Vulcan Inc. firm holds the Microsoft co-founder's remaining stake in the industry-defining juggernaut, as well as stakes in dozens of companies involved in technology, telecommunications, multimedia, energy, and real estate. Portfolio holdings include cable company Charter Communications (which reorganized in 2009 under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection) and privately built spacecraft SpaceShipOne. Allen also owns two professional sports teams, the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform that allows investment industry professionals to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. multi-dealer trading platform allows its institutional investor clients to request executable bids or offers from its broker-dealer clients and execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. offers its broker-dealer clients a solution that enables them to reach its institutional investor clients for the distribution and trading of bonds. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. also provides its clients the ability to trade the United States high-grade corporate bonds, European high-grade corporate bonds, and emerging markets bonds, as well as crossover and high-yield bonds, agency bonds, and credit default swaps. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. DealerAxess trading service enables dealers to trade fixed-income securities and credit default swaps with each other on its platform. In addition, MarketAxess Holdings Inc. provides Corporate BondTicker, an information services product, which offers fixed-income market data, analytics, and compliance tools that help clients in making trading decisions; and Financial Information eXchange message management tools, connectivity solutions, and ancillary technology services that facilitate the electronic communication of order information between trading counterparties. Further, it offers Application Programming Interface services to broker-dealer clients for pre-trade, trade negotiation, and post-trade services for straight-through processing. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. serves institutional investor clients, including investment advisers, mutual funds, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, bank portfolios, broker-dealers, and hedge funds, as well as broker-dealers in fixed-income trading. MarketAxess Holdings was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Since 1984, Onex has acquired and built great businesses as a private equity investor. Onex Corporation (Onex) is an investment firm. The Company focuses on investing its active ownership approach of acquiring and building businesses in partnership with management teams. Onex invests through Onex Partners, its private equity platform. Onex also invests through ONCAP, its mid-market private equity platform, Onex Real Estate Partners and Onex Credit Partners. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had invested approximately $7.5 billion. As December 31, 2009, it had completed more than 260 acquisitions. In October 2009, the Company sold its interest in Celestica Inc. In August 2009, it sold its interest in Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC). In April 2009, it also sold its interest in Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.

JMP Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an investment banking, asset management, and corporate credit management company in the United States. JMP Group Inc. provides various investment banking products and services, such as capital raising, mergers and acquisitions transaction, and other strategic advisory services to corporate clients. JMP Group Inc. also offers sales and trading, and related brokerage services to institutional investors; and proprietary equity research in six industries, including business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare, real estate, and technology industries. In addition, JMP Group Inc. provides asset management products and services to institutional investors, high net-worth individuals; and involves in the management of collateralized loan obligations. JMP Group Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and Atlanta, Georgia.

Safra National Bank of New York was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Private bank Safra National Bank of New York serves high-net-worth individuals, local businesses, and international corporations through branches in New York and Miami. It offers certificates of deposit, investment funds, money market instruments, alternative investments, and gold bullion. In addition to wealth management, the bank also performs equity brokerage services, bond trading, and correspondent banking. Safra National Bank is owned by the Safra family, benefactors of hospitals, synagogues, and universities in the US and abroad.

Acorn Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed stage, start-ups, series A or first round, series B or second round, and series C or third round investments in early stage companies. The firm does not invest in idea, later stage, mezzanine, and public companies. It seeks to invest in technology, Internet, and education sectors. In technology sector, the firm focuses on broadband, infrastructure, wireless, and software. In education sector, it focuses on enterprise and consumer. In Internet sector, the firm focuses on enterprise, consumer, and retail. It prefers to invest in the United States. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million per round. The funding requirement of more than $5 million is fulfilled along with other venture capital firms. It seeks to invest only in equity but can sometimes supplement with debt instruments but not only debt investments. The firm typically takes a Board seat in the portfolio company. It seeks to exit its investments within three to seven years through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Arbuthnot Securities Limited is a boutique investment bank that offers institutional stock broking and financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions, demergers, private placements, capital raising, initial public offerings, and secondary fundraisings advisory services. Additionally, it offers securities valuation, market making, and sales trading services. Arbuthnot caters to leisure, hospitality, aerospace, defense, transport, logistics, construction, information technology, mining, and engineering sectors. The firm, formerly known as Old Mutual Securities Ltd., is based in London, United Kingdom. Arbuthnot Securities operates as a subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC.

Noble Fund Managers manages funds for a worthy list of institutional and retail customers. Noble Fund Managers invests in UK small- and mid-cap equities and engages in venture capital financing. Among its investment vehicles are venture capital trust Noble AIM VCT, CF Noble UK Smaller Companies Fund, and Noble Health Fund VCT. Noble Fund Managers also offers investment advisory services and offers operator services for more than 75 third-party managed funds. Noble Fund Managers is a subsidiary of investment bank Noble Group, which operates in the UK and India.

ARCH invests primarily in companies co-founded with leading scientists and entrepreneurs, concentrating on bringing to market innovations in life sciences, physical sciences, and information technology. ARCH enjoy special recognition as a leader in the successful commercialization of technologies developed at academic research institutions and national laboratories. ARCH currently manages seven funds totaling nearly $1.5 billion and has invested in the earliest venture capital rounds for more than 120 companies. ARCH investors include major corporations, pension funds, endowment funds, financial institutions, and private investors. The partnership is led by six managing directors and a team of venture partners, principals, associates, and technology specialists.

E. ohman J:or Fondkommission offers products and services to help its customers invest in Swedish equities and bonds -- including government and corporate bonds -- and structured finance products. Its offerings include brokerage, research, and corporate advisory services. ohman Fondkommission serves corporate clients in Sweden and institutional investors. The company is part of the ohman Group, which includes publicly traded parent company, investment bank E. ohman J:or AB. The company is controlled by Sweden's Dinkelspiel family. Emric ohman founded E. ohman J:or AB in 1906.

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