C. Maher

Founded in 1984, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management is a registered investment advisor located in San Diego, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Allianz of America, Inc., and their ultimate parent is Allianz AG (NYSE: AZ). Nicholas-Applegate manages assets for individual and institutional investors including corporate and government retirement plans, foundations, endowments and mutual fund families.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

Aberdeen Greater China Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. It seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing substantially all of its assets in listed equity securities of companies, which derive or are expected to derive a significant portion of their revenues from goods produced or sold investments made or services performed in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The company was founded on May 11, 1992 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Santa Barbara Tax Products Group LLC provides tax-related financial products and services to tax professionals and taxpayers in the United States. It offers its products and services through a network of tax preparation franchises, independent tax professionals, and online tax preparation providers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end, management investment company. The fund’s principal investment objective is to seek both current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in emerging markets equity securities. It invests its assets in Chilean equity and debt securities. The company was founded on January 30, 1989 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Asymmetric Capital Management LLC is an investment management company that offers an investment strategy designed to generate asymmetric risk/returns over the long-term. The private company is based in Wayzata, MN. The company's asset weightings increase in a declining market and decrease when it rises. Asymmetric Capital Management uses a disciplined rules-based rebalancing methodology to monetize short-term volatility from deviations of the target allocations. The company was founded in 2016 by Dave van Benschoten, C. William Maher.

abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. operates a closed-end management investment company. It outperforms over the long term, on a total return basis including appreciation and dividends, the Tokyo Stock Price Index, a composite market-capitalization weighted index of all common stocks listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company was founded on July 12, 1990 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.