Stephen J. DeAngelis

Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Persimmon Growth Partners Fund LP is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It's objective is to achieve long-term appreciation of partners’ capital by investing in various hedge fund limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles managed by experienced investment managers. The company was founded on January 2004 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Persimmon Growth Partners Investor Fund is a closed-end investment fund and investment trust. The company is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

AlphaHedge Capital Partners LLC engages in investment advice. The company was founded by Kent Georger Bonniwell and Gregory S. Horn on March 5, 2012 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Part of Foreside Financial Group LLC, Persimmon Research Partners, Inc. develops and provides a comprehensive online investment consulting platform for the investment community. The company is based in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Persimmon Research Partners was acquired by PFPC Worldwide, Inc. on October 28, 2003.

Standard Chartered International (USA) Ltd. is an international bank that provides services to financial institutions, high net worth individuals and affluent customers. The company was founded in 1919 and it is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dakota Wealth LLC, do-business-as Dakota Wealth Management (DWM), is a registered investment management firm headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The firm was founded in 2006 as Oakmont Partners LLC. They are a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary of Dakota Wealth Management LLC. DWM provides high-net-worth individuals and families with a wide array of wealth planning and investment advisory services.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. provides processing, technology & business intelligence services to the asset managers, broker/dealers, and financial advisors. It offers fund accounting & administration, wealth management reporting, sub accounting, transfer agency & shareholder, marketing & distribution, managed account, integrated banking transaction, accounting & administration, custody & securities lending, alternative investment, and international fund services. The company also provides call center, broker/dealer & financial planner support, health savings account, and bill payment & presentment services. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.