Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street institution with the iconic bull logo is now the wealth management, brokerage, and investment banking arm of Bank of America. The bank acquired the distressed investment bank in 2009 in a move that greatly expanded its wealth management and international operations. Merrill Lynch is among the world's top brokerages, with some $2.2 trillion in customer assets. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. also provides corporate finance and investment banking services to institutional, commercial, and government clients. Merrill Lynch has offices in some 40 countries around the world.

Irving Place Capital was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York. Irving Place Capital is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in add-on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, growth capital opportunities, and other ownership liquidity situations. It makes investments in companies operating in the, retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare services, industrial distribution, industrials, packaging, transportation and logistics, and energy sectors. The firm also seeks to invest in companies in the other old economy and service sectors including restaurants; business services; chemicals; natural resources; specialty finance; apparel; financial technology; food and beverages; healthcare; and security and defense industries. It targets investments in companies primarily based in North America and Western Europe. The firm makes equity investments between $75 million and $250 million in companies with EBITDA in excess of $20 million.

Insight Investment is a leading global asset manager across liability driven investment, currency management, fixed income, absolute return, multi-asset and specialist investment strategies. Insight designs innovative investment solutions for their clients that have one objective in mind: meeting their specific needs. Insight aims to deliver consistent and repeatable performance by focusing only on those things we know we can do well. Located across the globe, our clients include pension funds, corporates, local authorities, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, financial institutions and private individuals.

Casa de Bolsa Finamex brings a variety of financial and investment services under a single roof. Formerly Grupo Financiero Finamex, the company provides brokerage and financial advice for individual and institutional investors from offices in Mexico and New York City. Casa de Bolsa Finamex operations include trading and administering variable and fixed-income securities, securities trading in capital markets, corporate financing, currency trading, and financial consultancy. Casa de Bolsa Finamex also operates investment companies. Casa de Bolsa Finamex was founded in 1974 and has been a US broker/dealer since 1992.

Credit Acceptance Corporation provides auto loans to consumers primarily in the United States. Credit Acceptance Corporation primarily provides the portfolio and purchase programs. Credit Acceptance Corporation portfolio program comprises advancing money to dealer-partners in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loan; and the purchase program includes buying the consumer loan from the dealer-partner and keeping various amounts collected from the consumer. Credit Acceptance Corporation offers its products through a network of automobile dealers. Credit Acceptance Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.

Harbour Centre Development puts its money behind hotels and restaurants, real estate development, and other investment opportunities in Hong Kong and Singapore. Harbour company's crown jewel is The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel (which the company owns and manages). Other investments include commercial property development near the hotel and residential property development in Hong Kong through subsidiaries Manniwoth Company and Kowloon Properties Company. Harbour Centre Development is a subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited through a 66% stake.

Reliance Capital Limited is a financial services company. Reliance Capital Company has interests in asset management and mutual funds, life and general insurance, private equity investments, stock broking and depository services, consumer finance, asset reconstruction, institutional broking and distribution of financial products. The Company operates in five segments: finance and investment, asset management, general insurance, consumer finance and others. It provides financial services and solutions, giving customers access to equities, equity options, commodities futures, wealth management, portfolio management services, mutual funds, initial public offerings (IPOs), life and general insurance products, offshore investments, credit cards, money transfer, currency exchange and gold coins. Reliance Capital Limited is a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

Experian plc is one of the top credit-reporting agencies in the world, providing information services relating to customer relationship management (CRM), e-commerce, and marketing. Experian Group also helps businesses generate leads by compiling information on more than 130 million households. All told, the company maintains credit information on about 450 million consumers and 35 million businesses in more than 65 countries. Experian serves clients across different markets, including financial services, telecom, auto, retail, and government. Experian plc also offers direct-to-consumer products.

First Manhattan Co. was founded in 1964 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. First Manhattan Co. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to high net worth individuals. It also caters to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages separate client-focused portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It typically makes its equity investments in value stocks of companies. The firm employs a fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It uses in-house research to make its investments.

Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor funds have invested in private equity since 1992. These little acorns might grow into mighty oaks too! Charter Oak Private Equity targets small and middle-market companies. Its investment vehicles, Charter Oak Capital Partners, Charter Oak Equity, and Charter Oak International Partners, invest in the health care, chemicals, consumer products, and industrial manufacturing industries. Investments include Daisy Manufacturing (the air rifle maker) and Aylward Enterprises (pharmaceuticals packaging). The company's Revere Industries holds several of its industrial manufacturing companies. Charter Oak Partners still exists as a hedge fund manager focused on long/short equity.

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