Trading works with the most advanced technology and software in the market, and focuses on innovation, automation and data-driven analysis to remain at the forefront of the market. Simplex Trading’s technology team transforms the strategies conceived by our traders into efficient, scalable code. Founded in 2004, Erik Theodore Swanson has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

BEENEXT Capital Management Pte. Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2015 by Teruhide Sato. BEENEXT Capital Management Pte. Ltd. is headquartered in Singapore.

Open Network Lab, Inc. (Onlab) is a startup accelerator firm of Digital Garage, Inc. founded in 2011 by Hayashi Kaoru and Ito Joichi. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Emirates International Investment Co LLC (Emirates International Investment Co) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of National Holding LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Etherindex Ether Trust operates as a statutory trust, which engages in the control of ether. It is a digital asset that can be transferred through the Internet and can be verified by the Ethereum computer network software. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Venture Capital Bank BSC (Venture Capital Bank) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

Ajna Labs LLC provides permissionless lending, borrowing, and trading software services. The company is based in Boca Raton, FL. The company was founded in 2021 by Mike Hathaway, Akash Patel, George Niculae, Howard Malzberg, Ian Harvey, Ed Noepel, Matthew Wayne Cushman, Gregory DiPrisco, Joseph Quintilian.

Wynkoop LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by Brandon Jundt in 2009. Wynkoop provides investment advisory services to privately offered pooled investment vehicles that invest in agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), CDOs, CMBS, single-family rental homes, structured real estate loans, syndicated loans, apartment buildings, and real estate development projects throughout the capital structure.

Trustmark Corporation, with $9.6 billion in assets, is a diversified financial services company. They provide banking, wealth management and insurance solutions through their subsidiaries, including Trustmark National Bank, Trustmark Investment Advisors, and Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance, Inc. With locations in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, Trustmark strives to achieve outstanding customer satisfaction by understanding their customers’ businesses & needs and providing appropriate financial solutions.

Axiom Markets LLC is a private company based in New York, NY.

Etherindex LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Wilmington. The American company was founded by David Jackson. David Jackson has been the CEO since incorporation.