EZCORP, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, lends or provides credit services to individuals to meet their short-term cash needs. EZCORP, Inc. offers pawn loans, which are non recourse loans collateralized by tangible personal property, including jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments. EZCORP, Inc. also provides signature loans consisting of payday loans, installment loans, auto title loans, or fee-based credit services to customers seeking loans. In addition, EZCORP provides credit services, including advice and assistance to customers in obtaining loans from unaffiliated lenders. As of September 30, 2009, EZCORP, Inc. operated a total of 910 locations consisting of 369 the U.S. pawnshops, 62 pawnshops in Mexico, 477 the U.S. short-term loan stores, and 2 short-term loan stores in Canada. EZCORP, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Westar Capital LLC is a private investment firm established in 1987 that provides capital to acquire established growth companies in partnership with management. In special situations, Westar also provides equity financing for corporate expansion, restructurings or acquisitions and will purchase significant equity positions from large shareholders seeking liquidity.Westar collaborates with existing management to grow promising middle market companies into industry leaders over a five-to-ten year period. In all cases, we arrange for management to own a significant share of the equity. At Westar we believe superior investment performance is best achieved when a company is jointly owned by its managers and experienced investors who have the financial resources, long-term perspective and expertise to build highly successful businesses.

Retail Decisions Limited issues fuel and pre-paid cards in several world markets and provides retailers and financial institutions with services including payment processing, fraud prevention, database development, and IT consulting. ReD operates in Australia, Europe, South Africa, and the US. It also has partnered operations in Japan, India, China, and in South America. Retail Decisions Limited works with banks, oil companies, e-commerce retailers, and telecommunications firms. Corporate customers include Wal-Mart, Tesco, Macy's, Shell, and Virgin Mobile. ReD was founded in 2000.

UBS investment banking arm of UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, the company offers equities trading and research, mergers and acquisitions advice, foreign exchange trading, and financing to corporate, institutional, and government clients. UBS Investment Bank has offices in some 30 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. It boasts the world's largest trading floor at its complex in Stamford, Connecticut. UBS Investment Bank's dismal performance during the recession helped sink parent company UBS into a bad position.

EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock is a supranational organization located in Basel, Switzerland. It was established in 1956 based on an international treaty signed by 25 European sovereign States so far. EUROFIMA fulfils a non-profit maximizing mission to support the development of rail transportation in Europe. It supports its shareholder railways as well as other railway bodies in renewing and modernizing their equipment.

Alternative Investment Strategies is a closed-end investment firm that manages hedge funds. Alternative Investment Strategies company, founded in 1996, provides services to both private and institutional investors. About a third of its funds are US-based; approximately 50% are allocated to long and short equity funds. Company manager and adminstrator is Closed Fund Services Limited; investment manager is International Asset Management Limited.

Fuse Capital (formerly Velocity Interactive Group) is hot for digital media and communications ventures. Focusing on early-stage growth companies, the venture capital firm is a long-term investor, providing up to $30 million per transaction. Its current portfolio consists of interests in some two dozen companies. The former Velocity Interactive was formed by the 2007 merger of venture capital firms Velocity and ComVentures; it changed its name in 2009. Fuse Capital has some $1.5 billion in capital under management, including former ComVentures funds.

Dubin Clark & Company, founded in 1984, is a private equity investment firm whose sole activity is buying and building businesses in partnership with their management teams. Dubin Clark & Company long-term investors, dedicated to creating value by helping our companies grow. Dubin Clark do this through a coordinated approach that includes providing the capital necessary to support internal growth, completing add-on acquisitions to build market share, and helping to develop new strategies for the future, while protecting the independence, culture and values that made the company successful in the first place.

JAFCO Co., Ltd. was founded in 1973, has offices in Japan and other parts of Asia. US subsidiary JAFCO Ventures focuses on US investments. Nomura Holdings and its affiliates together own about 30% of the company. JAFCO manages funds for investors including corporations, insurance companies, pension funds, and financial institutions. It invests in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, media, electronics, retail, computer technology, and pharmaceuticals. The firm, with $530 billion (nearly $6 billion) under management, has seen more than 850 of its investments go public.

Quilter & Co. Limited company, which is part of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, provides investment management services to private clients, trusts, and charities. Quilter has nearly $6 billion ($10 billion) in assets under management and operates through 10 offices in the UK, Channel Islands, and Ireland. Its offerings include discretionary accounts and managed portfolios with a variety of investment strategies, as well as Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs), Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), and Personal Equity Plans (PEPs). Citigroup bought the company from Morgan Stanley in 2007. However, the two firms merged their wealth management units two years later.

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