First Republic Bank was founded in 1985 as First Republic Bancorp Inc. and changed its name to First Republic Bank in September 1997. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. As of September 21, 2007, First Republic Bank operates as a subsidiary of BofA Merrill Lynch. First Republic Bank provides private banking, private business banking, investment management, brokerage, trust services, and real estate lending services in California, Nevada, and New York. It provides private business banking services to accounting firms, architecture and design, art and antique dealers, business management firms, business partnerships, entertainment/media, family offices, financial services, hedge funds, independent schools, investment firms, law firms, medical firms, non-profit organizations, private equity funds/firms, property management firms, and venture capital firms.First Republic Bank company also provides private wealth management services, including asset allocation, trust administration, custody, asset management, brokerage, private placements, fixed income management, financial and estate planning, alternative investments, socially responsible investing, and multi-cap equity and management services. First Republic Bank also offers residential lending products, such as single family mortgages, vacation home mortgages, co-op and condominium loans, home equity lines of credit, bridge loans, and construction-to-permanent loans; commercial lending, including apartment building, mixed-use building, commercial real estate, and site-acquisition and construction loans; and personal lending, such as stock/bond secured loans, unsecured loans, overdraft lines of credit, letters of credit, partner capital lines, aircraft and yacht financing. The company’s deposit services comprise ATM rebate checking, money market checking, money market savings, passbook savings, and certificates of deposit.

FirstCity Financial Corporation (FirstCity) is a financial services company. The Company engages in two business segments: Portfolio Asset Acquisition and Resolution, and Special Situations Platform. In the Portfolio Asset Acquisition and Resolution business, the Company acquires portfolios of performing and non-performing loans and other assets (Portfolio Assets), at a discount to their legal principal balances or appraised values, and services and resolves such Portfolio Assets. Through its Special Situations Platform, the Company provides investment capital to privately-held middle-market companies through flexible capital structuring arrangements to generate a risk-adjusted return. These capital investments primarily take the form of senior and junior financing arrangements, but also include direct equity investments, common equity warrants, distressed debt transactions, and leveraged buyouts.

Established in 1979, Fisher Investments is a private money management firm serving Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and endowments, as well as wealthy individuals with at least $500,000 to invest. The firm is active in the US and in the UK, where it operates through subsidiary Fisher Wealth Management. In Germany, Fisher does business through its joint-venture affiliate, Greener Fisher Investments. At the helm of Fisher Investments is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer Ken Fisher, who has authored several books on investing and has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for Forbes magazine for more than 20 years.

Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) is an independent, privately-owned investment house. it manages funds and trusts for a host of extremely wealthy clients and advises on their direct investments. FF&P manages some $5 billion ($8 billion) in assets and trusts for affluent families, including the Fleming family; individuals, charities, and institutional investors. FF&P was set up in 1873 as the investment business of Scottish financier Robert Fleming. It was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000 and was established as FF&P. Fleming's grandson, Ian Fleming, authored the famous James Bond novels; FF&P manages part of his estate. In addition to the UK, FF&P has offices in Moscow, Zurich, and Liechtenstein.

Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress) is a global alternative asset manager that raises, invests and manages private equity funds, liquid hedge funds and hybrid funds. Fund investors provide the capital for these funds, which it invests and manages on their behalf. Fortress earns management fees based on the size of its funds, incentive income based on the performance of its funds. Its offering of alternative investment products includes private equity funds, liquid hedge funds and hybrid funds. Hedge funds allow periodic contributions and redemptions of capital by investors and make relatively shorter-term, more liquid investments. Hybrid funds share certain of the characteristics of both private equity and hedge funds. It refers to these investment products, collectively, as the Fortress Funds. As of December 31, 2009, it managed alternative assets in three core businesses: Private Equity, Liquid Hedge Funds and Hybrid Funds.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin) is an investment management company. The Company is a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries (collectively, the Company), is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments, a global investment management organization offering investment choices under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary and Darby brand names. In its primary business and operating segment, investment management and related services, it provides services to investment funds and institutional, high net-worth and separately managed accounts (collectively, its sponsored investment products) in the United States and internationally. In its secondary business and operating segment, banking/finance, it provides clients with select retail banking, private banking and consumer lending services through its bank subsidiaries.

Fred Alger Management was founded in 1964 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Jersey City, New Jersey and Boston, Massachusetts. Fred Alger Management, Inc. is an asset management arm of Fred Alger & Company Incorporated. The firm provides its services primarily to individuals. It also caters to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, endowments and foundations, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client-focused equity portfolios. It also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. The firm primarily invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolios. It uses in-house research to make its investments.

GAM Holding isn't afraid to gamble on risky bets. The asset management firm offers private clients, institutional investors, and intermediary clients such investment vehicles as equity, fixed income, private-label funds, and alternative investment funds, as well as portfolio management. GAM Holding was spun off in late 2009 from Swiss private banker Julius Baer. Now its own separate, public entity, GAM Holding comprises GAM, Swiss & Global Asset Management, and a 28% stake in Artio Global Investors. (Swiss & Global focuses on traditional investments, while GAM is known for alternative and absolute-return strategies, such as hedge funds). GAM Holding has assets under management of CHF$124 billion ($119 billion).

GAMCO Investors, Inc., (GBL) is a provider of investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional and private wealth management investors, and investment partnerships, principally in the United States. Through Gabelli & Company, Inc. (Gabelli & Company), it provides institutional research services to institutional clients and investment partnerships. It generally manages assets on a discretionary basis and invests in a variety of United States and international securities through various investment styles. Its revenues are based primarily on the firm’s levels of assets under management (AUM) and to a lesser extent, incentive fees associated with its various investment products. It also offers a series of investment partnership (performance fee-based) vehicles that provide a series of long-short investment opportunities, both market and sector specific opportunities, including offerings of non-market correlated investments in merger arbitrage, as well as a fixed income strategy.

Gartmore Investment Limited is privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to other pooled investment vehicles. It also caters to banking or thrift institutions, charitable organizations and corporations. The firm manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Gartmore Investment Management Ltd. Gartmore Investment Limited is based in London, United Kingdom.

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