The UK private banking unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Coutts provides private and commercial banking services for well-heeled individuals and families, as well as corporations and charities. The venerable banking group, which in its more than 300 years of operation has served royals and notables such as King George III and William Pitt, now specializes in financial planning for business owners and professionals; it also targets wealthy members of the music industry and sport. Services include investment management, securities dealing, trust planning, pension and tax advice, credit cards, and mortgages. Coutts has more than 20 offices in England and Wales.

Ampal-American Israel holds interests in half a dozen companies in the chemical, energy, real estate, telecommunications, and leisure industries. Ampal-American Israel Corporation prefers to invest in companies that initially grow in Israel, then expand abroad. Ampal-American Israel often exerts influence after acquiring stakes in companies. Previous investments include Gadot Chemical Tankers and Terminals, one of Israel's leading chemical shippers; East Mediterranean Gas Company, a natural gas exporter; and Bay Heart Limited, a shopping mall owner in Haifa, Israel's third-largest city. Chairman and CEO Yosef A. Maiman and his family own a majority of Ampal-American Israel.

Established in 1890, Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company is the second oldest life insurance company in Finland. Suomi Mutual administers its customers' life insurance portfolio and related investments for the benefit of policyholders. Suomi Mutual has 300 000 owner customers. Suomi Mutual's insurance portfolio consists of insurance policies taken out before July 1, 1997. The portfolio also includes certain newer policies, such as group pension insurance, and capital redemption contracts for companies and corporations. Part of insurance portfolio transferred to Pohjola. At the beginning of 2005, an over EUR 1 billion insurance portfolio and around 135 000 insurance customers were transferred to Pohjola. Now Pohjola is part of the OP-Pohjola Group, the largest financial services group in Finland. The OP-Pohjola Group is Suomi Mutual's main cooperation partner.

Established in 1979, Fisher Investments is a private money management firm serving Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and endowments, as well as wealthy individuals with at least $500,000 to invest. The firm is active in the US and in the UK, where it operates through subsidiary Fisher Wealth Management. In Germany, Fisher does business through its joint-venture affiliate, Greener Fisher Investments. At the helm of Fisher Investments is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer Ken Fisher, who has authored several books on investing and has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for Forbes magazine for more than 20 years.

Numis Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and stock broking company in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking, and corporate finance services to quoted companies and their investors. The company also provides advisory services for fundraising and corporate finance transactions, including primary and secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions. Numis Corporation offers its services for aerospace and defense, building and property, engineering, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences, media, metals and mining, new energy and emissions, non-life insurance, oil and gas, retail, specialty and other financials, support services, technology, and travel and leisure sectors.

TM Capital was founded in 1989. TM Capital provides investment and merchant banking services including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financing, and advisory services. It also reviews and defends against unsolicited takeover attempts, provides fairness opinions and valuations, arranges private financing and financial restructurings, and occasionally participates in private equity investments.

Calvert Group, Ltd. was established in 1976 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. Calvert Group, Ltd. is a Maryland-based investment advisor with over $7.5 billion assets under management. Its equity investment strategies include aggressive growth, growth, growth and value, indexing, value, small-cap, mid-cap, large-cap, quantitative, and social screening. The firm invests globally, but specifically, in the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.

Alltrue Investments wants investors to trust (and entrust) in them. Alltrue Investments PLC, which offers stock market-related financial services and investment advice, operates primarily through its Falcon Securities and Montague Pitman Stockbrokers subsidiaries. Falcon offers a variety of stock-related brokerage and investment management services to private individuals and small- to midsized companies. Montague, on the other hand, serves as retail broker that provides market reporting and investment management to a variety of clients ranging from first-time investors to day traders. Alltrue Investments and its subsidiaries primarily serve clients in the UK.

Code Hennessy & Simmons, L.L.C. was founded in 1988 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Code Hennessy & Simmons, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of middle market companies. The firm also invests in add-on acquisitions of any size for its existing portfolio companies. It does not invest in turnarounds and venture capital. The firm prefers to invest in industrial distribution; infrastructure and industrial products with a focus on companies that manufacture products or provide services with applications in infrastructure-related industries; consumer products with a focus on consumer manufacturing, services, and food companies; and business and consumer services with a focus on specialty rental, healthcare services, information and document management, commercial and industrial services, facilities-based retail and entertainment, and personal care companies in the United States. It also seeks to invest in marketing services, business process outsourcing, education services, and financial services. For its consumer products investments, the firm does not invest in companies where end-market demand is subject to rapid changes in fashion.

Established in 1972, Saha Pathana Inter-Holding Public Company Limited got its start developing industrial parks, still a component of its business today. Saha Pathana Inter-Holding (SPI) certainly isn't a proponent for putting all your eggs in one basket. Operating through its 100-plus companies, the conglomerate invests in consumer products and services, food, and industrial manufacturers. SPI's holdings include apparel and cosmetics makers, electrical appliance manufacturers, and producers of instant noodles. In addition, SPI companies are involved in securities trading, construction, advertising, wastewater treatment, and water supply.

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