Stephens was founded in 1933. Stephens Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Stephens Holding Company. Stephens Inc. offers investment banking and financial advisory services to corporations, state and local governments, financial institutions, and individual investors. The company’s services include merger and acquisition advisory, private placement of debt and equity, municipal and corporate securities underwriting, equity sales and trading, general securities brokerage, research, wealth management, investment advisory, and mutual fund services.

Since 1988 the ELCA has comprised the American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, and the Lutheran Church in America, which together represent almost 11,000 congregations. Although its members are looking forward to a more lasting reward, the ELCA Board of Pensions tries to help them toward a little heaven on earth during their retirement years. The Board of Pensions of The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America (or ELCA Board of Pensions) provides health, retirement, and other benefits and services for some 50,000 pastors, employees, and their families connected to the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America.

Altin was founded in 1996 and it includes more than 30 underlying funds representing 10 diverse investment strategies. Altin began disclosing its portfolio holdings in 2009. The somewhat rare move toward transparency was made in the wake of the the global economic crisis, during which many investors withdrew from hedge funds. Altin is a closed-end investment firm that manages hedge funds. It concentrates on holding a stable portfolio that will reward investors with long-term capital appreciation. The funds it holds are drawn from the Asian, North American, and European markets. It operates through its Altin (Cayman) subsidiary in the Cayman Islands and trades on both the Swiss and London (AIM) exchanges.

Axel Johnson, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in supplying energy products and related services in the United States. Axel Johnson company provides water treatment systems for potable and process water, waste water, and solids handling applications to individuals and communities; and water softeners, filters, drinking water systems, and water purification systems to residential and light commercial customers. Its technology is used by industrial customers for water recycling, hazardous waste minimization, metals recovery, and purity water production. Axel Johnson company also provides material-handling services; and supplies filtration technology for municipal water treatment systems, including various technologies for the arsenic removal. In addition, it recovers antique wood timbers from various circumstances, including abandoned industrial mills, antique barns, submerged forests, 19th century breweries, and ancient Chinese temples, as well as refinishes them into custom flooring and millwork.

Berwind Corporation was founded in 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berwind Corporation is the private equity arm of The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company specializing in acquisitions, buy-and-build transactions and providing growth capital to middle market and mature companies. The firm invests across a diversified range of industries including health and wellness, nutritional products, medical products, filtration, life sciences and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and drug delivery products, specialty chemicals, vehicle safety products, animal health and wellness, promotional products, educational products, and specialty coating products. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia. The firm typically invests in new platform companies with an enterprise value between $50 million and $600 million, with a preferred size between $100 million and $300 million. It seeks to acquire 100 percent ownership of its portfolio companies.

Wingate Partners gets by on more than a wing and a prayer, rescuing lackluster manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses. The investment firm, founded in 1987, seeks long-term controlling stakes in US-based companies that are underperforming or are in transitional or out-of-favor industries. Targets typically have revenues of $50 million to $250 million and may or may not be profitable at the time of purchase. Wingate often invests between $25 million to $100 million per transaction and avoids financial services, media, high-tech, real estate, and certain other businesses. It typically invests in one or two companies a year.

Soleil Securities Group, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Stillwater, Minnesota; Tampa, Florida; and San Francisco, California. Soleil Securities Group, Inc. is an equity research firm specializing in fundamental and strategy and policy research. The firm provides macro-economic and Washington policy research comprising of real-time, proprietary insights on the investment implications in Washington. It focuses on the growth sectors of the economy including basic materials, capital goods, consumer, energy, financials, healthcare, media, special situations, technology, telecommunications, and utilities sectors. The firm offers its clients real time information and intelligence regarding stock price movements, published research, indications of interest, overhang issues, liquidity, and road show feedback through electronic execution products. It offers institutional sales, trading, and corporate services. The firm caters to institutional and corporate clients.

Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Morgan Joseph Holdings Inc. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers private placement, recapitalization, fairness opinions, financial restructuring, management buyouts, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions advisory services. It caters to consumer products, healthcare, automotive, chemical, transportation, construction, entertainment, telecommunications, and media industries. The firm’s clientele include WebMD Health Corporation, Devcon International Corp., Michael Baker Corporation, ImmunoGen, Inc., Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Thomas & Betts Corporation. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. was formerly known as Morgan Lewins & Co. Inc. and changed its name on September 30, 2002.

Rutland Partners provides UK-based businesses with funding for acquisitions, restructurings, and expansions. Rutland typically targets underperforming companies that have underpinning assets (including market position, intellectual property, and physical assets) that can be capitalized upon. Rutland Partners company usually funds businesses that are valued from £20 million to £150 million. Past investments include pigments and coating manufacturer Wolstenholme Rink (sold to Altana), musical instruments leader The Music Group Limited, and health care database provider Advantage Healthcare Group.

North European Oil Royalty Trust was founded in 1975 and is based in Red Bank, New Jersey. North European Oil Royalty Trust (the Trust) is a grantor trust, which, on behalf of the owners of beneficial interest in the Trust (the unit owners), holds overriding royalty rights covering gas and oil production in certain concessions or leases in the Federal Republic of Germany. The rights are held under contracts with German exploration and development subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corp. (Exxon Mobil) and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Royal Dutch/Shell Group). Under these contracts the Trust receives various percentage royalties on the proceeds of the sales of certain products from the areas involved. As of October 31, 2009, it received royalties for sales of gas well gas, oil well gas, crude oil, distillate and sulfur. The Trust does not conduct any active business activities or operations.

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