Founded in 1932, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. is unrelated to investment bank Duff & Phelps Corporation. Duff & Phelps Investment Management manages mutual funds, closed-end funds, and institutional accounts with investments real estate investment trusts (REITs) -- its specialty -- global utilities and infrastructure stocks, large-cap equities, and investment-grade fixed-income products. Clients include individual investors, corporations, retirement funds, endowments, and not-for-profits. A subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, the company has approximately $6 billion in assets under management. Both Duff & Phelps and Virtus (formerly Phoenix Investment Partners) were spun off from The Phoenix Companies in 2008.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was founded in December 1997 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. CPP Investment Board is a state owned pension fund sponsor. The firm invests in the public and private markets across Canada. It invests in the public equity, fixed income and alternative markets of Canada. The firm also invests in private equity, real estate and infrastructure projects, and energy and natural resources. It also makes limited partnership investments in venture capital, private equity, and other investment vehicles. The firm is also known as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Mesirow Financial was founded in 1937 when Norman Mesirow purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Since then, the one-man brokerage firm has become a leading Chicago-based financial services firm and one of the largest independent financial services firms in the Midwest. For the past seven decades Mesirow Financial firm has remained committed to the fundamental principals upon which it was founded: integrity, service and performance. Throughout good times and bad, Mesirow Financial overriding mission is to help Mesirow Financial clients achieve their financial goals. Mesirow Financial do that by building long-term relationships and keeping sight of what's important to our clients. Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Mesirow Financial are an employee-owned, private company with more than 1,200 employees in offices across the country and in London.

Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in Broadband Internet and Wireless Communications, Information Technology and Software Outsourced Services, Consumer Internet/New Media, Financial Services Technology, Healthcare Information and Services, Clean Energy, and Retail. Over a 31-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor funding more than 481 companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments.

i-Hatch Ventures was formed in February of 1999 to provide experienced capital to early-stage technology ventures, primarily in the mobile and broadband sectors. i-Hatch approach is to match experienced practitioners with the founding teams of technology ventures, inject capital, and provide hands-on support from the i-Hatch team. In addition i-Hatch leverages the substantial contact base it has developed through its focus on on the mobile and broadband sections. i-Hatch investment filters focus on early-stage technology ventures in the doing business in key industry categories: mobile data services, wireless/cellular infrastructure, and broadband.

United Western Bancorp, Inc. (United Western Bancorp) is a unitary thrift holding company. The Company’s operations are conducted primarily through United Western Bank (United Western Bank or the Bank), UW Trust Company (UW Trust), Matrix Financial Services Corporation (Matrix Financial), UWBK Fund Management, Inc., (Fund Management) and UW Investment Services Inc. (UWIS), all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. As of December 31, 2009, it had eight full service banking locations in the Colorado Front Range marketplace (downtown Denver, Cherry Creek, Hampden, Centennial, Boulder, Loveland, Fort Collins and Longmont), and a loan production office servicing the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley market areas.

Vontobel Holding AG is a Swiss private bank. The Company is structured into three main business units: Private Banking, Investment Banking, and Asset Management/Investment Funds. Private Banking services include portfolio management and active investment advisory to integrated financial advice and inheritance planning. The Investment Banking business unit focuses on the derivatives and structured products business and on brokerage, as well as on selected corporate finance activities. Asset Management/Investment Funds specializes in active asset management based on asset allocation, stock selection and multi-manager approaches. Its products are distributed through wholesale channels and directly to institutional clients. Among its subsidiaries there are Bank Vontobel Cayman, Bank Vontobel Oesterreich AG, Bank Vontobel Europe AG, Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., Vontobel Fund Advisory S.A., Harcourt Investment Consulting AB and Harcourt Alternative Investments (HK) Ltd.

Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. provides investment services to a network of more than 1,000 independent financial advisors throughout the US. Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. has about $50 billion in assets under management. Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. also provides support services to its financial advisors that include marketing, compliance, and practice management. Founded by Chairman Joe Deitch in 1979, Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. is owned by its principals.

Burns, Philp & Company Pty Limited and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of food ingredients, and consumer branded food and related products primarily in New Zealand. Its products include snack foods, such as salty and nutritious snacks; baking products, such as packaged loaf bread, other baked goods, and frozen meals; and spreads and oils, including fats and oils, bulk and retail flour, margarine and spreads, cake mixes, mayonnaise, dressings, chickens, and ice cream. Burns, Philp & Company’s customers include supermarket chains and convenience stores in New Zealand.

CapMan provides management and advisory services for funds investment in real estate and other assets in the Nordic region and Russia. The company manages funds worth approximately E3.5 billion (about $5.7 billion). Its CapMan Private Equity business focuses on investments in middle-market buyouts, tech firms, and medical technologies; CapMan Real Estate invests in commercial and hotel properties, primarily in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Fund investors include insurance companies, pension funds, and banks.

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