RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada and the leading debt and equity underwriter in the Great White North. As the only Canadian bank designated as a primary dealer in the US, RBC Capital Markets offers mergers and acquisitions support, securities trading and research, foreign exchange, infrastructure finance, and advisory services. It serves a number of industries, including aerospace, media, mining, energy, health care, forest products, transportation, and the public sector. Almost half of its business comes from the US. The firm has some 75 offices mainly in North America, but also in major cities in Australia, Brazil, Dubai, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

Envision Capital Management, Inc. company manages customized short-term bond portfolios for individual investors, specializing in corporate bonds too small to get the attention of large, multi-billion dollar mutual funds. CEO Marilyn Cohen, who controls the company, personally manages investment portfolios for each one of Envision Capital's clients. She also authored "The Bond Bible", writes a column on bond investing for Forbes magazine, and pens a syndicated financial question and answer column.

HealthCare Ventures LLC was founded in 1985 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with an additional office at Princeton, New Jersey. HealthCare Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, emerging growth, mezzanine, bridge, and PIPE investments. It seeks to invest in privately owned companies in the life science sector with a focus on target-focused cancer, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, infectious diseases, immunomodulation and immunotherapy, novel manufacturing technologies, and novel lab scale instruments and reagents. The firm typically invests in companies that support a broad array of technology platforms and offer late stage products or novel innovations that can retain their product rights. It also seeks to build companies capable of developing novel products that will change the practice of medicine and improve pharmaceutical product manufacturing.

CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC was formed on August 1, 2006 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Woodlands, Texas. CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity transactions in middle market companies. The firm invests in consumer, retail, and services; media and telecom; industrial; energy; healthcare infrastructure; and financial services sectors. Within the consumer, retail, and services industry, it focuses on specialty retail, direct marketing, consumer packaged goods, Internet, and services industries. For its media and telecom investments, the firm focuses on consumer and trade publishing, content and programming, broadcasting, cable, and wireless and wireline communications sectors.

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, sponsors, markets, and provides investment advisory and related services in the United States. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. also provides underwriting, compliance, treasury, and fund administration services to mutual fund companies. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. provides its services to various clients, including mutual funds, separate accounts, and private investment funds, as well as offers advisory services to institutional and individual investors. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. distributes its products through financial intermediaries, including independent registered investment advisors, brokers, financial planners, investment consultants, and third party marketing firms. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Union painters who don't want to find themselves painted into a corner come retirement time probably need to know about IUPAT Industry Pension Fund. The pension fund is sponsored by and serves the members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, or IUPAT. Union members include floor- and wall-covering installers; display workers; convention and show decorators; drywall finishers; and painters. Some 7,000 US and Canadian employers participate in the IUPAT Industry Pension Fund. The union, which represents more than 140,000 workers, is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

Since its inception in 1975, Samsung C&T America Inc.’s philosophy of creative marketing, determined self-development, and entrepreneurship has enabled its remarkable growth and success as a global trading and investment company. Attuned to the pulse of the transforming economy and the changing needs of its customers, SCTA continues to venture away from traditional methods but remains committed to service and quality.Samsung C&T America Inc. (SCTA), is a global trading and investment company that functions as an independent American subsidiary of the Korean conglomerate Samsung C&T Corporation, one of the Samsung Group companies. SCTA is divided into three modes of operation: international commodities trading, product marketing and distribution, and new business development. In trade, SCTA specializes in a variety of commodities such as chemicals and steel. SCTA's strength lies in its expertise in dealing with foreign markets. Sharing Samsung C&T Corp.'s international network spanning 82 offices in 55 countries, SCTA is able to operate both as a major trading intermediary and as a conduit for an immense volume of information. In 2008, Samsung C&T America’s total revenue was $331 million.

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading credit card companies, issuing Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and affinity cards carrying its Saison brand to some 26 million cardholders. In addition to issuing plastic, Credit Saison provides financial services and products including insurance and asset management. Subsidiary Saison Fundex issues loans, while Atrium provides loan servicing. Other subsidiaries and affiliates provide ticket sales, and collection and staffing services. Credit Saison was founded in 1951 as a retailer specializing in payment plan sales. Credit Saison is merging its credit card operations with Seven & i Holdings.

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.

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.

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