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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Reverence Capital Partners LLC (RCP) is an independent private equity firm founded in the year 2013 by Milton R. Berlinski, Peter C. Aberg and Alexander A. Chulack. The firm is headquartered in New York.

GTCR LLC (GTCR) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charlie Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

CapFinancial Holdings, Inc. operates as an investment holding firm. The company is headquartered in Doylestown, PA.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ultimus Fund Solutions LLC provides investment firms with customizable, full-service administration, accounting, and investor servicing solutions. Ultimus Fund Solutions was founded in 1999 by Bob G. Dorsey, Mark Seger, and John Splain, and is based in Cincinnati, OH. The company's services include portfolio administration and accounting, modern investor servicing tools, comprehensive compliance programs, tax, auditing, and distribution support. Ultimus Fund Solutions helps investment managers launch and operate successful ETFs, and provides tax reporting services to funds, co-investment entities, general partners, and management companies. The company also offers outsourcing management company administration services solutions, which reduce the resources needed to support an in-house accounting team. The company has subsidiaries in the United States and Russian Federation. Gary Tenkman has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Reich & Tang Deposit Networks LLC offers deposit and liquidity solutions to financial intermediaries. The company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1974. The CEO is Joseph J. Jerkovich.

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. It offers financial advisory, research and capital raising services to corporations, governments and individuals. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Premium Credit Ltd. provides payment facilitation and financing services. The firm's insurance premium finance business provides consumer and business policyholders with the ability to pay insurance premia by periodic monthly installments instead of a single annual payment. It also provides financing services for individuals to pay for other annual fees or services by monthly installments, including accountancy fees, golf club subscriptions, holiday, home pitch fees and school fees. The company was founded in 1988 is headquartered in Leatherhead, the United Kingdom.

Venerable Holdings, Inc. owns and manages the legacy variable annuity business. The company was founded on June 1, 2018 and is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Community Brands Parentco LLC operates as a software company serving fait-based organizations and educational institutions. It offers church management, church website services, online giving, mass communication, background screening, church leadership development, financial accounts, and mobile applications. The company was founded by Ross Croley and Ben Sealey in 2012 and is headquartered in Lenoir City, TN.

Obra Capital, Inc. operates as an asset management company. It specializes in the structuring, servicing, financing and management of life settlements, synthetic products, annuities, notes, and structured settlements. The company was founded by Jeffrey Robert Serra in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Founded in 1939, Pershing LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). The firm helps financial services firms and advisors succeed by providing the technology, operational, trading, investment and practice management solutions they need to serve investors. Pershing offers securities processing, trading and operations management, investment technology, asset-gathering solutions and practice management support. The firm serves a wide range of financial organizations including: banks, discount brokerages, full-service brokerages, registered investment advisors, independent contractors, institutional firms, global firms and small- to mid-sized firms. Pershing also offers financial products including annuities, mutual funds and money funds, as well as business tools, cash management services, investor and lending services, retirement products and wealth management. In addition, they offer trading and execution services in listed and OTC securities, fixed-income securities and mutual funds.

Transact Campus, Inc. designs and develops software applications for education, government and business industry. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

BMW of North America LLC imports and distributes motorcycles. Its vehicles include sedans, coupes, convertibles, SAVs and sports wagons, diesel, iperformance, and electricity. It also offers lease and financing, maintenance, accessories, and other services. The company was established in 1975 and headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

Wingstop Restaurants, Inc. operates buffalo-style chicken wing restaurants. It offers chicken, boneless wings, strips, gliders, and sides such as veggie sticks, baked beans, fries, baked yeast rolls, and potato salads. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Cable News Network, Inc. provides television and online news broadcasting services. It offers information on weather, business, sports, politics, law, technology, science and space, health, entertainment, travel and education. The firm also gives latest multimedia technologies based news like live video streaming, audio packages, searchable archives of news features and background information. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The Council for Economic Education focuses on personal finance and economic education for K-12 students. Its programs include national economics challenge, smart-X, curriculum support, teacher awards and professional development. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Black Entertainment Television, Inc. owns and operates a television (TV) station. The firm provides cable TV programs which include sitcoms, dramas, music, and news. It also offers digital channels. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

S&P Global Ratings provides independent credit risk research. It offers issuer credit ratings that provide an opinion on the overall capacity of an entity to meet its financial commitments, issue credit ratings that provide an opinion of the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to a specific financial obligation(s) or specific financial program and loan ratings. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ambac Assurance Corp. engages in the provision of public and structured finance obligations. It offers insurance services including underwriting, legal, financial services, and risk management. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Community Connect, Inc. owns and operates a number of social networking websites under its umbrella. They leveraged their propriety technology platform to launch sites for a number of niche communities including African American online community, Latino online community, Asian online community, GLBT online community and Christian online community. Community Connect was founded in 1996 by Benjamin Sun, Michael Montero and Calvin Wong and is headquartered in East Rochester, NY.

Octagon is the world's largest sponsorship consulting practice and a pioneer and leader in athlete & personality representation & management. Octagon manages/influences billions in worldwide sponsorship rights fees and activation. They work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, athletes & personality clients and manage events. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans' passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient and measureable marketing programs.

E*Trade Bank provides banking services. It is the wholly-owned subsidiary of E*TRADE Financial Corp. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Promontory Financial Group LLC provides strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance consulting services. It specializes in asset-liability management and liquidity planning, capital planning and analysis, consumer protection, credit services, due diligence, examination and enforcement, financial benchmarks, governance and controls, and securities and derivatives. The company was founded by Eugene A. Ludwig in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Osaic, Inc. engages in the provision of wealth management services. It offers advices on investment products, such as mutual funds, variable annuities, insurance, and alternative investments, advisory and asset management services, and advisory services program. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Advanced Financial Applications, Inc. provides integrated order processing solutions to buy and sell-side institutions. It helps hedge funds, asset management firms, broker dealers, and family offices grow their businesses by creating and delivering trading solutions to streamline the trade workflow. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CBOE Stock Exchange LLC engages in electronic trading of securities. It trades listed, over-the-counter securities, and exchange traded funds. The company was founded in March, 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL

NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. provides securities exchange services. It offers electronic and floor-based trading solutions to financial firms, dealers, investment institutions and listed public companies. The firm’s products include automated price improvement; Boston Exchange automated communication and order-routing network, BEACON REMOTE and execution quality report. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.