Patrick Welton

MIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) is a registered investment advisor and fund-of-hedge funds manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a subsidiary of MIO Group, Inc., which is owned by McKinsey & Co., Inc. MIO provides investment advice on a discretionary basis exclusively to privately offered investment vehicles, a retirement trust and a pension plan.

NYSE Chicago Holdings, Inc. provides stock exchange and ancillary services. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CBOE Livevol LLC provides equity and index options technology and market data services. It offers a spectrum of technology and data solutions including a consolidated feed, real-time programmatic analysis and scanning, historical files and back testing, real-time decision support, flat files, XML web services, web components, custom development and consulting. The company was founded by Stefen Choy in 2009 and is headquarters in Chicago, IL.^ ^

Mariner Investment Group LLC (MIG) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Harrison, New York. The firm was founded in 1992 by William Michaelcheck and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIG Holdings LLC which acquired them in 2007. They are ultimately held by ORIX Corp. (NYSE: IX; TYO: 8591) in Japan. MIG discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to institutional clients which are primarily privately offered pooled investment vehicles and, to a lesser extent, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and plan sponsors via managed account agreements. The firm is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

PAAMCO Prisma LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund of hedge funds manager headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2000 as Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co. LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAAMCO Prisma Holdings LLC, a holding company owned by Pholdings LLC. PAAMCO Prisma provides investment management and advisory services to clients that are generally organized as Funds and to separately managed accounts established for institutional investors. With limited exception, interests in client vehicles are generally only available to institutional investors and certain high net-worth investors.

The California Community Foundation provides financial support to charitable causes. It specializes in competitive grant making in arts, education, health care, transition-aged youth and housing and economic development in Los Angeles County; donor advised funds; scholarship funds; field of interest funds and endowment funds. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Nile Capital Group LLC (Nile Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Melvin D. Lindsey, Richard Cambell Pell and Hien Nguyen Gerbereux. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Ninety One North America, Inc. (Ninety One NA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2013 as Investec Asset Management North America, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Ninety One International Ltd., ultimately owned by Ninety One Plc (LON: N91) in Great Britain. Ninety One NA provides investment advisory services to institutions, such as pension plans, state and municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as private investment funds.

Artio Global Investors, Inc. provides investment management services to institutional and mutual fund clients. The company was founded on May 2, 1963 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, offshore funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles and client accounts.

The UCLA Foundation collects and manages funds for social purposes. It receives contributions made by alumni, friends, private foundations and corporations on behalf of UCLA’s many schools, units and departments, disburses the contributions according to the expressed wishes of the donor and actively promotes philanthropy across the campus. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Wells Fargo Asset Management Holdings LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Denali Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm was founded by Robert Snigaroff and Mike Munson in 2001. The firm provides investment advisory services on an advisory and sub-advisory basis to institutional public, corporate and insurance clients.

Prytania Investment Advisors LLP is an investment manager and holding firm headquartered in London, UK. Founded in 2003, the firm manages a range of risk return and currency hedged strategies in both open ended fund format as well as bespoke client mandates and “fund of one” strategies for asset managers, pension funds, insurers, local authorities and high-net worth investors.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides options exchange services. It trades equity options, security index options, options on exchange traded notes and products, binary options, one-week and quarterly options, long-term equity anticipation securities options, and flexible exchange options. The firm also provides information on various stock and options trading strategies, options trading tools, stock and option quotes and data; and options information and education. Additionally, they offer access to product information, conference notices, portfolio management tools, and educational materials for institutional investors and products and strategies for advisors to protect client’s portfolios. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Grail Partners (Grail) is a private equity division of Grail partners LLC founded in 2005 by Don Putnam and Darlene Deremer. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bankers Trust Co. of Texas is a state chartered commercial bank. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

Grail Investment Corp. is a blank check company. It is seeking to acquire a controlling interest in a business in the financial services industry, other than depository institutions. Grail Partners LLC is the corporate sponsor of the company. Grail Investment Corp. was organized in December 2007 and is located in New York, NY

Integrated Trade Processing Corp. provides trading technology services. It offers its services to the investment managers, brokers, custodians, plan sponsors and operations outsourcers. The firm also provides shared-services that includes integrated and middle-office solutions for real-time post-trade processing needs. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It offers financial life management, guidance-driven investing, and extended financial services. The company was founded by Joseph John Duran, Patrick M. Bommarito and Caryn L. Westman in 2005 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

White Oak Capital Corp. provides investment services and manage a portfolio of senior secured loans. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Emerging Managers Group LP engages in the distribution of offshore asset management products. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Manifold Partners LLC provides investment advice. It offers investors with asset management solutions. The firm’s portfolios are designed to produce consistent, uncorrelated returns from a diversified set of global investment strategies. It specializes in portfolio management, risk management, trading, operations, client service and industry outreach as well as centralized infrastructure. The company was founded on June 10, 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CBL Markets Holdings Pty Ltd. facilitates trading of emissions allowances and offsets, water entitlements and allocations. The firm operates a platform that connects buyers and sellers around the world to facilitate the trading of products in environmental commodity markets. Its platform enables participants to trade Australian and the U.S. environmental products. The company was founded by Nathan Rockliff in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Manifold Partners LLC (Investment Management) (Manifold-IM) is the alternative investment management division of Manifold Partners LLC, a systematic asset manager and quant research advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Donald H. Putnam in 2012. Manifold-IM provides asset management solutions to sophisticated investors.

Xpansiv CBL Holding Group Ltd. operates as a commodity exchange. The firm ingests data, sourced from each commodity?s lifecycle, and converts it into Intelligent Commodities-digital assets that enable transactions based on comprehensive information. The company was founded by Joe Madden and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Align Infrastructure, Inc. provides investment services. The private company is based in Geyserville, CA. The company was founded in 2020. The CEO is Joel Jacobs.

Grail Partners LLC provides merchant banking services. It provides mergers, acquisitions, divestitures & restructuring services to global investment management businesses. It has offices in London, New York and San Francisco. The company was co-founded by Donald H. Putnam & William P. Henson in 2005 and is located in Boston, MA