Kleinwort Benson Private Bank offers private banking services to the UK market. The bank's products and services are provided through several affiliated entities. Customized banking products include standard cash deposits and loans, while the bank's wealth management services include portfolio advisement, estate planning, real estate investment, and other investment products. Kleinwort Benson Private Bank was part of the private banking segment of Dresdner Bank, which German insurance giant Allianz sold to Commerzbank in 2008. However, Commerzbank arranged to sell the unit to investment group RHJ International the following year.

VTC is a fast growing and independent industrial group. Through its lean entrepreneurial structures the portfolio companies can react quickly to customers needs and changing market environments. The portfolio companies act fully independent and only receive strategic or M&A support from the holding. Owned by four private individuals, VTC is fully independent and focuses on profitable, long-term growth. Besides promoting organic growth, VTC is constantly evaluating new investment oppurtunities both in its current and in new segments.

Managing partner Ned Sherwood founded ZS Fund L.P. in 1985. ZS Fund helps middle-market companies build their business while remaining independent. The private equity firm targets private or closely held public companies with annual profits between $4 and $30 million; it takes both minority and majority interests in its investments. Portfolio companies include Industrial Air Tool, market research firm Research Horizons, transportation company Transervice Logistics, and VPSI, a provider of commuter vanpooling services. ZS Fund also possesses expertise in estate planning, management transitions, industry consolidations, and resoving shareholder disputes.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE offers equity, index and ETF options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), the world's barometer for market volatility. Other groundbreaking products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products, such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM).CBOE's Hybrid Trading System incorporates electronic and open outcry trading, enabling customers to choose their trading method. CBOE's Hybrid is powered by CBOEdirect, a proprietary, state-of-the-art electronic platform that also supports the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) and OneChicago. CBOE is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and CBOE.com, named "Best of the Web" for options information and education.

The Pullman Group issues bonds secured by the future royalties of popular songs. The group garnered attention in 1997 when it launched "Bowie Bonds," which securitized future royalties of 300 David Bowie songs, including "Ziggy Stardust." Bonds have been issued for such artists as James Brown, the Isley Brothers, Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland, and for TV and movie libraries. The Pullman Group also handles the sales and securitization of other intellectual properties such as trademarks and patents.

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.

Gulf International Bank B.S.C. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. Gulf International Bank B.S.C., through its subsidiaries, provides wholesale commercial and investment banking services primarily in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The company’s Merchant Banking segment engages in the provision of project financing and other credit facilities for corporate and institutional customers in various sectors, including oil and gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, power and water, infrastructure, and telecom and technology-based projects, as well as asset-based financing for aircrafts and ships. It also offers financial advisory services relating to structured financing, project finance, privatizations, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, this segment provides various debt finance products, such as syndicated debt finance, Islamic finance, export credit, and capital markets. Its Treasury segment provides a range of treasury and capital market products and services to corporate and financial institution clients, including deposits and placements, Euro-commercial paper, spot and forward foreign exchange transactions, fixed and floating rate debt securities, structured debt securities, and foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives.

Experian plc is one of the top credit-reporting agencies in the world, providing information services relating to customer relationship management (CRM), e-commerce, and marketing. Experian Group also helps businesses generate leads by compiling information on more than 130 million households. All told, the company maintains credit information on about 450 million consumers and 35 million businesses in more than 65 countries. Experian serves clients across different markets, including financial services, telecom, auto, retail, and government. Experian plc also offers direct-to-consumer products.

Engemann Asset Management was founded in 1969 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Engemann Asset Management is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies. It also caters to individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and balanced portfolios. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm invests in value and growth stocks of micro cap, small cap, mid cap, and large cap companies with market capitalization of over $10 billion. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolios. The firm benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolio against the Russell 1000 Growth Index and Russell 2000 Growth Index. It operates as a subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

Arlington Asset Investment (formerly Friedman, Billings, Ramsey) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, invests mostly in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Prior to 2009, Arlington Asset Investment Corporation operated as a real estate investment trust, but it dropped that status in order to gain more flexibility to acquire assets and retain earnings. About one-fourth of its MBS holdings are through agencies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, with the rest being private-label funds. Arlington also manages merchant bank holdings, including interest in equity securities, mezzanine debt, and senior loans. Arlington Asset Investment Corporation changed its name in 2009 to Arlington Asset Investment Corporation.

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