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MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Founded in 2009, Cornerstone Capital Management Holdings LLC (CCMH) is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm was originally formed as the Equity Investments Group division within New York Life Investment Management LLC. They were also known as Madison Square Investments LLC. Cornerstone Capital Management Holdings is a subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is New York Life Insurance Co. They were formerly known as Madison Square Investors LLC. CCMH provides a broad array of investment advisory services to institutions, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts and charitable organizations including foundations and non-profits, corporations and other business and government entities. They also provide advisory or sub-advisory services to trust companies, Taft-Hartley funds, private investment funds and a collective trust. The firm provides sub-advisory services to The MainStay Funds, a group of open-end funds sponsored and advised by their affiliate New York Life Investments. CCMH sponsors and provides advisory services to the Cornerstone Market Neutral Fund LLC, a private investment fund.

PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1975 and formerly known as Quantitative Management Associates LLC and QMA LLC. They are a subsidiary of PGIM, Inc., ultimately owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Quantitative Solutions acts as an investment manager primarily for various private funds as well as to pooled vehicles (as sub-adviser) on affiliated platforms and provides advisory services to separately managed accounts.

Fusion Technology LLC provides information technology solutions. It services include operations and maintenance, IT Lifecycle Support Services, systems engineering and IT Integration services. The firm’s engineering processes to solve problems of vital importance in the national law enforcement community, biometrics community and military applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Bridgeport, WV.

Allstate Investments /Private Equity(Allstate Investments) is a private equity division of The Allstate Corporation. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (TCIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TCIM provides investment management and certain administrative services necessary for the operation of the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), a diversified open-end registered investment management company that consists of eight accounts, that issues individual, group and tax-deferred variable annuity contracts.