Collins Stewart focuses on four main areas: advisory, corporate broking, securities, and wealth management. Collins Stewart plc research tool, Quest, is a proprietary online database and valuation model containing about 3,000 European, US, and Asian companies. Collins Stewart traces its roots to 1991. Collins Stewart plc demerged in 2006, and as a result Tullett Prebon also was formed. Following the demerger, Collins Stewart completed its acquisition of corporate finance advisory firm Hawkpoint. In 2010 Collins Stewart announced plans to grow again with the acquisition of independent wealth management firm Andersen Charnley.

Established in 1990, Aberforth is a private investment firm that invests exclusively in small, UK-quoted companies. The firm manages three mutual funds -- Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASCoT), Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust (AGCiT), and Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund (the Fund). ASCot holds about 125 investments, collectively worth about £480 million. Worth about £81 million, AGCiT encompasses about 100 investments. The Fund, managed by Aberforth subsidiary Aberforth Unit Trust Managers, oversees about 110 companies with a collective worth of some £340 million. Shares for ASCoT and AGCiT are traded on the London Stock Exchange.

Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown is part of the Private Wealth Management segment of German giant Deutsche Bank. The company provides a range of advisory, brokerage, and investment services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individual investors, as well as institutional and corporate clients in the US. For corporate clients, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown provides cash management, foreign exchange, investment consulting, custody, and prime brokerage services. The company also administers employee stock and stock option purchase plans. It has more than 15 US offices and approximately $43 billion of assets under control.

RHB Capital Berhad (RHB Capital) is a Malaysia-based investment holding company. RHB Capital Bhd, through its subsidiaries, operates in six segments: corporate and investment holding (CIB), retail banking, treasury and money market, Islamic banking business, international banking and others. CIB provides a full range of investment banking services, including corporate finance, debt and equity capital market, stockbroking business, investment management services, unit trust funds management, futures and options broking and research services. Retail Banking focuses on providing products and services to individual customers and small and medium sized enterprises. Treasury and money market operations are involved in trading in fixed income securities and foreign exchange and derivatives trading, among others. Other activities include nominee services, property investment and rental and other related financial services. RHB Capital Bhd has a number of subsidiaries.

Lewis Trust Group company, owned by one of Britain's wealthiest families, is an investment company that operates retail stores, real estate, a wealth management company, and hotels. Lewis Trust Group company's more than 200 River Island retail stores are geared toward young people, while its Cavendish Asset Management arm caters to a more mature (read: wealthier) crowd. The group's real estate unit has property development and investment operations primarily in the UK and US but also in Germany and the rest of Europe. Lewis Trust Group's hotel operation comprises more than a dozen hotels in Israel, the US (the prestigious Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach), and Thailand.

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., along with its affiliates, is one of the world's leading private investment firms. Through its team of investment and operations professionals, Cerberus specializes in providing both financial resources and operational expertise to help transform undervalued companies into industry leaders for long-term success and value creation. Cerberus holds controlling or significant minority interests in companies around the world. Cerberus is headquartered in New York City with affiliate and/or advisory offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin) is an investment management company. The Company is a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries (collectively, the Company), is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments, a global investment management organization offering investment choices under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary and Darby brand names. In its primary business and operating segment, investment management and related services, it provides services to investment funds and institutional, high net-worth and separately managed accounts (collectively, its sponsored investment products) in the United States and internationally. In its secondary business and operating segment, banking/finance, it provides clients with select retail banking, private banking and consumer lending services through its bank subsidiaries.

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.

Kent Financial Services (once known as Texas American Energy) has moved from the oil patch to the financial services field. Kent Financial Services, Inc. holds a majority stake in publicly traded Kent International Holdings (formerly Cortech), which scrapped its pharmaceutical research and is seeking new business opportunities in the US and China. Kent Financial Services, Inc. in 2010 also scrapped subsidiary Kent Educational Services, which controlled The Academy for Teaching and Leadership, a provider of educational programs for school administrators and teachers. Chairman and CEO Paul Koether owns approximately 60% of Kent Financial Services.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 by independent business owners and securities industry executives Keith Daubenspeck and Dwight Badger, whose entrepreneurial spirit led them to defy old-line traditions and convention by starting a different kind of firm. Advanced Equities soon became the pioneer in providing qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings—opportunities previously available only to institutional investors. AEFC has developed a reputation for being led by entrepreneurs who want to help other entrepreneurs.Blazing a new trail in the world of private equity was followed by a singular approach to retail brokerage through the acquisition of First Allied Securities, Inc., which helped AEFC reinvent the independent advisor model. The First Allied model focuses on meeting the requirements of entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of their need for choices, providing access to opportunities in an ecosystem where initiative and autonomy reign supreme. AEFC made its first of many acquisitions in 2003 and by 2006 was named as the nation's No. 1 fastest growing brokerage firm by Inc. magazine.

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