TM Capital was founded in 1989. TM Capital provides investment and merchant banking services including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financing, and advisory services. It also reviews and defends against unsolicited takeover attempts, provides fairness opinions and valuations, arranges private financing and financial restructurings, and occasionally participates in private equity investments.

Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC was founded in 1974 and is based in San Diego, California. Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to high net worth individuals. It also caters to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, Taft-Hartley plans, foundations, endowments, financial institutions, sub-advisory clients, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client-focused equity portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It invests in growth oriented value stocks of micro cap companies with market capitalizations between $50 million to $375 million, small cap companies with market capitalizations between $250 million to $1.7 billion, and mid cap companies with market capitalizations between $1.0 billion to $12.2 billion.

GAM Holding isn't afraid to gamble on risky bets. The asset management firm offers private clients, institutional investors, and intermediary clients such investment vehicles as equity, fixed income, private-label funds, and alternative investment funds, as well as portfolio management. GAM Holding was spun off in late 2009 from Swiss private banker Julius Baer. Now its own separate, public entity, GAM Holding comprises GAM, Swiss & Global Asset Management, and a 28% stake in Artio Global Investors. (Swiss & Global focuses on traditional investments, while GAM is known for alternative and absolute-return strategies, such as hedge funds). GAM Holding has assets under management of CHF$124 billion ($119 billion).

Nomura Holdings is the parent company of Nomura Securities, Japan's leading investment bank and brokerage house. Nomura Holdings, Inc. performs trading, equity and bond underwriting, research, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services. Nomura Holdings, Inc. also makes private equity and venture capital investments. Nomura's largest segment is domestic retail, which provides investment consulting and brokerage services to consumers in its home market. Nomura Holdings, Inc. asset management segment manages more than �25 trillion (more than $225 billion) on behalf of its clients. Nomura Holdings has operations in more than 30 countries. Nomura Securities International is the company's US trading and investment banking unit.

Catapult Venture Managers Limited was formed in 1999 and is based at Leicester, United Kingdom with an additional office at Birmingham, United Kingdom. Catapult Venture Managers Limited is a priavte equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in all stages of the business lifecycle with a focus on start ups, early stage, development capital, management buy-outs, and management buyins in small and medium sized companies. It invests in healthcare, medical devices, environmental or green propositions, and support services. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the East Midlands region. It typically invests between £200,000 ($292,124) and £2 million ($2.92 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments within three years to five years. It takes a minority stake, can work with other investors, and can lead and be involved with investor syndicates.

Spectrum Equity Investors was founded in 1994. Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and dividends, acquisition financings for growth either organically or by acquisition, and privately negotiated investments in public companies in independent private companies or divisions of larger companies. The firm seeks to invest in the media, communications, entertainment, software, information technology, information and business services, and related growth sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America and Western Europe. The firm typically, makes investments between $30 million and $150 million and can also make underwriting of a much larger equity amount in conjunction with limited partners. It prefers to be a lead investor, either as a minority or majority investor and acquires a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm also assists its portfolio companies with debt and equity financings. It seeks to invest in the form of secondary share purchases from early shareholders.

Shenzhen Investment Limited operates as an investment holding company in China. Shenzhen Investment company is a mid-market property developer in southern China, which is 47.42%-owned by Shenzhen’s city government. Shenzhen Investment during 2008, was involved in the following principal activities: property development, property investment, property management, provision of transportation services, and manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products. The company, in addition to its own property development business, holds a 27.38% stake in Road King, and a 22.62% stake in Coastal Greenland. Its total land reserves include 10 million square meters (GFA), of which 1.97 million square meters are under construction. The company has ownership interests in Road King and Coastal Greenland. Road King has a land bank of 5.61 million square meters (GFA), and Coastal Greenland has a land bank of 3.07 million square meters (GFA). Segments The Property Development segment engages in the development of residential, industrial and commercial properties. The Property Investment segment invests in residential, industrial and commercial properties for their rental income potential. The Property Management segment engages in the management of both Group developed properties and non-Group developed properties. The Transportation Services segment consists of the provision of taxi and passenger transportation services, automobile maintenance, cargo services and other related services. The Manufacturing segment engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products.

First Republic Bank was founded in 1985 as First Republic Bancorp Inc. and changed its name to First Republic Bank in September 1997. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. As of September 21, 2007, First Republic Bank operates as a subsidiary of BofA Merrill Lynch. First Republic Bank provides private banking, private business banking, investment management, brokerage, trust services, and real estate lending services in California, Nevada, and New York. It provides private business banking services to accounting firms, architecture and design, art and antique dealers, business management firms, business partnerships, entertainment/media, family offices, financial services, hedge funds, independent schools, investment firms, law firms, medical firms, non-profit organizations, private equity funds/firms, property management firms, and venture capital firms.First Republic Bank company also provides private wealth management services, including asset allocation, trust administration, custody, asset management, brokerage, private placements, fixed income management, financial and estate planning, alternative investments, socially responsible investing, and multi-cap equity and management services. First Republic Bank also offers residential lending products, such as single family mortgages, vacation home mortgages, co-op and condominium loans, home equity lines of credit, bridge loans, and construction-to-permanent loans; commercial lending, including apartment building, mixed-use building, commercial real estate, and site-acquisition and construction loans; and personal lending, such as stock/bond secured loans, unsecured loans, overdraft lines of credit, letters of credit, partner capital lines, aircraft and yacht financing. The company’s deposit services comprise ATM rebate checking, money market checking, money market savings, passbook savings, and certificates of deposit.

Enterprise Ventures Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investment in high growth unquoted companies. The firm seeks to invest at all stages of investment with a focus on management buy outs, development capital, and early stage technology opportunities. It also considers investments in start up stage. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in England with a focus on the North of England and the Midlands. It typically invests in deal sizes of £5,000 ($9,800) to £2 million ($3.94 million) using a combination of its liquidity and syndication with other private equity and debt providers.

Panmure Gordon & Co. plc offers investment bank and institutional stockbroking services. It provides advice to companies on their financing requirements through equity capital markets, including flotations, private placements, secondary issues, and follow-on services and corporate finance advisory. The company acts as corporate broker or adviser to approximately 100 companies and investment trusts. It provides sales and trading to institutional investors, producing research on approximately 250 companies and 300 investment trusts. Panmure Gordon makes markets in approximately 750 stocks and investment trusts.

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