Andrea Dacquin

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America engages in the provision of individual annuities and life insurance products. It operates through the following segments: Individual Annuities, Life, Questar, and Legacy. The Individual Annuities segment includes fixed, fixed-indexed, variable, and variable-indexed annuities that are provided through independent distribution channels made up of agents and registered representatives. The Life segment issues fixed-indexed universal life insurance products, as well as maintains term and whole life in-force blocks that the company no longer sells or distributes. The Questar segment distributes a range of securities products, including mutual funds, variable life insurance, and annuity contracts; and also processes general securities transactions through a clearing arrangement with a third-party provider. The Legacy segment consists of closed blocks of long-term care and special markets products. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. MN.

Union Investment Institutional GmbH (Union Investment) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Union Asset Management Holding AG in Germany. The firm was founded in 1970 as Deutsche Gesellschaft für Investment-Fonds GmbH and was rebranded as Union Investment Institutional GmbH in 2002. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Union Investment manages funds for a range of institutional investors including banks, pension funds, church organizations, businesses and non-profit organizations. They are a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment and offer a variety of socially responsible investments including SRI mutual funds, segregated accounts and real-estate investments.

ACATIS Investment Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (ACATIS) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The firm was founded by Hendrik Leber and Claudia Giani-Leber in 1994. ACATIS manages several global and regional investment funds and mandates for private individuals and corporate clients. Their flagship fund - ACATIS Aktien Global Fonds - was launched in 1997.

Part of Allianz SE, Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG is a Swiss company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Wallisellen, Switzerland and was founded in 2002.

Allianz SE (Research Firm) (Allianz Research) is the investment research division of Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1890, Allianz Research analyzes economic, industrial, interest rate and currency developments as well as medium and long-term trends on the equity and bond markets.

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America (Investment Portfolio) (Allianz-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, an insurance firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are ultimately owned by Allianz SE (ETR: ALV) in Germany. Allianz-IP was founded in 1896 and provides retirement solutions such as fixed and variable annuities and life insurance for individuals.