MSouth Equity Partners was founded in 2007 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. MSouth Equity Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions, management buyouts, and recapitalization of lower middle-market companies. The firm invests in distribution, niche manufacturing, and business services companies. It seeks to invest in companies based in the southern United States. The firm typically invests in companies with revenues between $25 million and $150 million and transactions valued between $25 million and $125 million.

George Mairs, Jr. founded the firm in 1931, and George Power joined in 1944. Mairs and Power's two flagship funds -- Mairs and Power Growth Fund (opened in 1958) and the Mairs and Power Balanced Fund (1961) -- have some $2 billion in assets under management. The firm also manages about $3 billion in assets for retail customers, benefits managers, and charitable foundations. Mairs and Power relies on a conservative investment strategy, where it seeks growth stocks that it holds for long periods of time. It invests heavily in companies based in the Midwest, where the firm is based, because of its familiarity with the region.

MMC is a venture capital firm that invests growth capital in UK companies. MMC are an active investor and look to work closely and in partnership with impressive management teams. Although MMC approach is generalist, MMC focus on growth leads us to invest particularly in healthcare, financial services, support services and technology, including cleantech and media.MMC have substantial capital available through managed funds and a Syndicate of private investors. MMC offers MMC investors a diversified and tax-efficient portfolio service. When risk is properly calibrated and management teams are well supported venture capital offers superior returns. Since MMC began investing in 2000 MMC has established a strong track record of growing and selling businesses. MMC was named EIS Fund Manager of the Year by the EISA in January 2009. MMC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is a member of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA).

CITIC Securities International (CSI) finds its security in Chinese securities. CITIC Securities International primarily provides securities brokerage services, including the trading of equities, funds, treasury bills, and corporate bonds. CSI also underwrites securities and distributes equities, convertible bonds, and funds as well as sponsors the listing of various financial products. CITIC Securities International proprietary trading segment offers the trading of equities and funding of treasury bills and corporate bonds. In 2008 CSI became wholly owned by CITIC Securities, a top investment bank in mainland China that is focused on increasing its international capabilities. CITIC Securities' largest shareholder is the state-owned CITIC Group.

Duke Street is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition, leveraged buyouts and buyins of established middle market companies, consolidation, turnaround, public to private transition, parent company distress, and buy and build investments. It does not invest in start-ups and early-stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in chemical; distribution; corporate services; business services and outsourcing; retail and consumer; food; industrial; healthcare; leisure; Biotechnology, Medical, Chemistry, New materials, and financial services. Within the business services and outsourcing sector, it focuses on public and private sector facilities management; white-collar engineering consultancy, particularly environmental; testing; outsourcing, particularly third party administration; waste management and recycling; and printing and packaging companies with strong intellectual property and significant service element. In the retail and consumer sector, the firm focuses on specialty retailers, chilled food manufacturers, and niche branded FMCG companies. Within the healthcare sector, it focuses on specialized healthcare service providers, producers of pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment manufacturers. In the leisure sector the firm focuses on health and fitness and sports companies, gaming, Continental European hotel groups, and niche tourism related companies.

NYSE Euronext, through its subsidiaries, provides securities listing, trading, market data products, and software and technology services worldwide. The company offers products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions to issuers, investors, financial institutions, and market participants. It operates NYSE, the New York Stock Exchange, which lists various debt and equity structured products, such as capital securities, mandatory convertibles, and repackaged securities; and NYSE Arca, an electronic exchange for equities, exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes, exchange-traded vehicles, certificates, and options. The company also operates Euronext that lists various securities, including domestic and international equity securities, convertible bonds, warrants, trackers, and debt securities, including corporate and government bonds. In addition, it operates NYSE Liffe that trades futures and options contracts; NYSE Arca Europe, which offers electronic, low latency trading platform for blue chip stocks; NYSE Alternext operates its European markets for emerging growth companies; NYSE Amex, which lists various classes of companies that are qualified for listing on NYSE; NYSE Liffe US that trades full and mini-sized gold and silver futures and options on futures contracts; and SmartPool, a European dark pool dedicated to the execution of institutional order flow.

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.

Since 1998, Selby Ventures has been investing in passionate entrepreneurs who want to build the next generation of category defining companies. The firm invests through all stages of a company's growth, focusing primarily in the Digital Media, IT/Communications, and Sustainable Technology industries.

MTS HEALTH PARTNERS, L.P. offers strategic advisory and capital raising services as well as private equity capital distinguished by unparalleled healthcare experience, senior level attention and a unique perspective as both an advisor as well as a principal. As an industry-focused merchant bank, MTS is free from the pressure to satisfy the competing institutional constituencies of a typical investment bank. The principals of MTS have spent their careers focused on the healthcare industry, with over 100 years of experience in acquiring, operating, advising, financing and selling healthcare companies. As such, MTS is uniquely positioned as the premier global healthcare-focused merchant bank.

Ray Ingleby and Fred Mendelsohn founded Axiomlab in 2000. Axiomlab Group shops locally, dropping pounds in Scotland and the north of England. The company holds stakes in five companies providing financial backing in addition to offering strategic and operational support. Axiomlab Group company's portfolio consists of technology, material sciences, and pharmaceutical development companies. Of the five companies that Axiomlabs owns stakes in three are publicy traded. Axiomlab likes to watch its money closely, taking an active operational role with start-up, early-stage, and existing businesses.

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