Carmanah Technologies
TSE:CMHCarmanah Technologies Corporation designs, develops, and distributes products focused on energy optimized light LED solutions for infrastructure worldwide. It operates in Signals and Illumination segments. The Signals segment provides solar LED flashing beacons, including pedestrian crosswalk signals, school zone flashers, and 24-hr roadway beacons for various roadway applications; a range of marine lighting solutions to coast guards, marine authorities, navies, and ports; and LED aviation lighting solutions, such as approach lightings, apron lightings, and solar and hybrid power systems. This segment also offers LED obstruction lighting solutions for aviation hazard marking, barricade lighting, way-finding, railway blue flag protection, equipment marking, and others; and navigation solutions on offshore wind farms for temporary and permanent marking. In addition, it provides devices to enable remote monitoring of assets. The Illumination segment offers LED lighting systems for off-grid lighting applications, including street, parking lot, park, and pathway applications. The company operates in North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Carmanah Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.
Great Panther Mining
NYSE:GPLGreat Panther is a growing gold and silver producer focused on the Americas. The Company owns a diversified portfolio of assets in Brazil , Mexico and Peru that includes three operating gold and silver mines, four exploration projects, and an advanced development project. Great Panther is actively exploring large land packages in highly prospective districts and is pursuing acquisition opportunities to complement its existing portfolio.
Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II
NYSE:NCZVirtus Convertible & Income Fund II is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. The fund is co-managed by Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in convertible securities and non-convertible high-yield bonds rated below investment grade. It invests in securities across a broad range of maturities, with the weighted average maturity ranging between five to ten years. The fund typically employs fundamental analysis with a bottom up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It conducts in-house research using proprietary models. The fund was formerly known as AGIC Convertible & Income Fund II. Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II was formed on July 31, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.