Ross K. Hikida

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan Ltd. (BNY-MIM) is the wholly-owned Japanese asset management subsidiary of BNY Mellon Investment Management (APAC) Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1998 as Mellon Global Investments Japan Ltd. and became BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan Ltd. in 2007. They changed their name into BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan Ltd. in 2020. Headquartered in Tokyo, BNY-MIM manages and distributes a range of investment products and provides financial advisory services for institutions, high net-worth individuals, professional investors and intermediaries.

Part of Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc., Tokai Tokyo Research Institute Co. Ltd. is a company that provides investment research. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company was founded in 1980. The CEO is Hiroshi Maezono.

Founded in 1987, ITG, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research

Armanta, Inc. operates as an online platform that enables its users to develop decision support applications to solve business problems. Its business intelligence platform is an integrated technology suite comprised for reporting, analytics and visualization, a grid-based massively parallel in-memory engine, and a data virtualization and integration layer. The company was founded by Peter Chirlian and Eric Kaplanin 2001 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Executive Networks, Inc. provides peer networking services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2003 by Michael Dulworth, who has been the CEO since 2003.

Integral Development Corp. provides software solutions to banks and other financial institutions. Its products include Integral SEF, InvestorFX, FX Grid, and TrueFX. Integral’s private, customer-branded trading solutions are managed and operated over Integral’s FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks to FX market participants. The company was founded by Viral Tolat and Harpal S. Sandhu in 1993 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

MediaCrossing, Inc. operates as an independent digital media trading firm. The firm operates Mx Platform, a comprehensive, digital media trading and data management platform made up of three critical components: Mx Trader, Mx Data and Mx Datalytics. Its managed service platform precisely identifies prospective and in-market audiences, values available inventory on a per impression basis. The company was founded by William Arnold Lederer, Michael K. Kalman and Theodore M. Yang in December 2012 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd. provides investment and advisory services such as securities and stocks. The company was founded in 1999 and is located in London, UK.

Axioma, Inc. develops, markets, and implements optimization modeling and decision support software for the financial services industry. Its products include Axioma Portfolio Optimizer, Axioma Robust Risk Models, Axioma Performance Attribution, Axioma Backtester, Axioma Portfolio Analytics, and Axioma Risk Model Machine. The company was founded by Sebastián Ceria in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HANetf Ltd. engages in asset management services. It offers set up, product management, and distribution and marketing services. The company was founded by Nicholas Richard Bienkowski and Ian David Hector McNeil on March 29, 2017 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Vista Capital Advisors LLC operates as a financial product innovative company. It offers eBonds, a form of corporate bond. The company was founded by Richard K. MacAilliams and John Andrew McQuown and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CamberView Partners LLC provides independent and investor-focused advisory services. It offers corporate governance, proxy season strategies, shareholder engagement and contested merger and acquisition advisory services. The firm advises clients on investor engagement strategies to secure their objectives in proxy fights, hostile takeovers, and other high-stakes votes. The company was founded by Frank D. Yeary and Abe M. Friedman in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ETF.com LLC provides news, analysis and events for exchange-traded funds. It operates different publications in the field of ETFs and index-related investments. The firm which also provides conferences and events in the ETF space is majority-owned by its managing partners. The company was founded by James Wiandt in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CHJ Capital Management LLC provides capital management services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. (BlackRock UK) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1964 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors Ltd. Headquartered in London, BlackRock UK manages a range of investment products for various UK and continental European clients including defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, insurance companies, educational and nonprofit organizations, local government entities, and individual and families.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Investment Management) (ADIA-IM) is the sovereign wealth fund management division of state-owned Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in UAE. The firm was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. ADIA-IM invests fund on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi with a focus on long-term value creation. They also manage a global investment portfolio that is diversified across more than two dozen asset classes and sub-categories.