John Lane Barry

American Investment Services, Inc. (AIS) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is wholly-owned by American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), a non-profit scientific and educational organization. AIS provide asset management services to individuals, estates, trusts, retirement plans and charitable organizations.

PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a direct subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, ultimately owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses each specializing in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).