Stodir is a holding company which owns a 99,9% share in Tryggingamidstodin (TM) and a 40,3% share in Refresco, Europe's largest manufacturer of private label fruit juice and soft drinks. Stodir is also a holder of stakes and interests in various companies and projects in Iceland as well as abroad. These companies include Royal Unibrew, Glacier Renewable Energy Fund (Geysir Green Energy), Nordicom and Inspired Gaming.Stodir has a shareholder base of more than 100 shareholders which mostly consists of Icelandic and foreign financial institutions. The Company's current shareholders acquired their shares in the Company in June 2009, following Stodir's composition with creditors and the financial restructuring of the Company.Stodir's primary owners are Glitnir, NBI-Landsbankinn and Arion bank. Stodir's Board of Directors is comprised of Eirikur Elis Thorlaksson (Chairman), Sigurdur Jon Bjornsson and Sigurjon Palsson. Stodir's Chief Executive Officer is Julius Thorfinnsson.

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, a private cooperative association, provides its members with a source of financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. The company offers loans to its rural utility system members to enable them to acquire, construct, and operate electric distribution, generation, transmission, and related facilities. It also provides credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. The company manages the lending activities and business affairs of Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative, which provides financing to the rural telecommunications members; and the National Cooperative Services Corporation that provides financing to the for-profit and non-profit entities. As of May 31, 2009, the company's consolidated membership was 1,522, including 897 utility members, 498 telecommunications members, 66 service members, and 61 associates located in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and the 2 United States territories.

Kim Eng Holdings is one of Southeast Asia's foremost brokerage houses. Kim Eng Holdings Limited provides securities trading and investment banking services such as IPO underwriting, corporate advisory, and financing. Kim Eng Holdings Limited also provides asset management services through KE Capital Partners, a joint venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, as well as through associate firm Republic Investment Management. Subsidiary Emfore Capital Partners manages private equity funds. Kim Eng also performs stock research; its KE Live division specializes in event-driven strategies for retail investors. Kim Eng has a presence in eight countries in Asia (it entered Vietnam and India in 2007), in addition to sales offices in New York and London.

Neuberger Berman manages about 30 mutual funds invested in US and international equities, bonds, and tax-exempt money markets for individual and institutional clients. It also offers closed-end municipal bond, real estate securities, and hybrid funds; variable annuity portfolios; separate accounts; and alternative investments; as well as wealth management services for high-net-worth clients. Neuberger Berman operates about two dozen offices in the US, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. Employees own a majority of the firm, which has approximately $180 billion of assets under management. Institutional clients account for more than half of that total.

Intervest Bancshares is the holding company for Intervest National Bank, which operates one branch in New York City and six other branches in Pinellas County, Florida. Most of the company's lending activities are real estate-related: Commercial mortgages make up more than half of its loan portfolio, while multifamily residential mortgages account for another 40%. Some of the company's lending has historically been carried out by its Intervest Mortgage Corporation arm. However, the subsidiary drastically scaled back its lending practices as market conditions deteriorated in 2008. The family of chairman and CEO Lowell Dansker controls Intervest Bancshares.

Virgin Money offers savings and investment vehicles such as individual savings accounts, pension plans, unit trusts, and deposit accounts. It also offers personal loans and home, car, life, pet, and travel insurance. Virgin Money has launched a successful credit card, with services reaching into Australia and South Africa. In 2010 it bought small UK private bank Church House Trust as a platform to offer retail banking. Virgin Money is looking to the US for expansion as well. Also in 2010 US billionaire Wilbur Ross (through WL Ross) arranged to acquire a 21% stake in the company for some $100 million ($152 million). A unit of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Virgin Money was founded in 1995.

Collins Stewart has offices in New York City and San Francisco. Boutique investment banking firm Collins Stewart LLC (formerly C.E. Unterberg, Towbin) is the US arm of UK brokerage Collins Stewart plc. Serving more than 700 financial institutions and hedge funds, the company trades in and conducts research on US equities and derivatives. Collins Stewart LLC also manages IPOs for technology and health care companies, makes markets in American Depositary Receipts, and trades foreign stocks and currency. Its research division focuses on the technology, health care, defense, and energy sectors.

Great Hill Partners, LLC was founded in 1999 when M/C Partners split into two separate firms, Great Hill Partners and M/C Ventures Partners. Great Hill Partners, LLC is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Great Hill Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage, mid stage, growth capital, buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPEs, go private, acquisitions, and industry consolidations in growth oriented private or public companies. It typically invests in business service, Internet, software, consumer services, financial technology, logistics, education, healthcare, media and communications, and transaction processing. The firm seeks to invest primarily in the United States but also considers Europe and Latin America for special situations. It invests between $50 million and $150 million per transaction in its portfolio companies. It invests in companies with valuations between $50 million and $500 million. However this range is smaller when the firm is consolidating acquisitions. It prefers to make both minority and control investments, with ownership between ten percent and 85 percent and usually over 30 percent.

Doughty Hanson handsomely manages dough, making private equity investments in middle-market European firms in a range of industries, including media, communications, consumer goods, and building materials. It also invests in and develops real estate and makes venture capital investments in growing technology concerns. Established in 1985, has invested in more than 100 companies. Its current portfolio includes interests in more than a dozen firms. Doughty Hanson closed its fifth private equity fund, worth some E3 billion, in 2007. Institutional investors in the fund include pension funds, banks, and insurance companies. Doughty Hanson has about ten offices throughout Europe.

Welcome to LACERA, the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 directs us to administer defined retirement plan benefits for the employees of Los Angeles County and outside Districts. LACERA provides retirement, disability, and death benefits, as well as health care coverage for current and retired employees of Los Angeles County. In all, the organization oversees more than $35 billion in assets. Its operations are overseen by two boards, one that manages retirement benefits and one that manages LACERA's investments.

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