Investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin soldiers on for mergers on the economic front. Operating as Houlihan Lokey, the firm provides advisory services for primarily mid-market companies involved in M&A deals and corporate restructurings, including the sale of distressed assets and other turnaround situations. Houlihan Lokey also raises private and public equity for midsized private and small-cap public companies. The company is among the top M&A advisors in the US, especially for deals valued at less than $1 billion. Houlihan Lokey operates about 15 offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. Japanese financial services company ORIX acquired control of the company in 2007.

The Fidelity Global Group is an international asset-based investment firm that provides credit facilities to a variety industries through its subsidiaries. Fidelity Global provides development funding for communications, metals, mining, and chemical companies for both the private and government sectors internationally. It offers credit services and loans for refiners of nonferrous metal, such as aluminum, brass, copper, magnesium, and zinc, to purchase new equipment or expand operations. Fidelity Global company also offers loans to companies that are credit-challenged on a per project basis. Fidelity Global Group usually gets a percentage of the profits from those projects.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1995. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, debt restructurings, asset consolidations, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries. It typically invests in companies based in United States and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $75 million in its portfolio companies, but it considers smaller and larger investments. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies.

SWS Group, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Southwest Securities hopes stock prices go northeast. The primary subsidiary of SWS Group provides securities clearing and brokerage services to retail and institutional clients in more than 30 states, Canada, and Europe. Accounting for nearly three-quarters of SWS Group's revenues, the unit offers private client brokerage services, as well as retail managed accounts and insurance, through more than 20 offices in Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It also performs securities underwriting, securities lending, and public finance activities for institutional customers. In addition, SWS Group owns a bank, which is called Southwest Securities, FSB.

Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia What is now popularly known as the BSE was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers' Association" in 1875. Over the past 135 years, BSE has facilitated the growth of the Indian corporate sector by providing it with an efficient capital raising platform. Today, BSE is the world's number 1 exchange in the world in terms of the number of listed companies (over 4900). It is the world's 5th most active in terms of number of transactions handled through its electronic trading system. And it is in the top ten of global exchanges in terms of the market capitalization of its listed companies (as of December 31, 2009). The companies listed on BSE command a total market capitalization of USD Trillion 1.28 as of Feb, 2010. BSE is the first exchange in India and the second in the world to obtain an ISO 9001:2000 certification. It is also the first Exchange in the country and second in the world to receive Information Security Management System Standard BS 7799-2-2002 certification for its BSE On-Line trading System (BOLT). Presently, we are ISO 27001:2005 certified, which is a ISO version of BS 7799 for Information Security.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated investment bank serving institutional, corporate, government, and high-net-worth individuals. The company operates in two segments, Institutional Securities and Wealth and Asset Management. The Institutional Securities segment provides financial advisory and capital raising services, and sales and trading for users and suppliers of capital. This segment’s products and services include trading in commodities; credit products, including investment-grade debt securities and credit derivatives; equity securities and equity derivatives; foreign exchange services; fund-linked products; index arbitrage and other program-trading activities; interest rate products; leveraged finance, including high-yield and distressed debt and noninvestment grade loans; life insurance finance and risk solutions; margin lending; market making in securities and options; matched book activities; money market instruments; prime services; proprietary trading; real estate activities; risk arbitrage; securities lending; securities, futures, and options clearing services; and structured products, including asset-backed securities.

Wind Point Partners is a private equity investment firm that acquires middle market businesses with growth potential and a clear path to value creation. Wind Point manages $2 billion in commitments from pension funds, endowments and individuals and has invested in more than 80 companies since 1984. Wind Point identifies and invests in partnerships with top caliber CEOs and executives who have a record of success within their industry and the vision to build a market-leading enterprises via acquisition and organic growth. Wind Point align Wind economic interests closely with those of company management teams through significant equity participation.

Brentwood Associates was founded in 1972 and is based in Los Angles, California. Brentwood Associates is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market growth companies. The firm invests in management buyouts, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, PIPEs, and growth capital transactions. It invests in consumer-related businesses including action sports; outdoor lifestyle products; business services; consumer products and services; direct marketing; distribution; education; health, wellness and conscious living; marketing services; restaurants; specialty media; specialty retail; and sporting goods. The firm seeks to invest between $20 million and $75 million in the portfolio companies and has the ability to lead equity investments of $150 million or more. It seeks to invest in companies with operating cash flows exceeding $10 million, operating margins exceeding 10 percent, and purchase price between $50 million and $400 million. The firm prefers majority ownership stake in the portfolio companies but may consider significant minority investments. It seeks to take a seat on the Advisory Board of its portfolio companies.

Nova Capital Management Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Essex, Connecticut. Nova Capital Management Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in financing acquisitions, turnaround, and middle market transactions. It seeks to invest in underperforming and under-managed portfolio companies run by private equity and venture capital firms. The firm also invests in the secondary direct market. It invests across all industrial and commercial sectors. The firm typically acquires or manages holdings in portfolios of companies based in the United Kingdom, United States, and Western Europe with a transactional value of between £20 million ($39.84 million) and above £200 million ($398.42 million). It invests in companies that comprise a minimum of three businesses with value and risk diversification.

Paulson Capital is a financial services holding company operating through its sole subsidiary, Paulson Investment Company. A full-service brokerage, Paulson Investment is one of the largest independent brokerage firms in the Pacific Northwest. Paulson Capital Corp. acts as an agent for its customers in the purchase and sale of stocks, options, and debt securities. Paulson Capital Corp. also offers market-making and underwriting services for small and emerging companies. Paulson Investment has more than 40 branches in about a dozen states; most are run by independent contractors. CEO Chester Paulson and his wife, secretary and director Jacqueline Paulson, together own 44% of Paulson Capital.

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