Direct Sharedeal Limited offers trading in global markets online or by phone, resarch resources, and online trading tools. Traditionally Scotland's only execution-only stockbroker, the company has broadened its scope beyond online trading, and now offers insurance, mortgages, and other financial services through various alliances. Launched in 1999, the Scottish stockbroker signed a partnership with Computershare Ireland in 2004 in order to expand its product base in the Irish market. Direct Sharedeal Limited brokered approval with the Securities Exchange Commission and successfully entered the US market in mid 2005.

Wellington Management Company was founded in 1928 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Wellington Management Company, LLP is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. It also manages accounts for investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations, state or municipal government entities, endowments, foundations, health care, religious institutions and trusts. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages a family of equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets across the globe. It also invests in the currency and commodities markets and commingled funds. For its equity portfolios, the firm invests in growth and value stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. For its fixed income portfolios, the firm manages multi-currency, investment-grade, and sector specific portfolios. It typically invests corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, emerging market securities, and municipal bonds with short-term and intermediate-term maturity.

Knight Capital Group performs electronic and voice-activated trade execution services for US and foreign stocks, as well as futures, options, foreign exchange, and fixed income products, through subsidiaries such as Knight Equity Markets, Knight Capital Markets, Knight Direct, Hotspot, and Knight BondPoint. Active in the US, the UK, and Hong Kong, Knight Capital Group, Inc. executes approximately four billion trades per day. Customers include brokerages, investment banks, institutional investors, private wealth managers, and corporate issuers of securities. Knight Capital Group, Inc. was formerly known as Knight Trading Group, Inc. and changed its name to Knight Capital Group, Inc. in May 2005. Knight Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Blum Capital Partners was founded in 1975 and is based in San Francisco, California. Blum Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in both public and private companies. It typically invests in small and mid-capitalization companies that have a market capitalization between $350 million and $3 billion. The firm takes a substantial position in each business, either through the acquisition of strategic blocks of common shares in the public market, privately-negotiated minority investment, or a private control position. It seeks to invest in fundamentally good companies that are undervalued. The firm prefers to have a seat on the boards of the portfolio companies. It typically invests with a two to more than four years holding period in its portfolio companies.

Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) is an independent, privately-owned investment house. it manages funds and trusts for a host of extremely wealthy clients and advises on their direct investments. FF&P manages some $5 billion ($8 billion) in assets and trusts for affluent families, including the Fleming family; individuals, charities, and institutional investors. FF&P was set up in 1873 as the investment business of Scottish financier Robert Fleming. It was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000 and was established as FF&P. Fleming's grandson, Ian Fleming, authored the famous James Bond novels; FF&P manages part of his estate. In addition to the UK, FF&P has offices in Moscow, Zurich, and Liechtenstein.

Founded in 1997, Global Forex Trading company is a division of Global Futures & Forex Ltd. Specializing in online foreign exchange (forex) trading, the company provides software, tools, and resources for retail and institutional traders to enter the forex trading market. Global Forex Trading company's DealBook software functions as a trading platform providing order entry, market analysis, real-time currency prices, and news services. Global Forex Trading company also offers mobile and Web versions of its software.

POCKET CARD CO., LTD. is the Tokyo-based financial services. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. provides credit cards, smart cards, loans, leasing, life insurance, and travel services to customers through roughly 200 automated terminals and staffed locations across Japan. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. sells its services through former parent MYCAL Group's SATY and VIVRE fashion and food stores, but is rapidly expanding via non-MYCAL outlets. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. credit cards are accepted at MasterCard locations in Japan and abroad. Sanyo Shinpan Finance Co. owns more than 50% of POCKET CARD's common stock; ITOCHU Finance Corp. is its second largest shareholder.

Roxbury Capital Management was founded in 1986 and has a demonstrated track record of providing outstanding long-term returns across the market capitalization spectrum for a wide array of institutional and high net worth clients. The firm's unique structure allows its highly experienced managers to devote their time exclusively to selecting and monitoring quality investments within their respective asset classes. Roxbury also manages a no-load mutual fund: The Roxbury Small-Cap Growth Fund. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Roxbury has additional offices in Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Portland, Oregon.

Delta Capital was founded by Don Mundie in 1992. Delta Capital makes venture capital investments in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Delta Capital company invests in mostly early and expansion-stage companies in industries including health care, information and industrial technology, supply chain logistics, business services, and energy technology. It manages some $90 million in assets on behalf of institutional and high net worth individuals. Some of its investments include enterprise software provider Metatomix, and medical diagnostics company Atherotech.

MSD Capital, L.P. was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York. MSD Capital, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in publicly traded securities, private equity activities, real estates, special opportunities, and forming partnerships with third-party managers in the private and public markets. It seeks to invest in leveraged and management buyouts, going private transactions, mezzanine debt, PIPEs, growth equity financings, platform acquisitions and roll-ups, bridge loans, and recapitalization. The firm actively pursues investment opportunities in both public and private companies. It invests in both United States and foreign securities. It does not concentrate its investments in any particular industry. The firm’s Public Equities Group typically invests as a minority owner of publicly traded companies. In addition to investing in equities, it also makes debt investments including the maintenance of convertible bond portfolio. The Private Equity Group invests in established public and private companies through privately-negotiated transactions, including buyouts of private companies and divisions of public or private companies; acquisitions of public companies through going private transactions; and purchases of equity or mezzanine securities from public or private companies seeking equity capital or persons, families, and funds seeking liquidity on existing investments. It seeks to make both growth and control investments.

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