Bernard Lapointe

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Bao Viet Securities JSC (Broker) is the brokerage division of Bao Viet Securities JSC (HOSE: BVS) in Vietnam. Headquartered in Hanoi, the firm provides securities brokerage services for institutional clients. Their customers and partners include many large domestic and foreign financial institutions, including investment funds, fund management companies based in the US, Europe, Japan, and Hong Kong.

KIS Vietnam Securities Corp. (KIS Vietnam) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The firm was founded in 2010 and is a subsidiary of Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., which is owned by Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX: 071050) in South Korea. KIS Vietnam offers securities trading services to various clients.

Vietcap Securities JSC (Broker) (Vietcap Securities-Broker) is the brokerage division of Vietcap Securities JSC (HOSE: VCI), a publicly held financial services company headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The firm was founded by Hai To in 2007 and formerly known as Viet Capital Securities Joint Stock Co. Vietcap Securities-Broker provides brokerage and securities trading services to a diverse base of private individual and institutional clients.

VNDirect Securities Corp. (Broker) is the brokerage arm of VNDirect Securities Corp. (HOSE: VND) which is headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. The firm was founded in 2006 and provides securities brokerage services to individual and institutional clients.

Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corp. (Broker) (HSC-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corp. (HOSE: HCM), an investment bank headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Founded in 2003, HSC-Broker provides broking services that cater to private and institutional clients.

KIDO Frozen Foods JSC engages in processing of ice cream and yogurt products. Its products brands include Merino, Celano, Well Yo. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd. (Invt Mgmt) (VCIM) is the Vietnam-based investment management division of VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd., an investment company headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The firm is owned by VinaCapital Group Ltd., ultimately held by PAG (Hong Kong). VCIM manages the VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd. (VOF), the firm’s flagship closed-end fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. They also manage several open-ended funds, numerous segregated accounts, and various domestic funds. VCIM is a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).