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DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

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.

The Link Asset & Securities Co. Ltd. provides intermediary brokerage services. The firm operates as an agency or matched principal broker, enabling banks and other market counterparties to trade anonymously. It has offices in New York and Hong Kong. The company was founded by John David Sebastian Booth and Charles Davies in 1997 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of HSBC Holdings Plc, James Capel & Co. Ltd. is a British company that provides banking and financial services. The company is based in London, UK.

Fitch Ratings Ltd. (FRL) is an investment research firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1977 and is a subsidiary of Fitch Ratings, Inc., ultimately held by The Hearst Family Trust in the US. FRL provides research and specialized ratings of services to residential and commercial mortgages, asset managers and managed funds. They also publish quantitatively based ratings such as Q-IFS ratings.

Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd. (Citi Australia) is the brokerage arm of Citigroup Global Markets Australia Holdings Pty Ltd., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc., (NYSE: C) in the US. Headquartered in Sydney with additional office in Melbourne, Citi Australia provides brokerage services to Australian consumers, corporations, institutions and governments. The firm participate in sales and trading across all asset classes including equities, corporate, government and agency bonds, mortgage-backed securities, syndicated loans, structured products, foreign exchange and futures.

CLSA Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based institutional brokerage subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600030, SEHK: 6030), a full-service investment bank headquartered in China. Founded in 1986, the firm provides sales and execution services to global investors and corporates.

Stride Capital Group LLC (Stride Capital Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Donald J. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Social Stock Exchange Ltd. provides online access to regulated exchange dedicated to businesses and investors. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Shopscribe, Inc. provides subscription services for online products. The company is based in Middleton, DE. The company was founded by Alexander Zhou, Lorenzo Sani. Alexander Zhou has been the CEO since incorporation.

Inevitable Policy Response Initiative (IPR) is the Great Britain-based climate transition forecasting consortium division of PRI Association which is owned by the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization headquartered in the US. IPR aims to prepare institutional investors for the portfolio risks and opportunities associated with a forecast acceleration of policy responses to climate change. The firm contends that governments will be forced to act more decisively than they have thus far, leaving financial portfolios exposed to significant transition risk.