Bruce Picard

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM (US)) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSX: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately offered unregistered investment funds.

MML Investment Advisers LLC (MML) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2013 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. MML provides discretionary investment advisory services to the MassMutual Funds and Trust Companies that advise collective investment trust funds.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (MassMutual-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., a life insurance company headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1851, MassMutual-IP offers a wide range of protection, accumulation, wealth management, and retirement products and services for individuals, business owners and corporate and institutional markets.

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.