Gulf International Bank B.S.C. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. Gulf International Bank B.S.C., through its subsidiaries, provides wholesale commercial and investment banking services primarily in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The company’s Merchant Banking segment engages in the provision of project financing and other credit facilities for corporate and institutional customers in various sectors, including oil and gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, power and water, infrastructure, and telecom and technology-based projects, as well as asset-based financing for aircrafts and ships. It also offers financial advisory services relating to structured financing, project finance, privatizations, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, this segment provides various debt finance products, such as syndicated debt finance, Islamic finance, export credit, and capital markets. Its Treasury segment provides a range of treasury and capital market products and services to corporate and financial institution clients, including deposits and placements, Euro-commercial paper, spot and forward foreign exchange transactions, fixed and floating rate debt securities, structured debt securities, and foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives.

GSC Group is a registered investment advisor specializing in complex credit-based alternative investment strategies. GSC Group is privately owned, has over 40 employees, and has offices in New Jersey and London. The Firm was founded in 1999 by Alfred C. Eckert III, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Its senior executives and advisors are in many cases long-time colleagues who have worked together extensively at other institutions including private equity, distressed debt and investment banking firms. Through the combined experience of these individuals, GSC Group identifies sectors of the credit markets that it believes to be attractive. GSC Group generally invests its own capital alongside the capital of its clients.

Calera Capital was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Calera Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in public or private middle market companies, family-controlled enterprises, and corporate divestitures. It seeks to invest in buyouts and PIPES. The firm invests across a wide variety of industries, including building and forest products, food and consumer products, healthcare and medical devices, distribution and business services, specialty packaging, financial services, electrical products and industrial manufacturing. The firm considers investments in corporate spin-offs, take-private transactions, leveraged re-capitalizations of privately held companies, restructurings, and companies seeking capital to facilitate growth or acquisitions. It focuses on companies with enterprise values of up to $1 billion, typically deploying a minimum of $75 million in each transaction.

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.

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is an operating subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is a private equity firm specializing in small and middle market transactions. The firm prefers to acquire businesses and assets from financially distressed sellers and through divestitures from large corporations. It seeks to invest in management buyouts, private company recapitalizations, corporate orphans, distressed debt, complex structural situations, special situations, partnerships with fundless sponsors and industry executives, corporate lift-outs, difficult or non-traditional deal situations, and asset pool purchases. The firm seeks to invest in specialty finance, retail, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare services and facilities, and business services. It invests between $10 million and $250 million in companies having enterprise values of $30 million to $500 million. The firm makes control investments as a sole investor or co-investor in transactions.

Kim Eng Holdings is one of Southeast Asia's foremost brokerage houses. Kim Eng Holdings Limited provides securities trading and investment banking services such as IPO underwriting, corporate advisory, and financing. Kim Eng Holdings Limited also provides asset management services through KE Capital Partners, a joint venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, as well as through associate firm Republic Investment Management. Subsidiary Emfore Capital Partners manages private equity funds. Kim Eng also performs stock research; its KE Live division specializes in event-driven strategies for retail investors. Kim Eng has a presence in eight countries in Asia (it entered Vietnam and India in 2007), in addition to sales offices in New York and London.

A pension plan has existed for Ontario teachers since 1917. Today, the plan’s members include 175,000 teachers in elementary and secondary schools in Ontario, 114,000 pensioners, and 69,000 inactive members. The plan has one of Canada’s largest payrolls with $4.4 billion in benefits paid to plan members, and $2.7 billion received in total contributions from teachers, the provincial government and designated employers in 2009.Before 1990, the plan was administered by the Ontario government and restricted to investing in non-marketable Province of Ontario debentures. In 1990, the government established the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as a corporation overseen by a nine-member board.With $96.4 billion in net assets at December 31, 2009, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada. An independent organization, it invests the pension fund’s assets and administers the pensions of 289,000 active and retired teachers in Ontario.

Maveron LLC was founded in January 1998 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Maveron, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in early to mid stage venture financing. The firm seeks to make investments in consumer-focused businesses that have a highly differentiated brand. It invests in traditional consumer product and service businesses; companies that utilize technology to deliver products and services directly to the consumer; and companies that provide technology and services to consumer facing companies. The firm usually makes an initial investment between $3million to $10 million. It prefers to be the lead investor and takes a board seat on its portfolio companies.

Alliance Technology Ventures IV, L.P. specializes to make early, seed, and start up investments. It seeks to invest in communications, semiconductor, and life science companies with a focus on devices, systems, infrastructure, networks, and applications. It prefers to invest in broadband access and infrastructure with focus on wireless, cable, xDSL, and optical and in companies helping to advance Moore's Law. In life sciences, it seeks to invest in later-stage drug development programs, nanotech-based diagnostic and therapeutic innovations, and targeted protein-based therapeutics. The fund prefers to invest in the companies based in south-eastern U.S. It does not invest in publicly traded companies or companies located outside of the continental U.S. The fund typically invests between $1 million and $5 million in its portfolio companies.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System was founded in 1935 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefit programs to its clients. It primarily provides its services to public employees, retirees, and beneficiaries. The firm manages pension funds and principal investment funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting such investments to private equity, including venture capital; real estate; currency markets; derivatives; hedge fund-of funds; and commodities. It also invests in exchange traded funds and ADRs while making its investments. For its equity investments, the firm typically invests in the large-cap and small-cap companies. It also invests in warrants, initial public offerings, and preferred securities. For its fixed income investments, the firm typically invests in investment-grade securities, high yield debt, treasury inflation protected securities, corporate bonds, government bonds, short-term securities. It also makes limited partnership investments. The firm seeks to commit between $5 million and $15 million per partnership and has a net internal rate of return target of 20%.

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