Akai Investment Group LLC

Galliard Capital Management, founded in 1995, is a registered investment advisory firm. The company specializes in value-added, fixed-income and stable value management services. It provides services to various types of institutional clients, including corporations, endowments, foundations, nonprofit organizations, public and government entities, corporate operating funds and health care providers. It serves more than 125 institutional clients worldwide. Its Web site provides economic updates and performance summaries. It is a wholly owned investment management subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance services. Galliard Capital Management has an office in Minneapolis.

The company chose 'Peregrine' for its name because of the energy, swiftness and grace of the peregrine falcon. Peregrine Capital Management is a national institutional asset management firm that manages more than $12.2 billion in assets. Its investments style includes positive return fixed income, growth equity, small cap value and small cap equity. Its clients include Bemis Company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CINERGY Corporation, First Data Corporation, Hasbro, Idaho Power Company, Xcel Energy and Federated Mutual Insurance Company. Peregrine was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. It is a subsidiary of Wells Fargo, a diversified financial services company headquartered in San Francisco.

First American Investment Funds, based in Minneapolis, MN, specializes in money market and multi-manager funds tailored to meet various liquidity and asset allocation needs. Their offerings include Government Obligations, Prime Obligations, and a range of multi-manager equity and fixed income funds. The firm is supported by a dedicated portfolio management team and a comprehensive client service team, ensuring personalized investment solutions. U.S. Bancorp Asset Management Inc. serves as the investment advisor, with funds distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments Inc. Generated from the website