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Research Affiliates LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by Robert Arnott and Jason Hsu. They are a subsidiary of Research Affiliates Global Holdings LLC. Research Affiliates provides discretionary and non-discretionary sub-advisory services to an independent, third-party investment adviser to unaffiliated registered investment companies, separately managed accounts and private funds.

Numeric Investors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Langdon Wheeler in 1989 as Numeric Investors LP. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Man Investments Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately held by Man Group Plc (LON: EMG) in Great Britain. Numeric Investors provides investment advisory services for US and non-US taxable and tax-exempt clients, which are primarily institutions, that invest through separately managed accounts; however, the firm also provides investment advisory services to privately offered pooled investment funds they sponsored.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Barra LLC provides investment analytics, trading solutions and software to investment professions. The company provides risk management technology for investment professionals. Barra was founded by Barr Rosenberg and Andrew Rudd in 1975 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University.