Artisan Partners Asset Management is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is an investment management firm. The company manages a range of United States, non-United States and global investment strategies that are diversified by asset class, market cap and investment style. The company provides its investment management services primarily to institutions and through intermediaries that operate with institutional-like decision-making processes by means of separate accounts and pooled vehicles. The company also provides investment advisory services to range of investors, including non-United States investors with access to several of its investment strategies.

BlackRock is an investment management firm. The company provides a range of investment and technology services to institutional and retail clients worldwide. Products are provided directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares? exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, collective investment trusts and other pooled investment vehicles. The company also provides technology services, including the investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin?, Aladdin Wealth, eFront, Cachematrix and FutureAdvisor, as well as advisory services and solutions to a base of institutional and wealth management clients.

Federated Hermes is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including sponsored investment companies and other funds (Federated Funds) and Separate Accounts. The company markets these funds to banks, broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries who use them to meet the needs of customers and/or clients, including retail investors, corporations and retirement plans. The company also provides a range of services to support the operation and administration of the Federated Funds. These services include administrative services and shareholder servicing.

Virtus Investment Partners is a provider of investment management and related services to individuals and institutions. The company's retail investment management services are provided to individuals through products consisting of United States 1940 Act mutual funds and Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities, exchange traded funds, closed-end funds and retail separate accounts. Institutional investment management services are provided through separate accounts and pooled or commingled structures to a variety of institutional clients. The company also provides subadvisory services to other investment advisers and serves as the collateral manager for structured products.