Counsel Corporation seeks to acquire real estate and controlling stakes in a variety of established companies with stable management and growth prospects. It targets the real estate, communications, consumer goods, and other sectors in Canada and the US. Counsel Corporation company owns C2 Global Technologies and Fleetwood Fine Furniture, which manufactures custom case goods for upscale hotels. Counsel's real estate holdings throughout Canada include more than a dozen retail properties that contain more than 1 million sq. ft. of leasable space. Its private equity arm, Knights Bridge Capital Corporation, makes investments up to $10 million in small and mid-market companies in North America.

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.

Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc. is a financial services holding company that provides equity research, capital markets services, corporate and venture services, and investment banking through its operating subsidiary, Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. (MCF). MCF is an investment bank and securities broker-dealer focused on fast-growing companies and institutional investors. It provides equity research, brokerage and trading services to institutions, as well as investment banking and advisory services to corporate clients. Its investment bank / broker-dealer segment provides three service offerings: investment banking, brokerage and equity research. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold the operating assets of Panel Intelligence, LLC, and discontinued operations of MCF Asset Management, its subsidiary which managed investment products. In January 2009, it sold the primary assets related to the ICD operations.

Centre Partners Management LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California and Dallas, Texas. Centre Partners Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies, private family owned companies, management buyouts, acquisitions, growth capital, management investment partnerships, and going private transactions. Within management investment partnerships, the firm prefers to invest in renal disease, fixed base operations for general aviation, liquid waste collection and treatment, and midstream segment of the energy industry. It focuses on companies engaged in the consumer; business services; energy; industrial products and services; financial services; healthcare; cable and media; and multi-unit sectors including retail, restaurant, and drugstore. The firm primarily invests in companies based in North America. It typically invests between $15 million and $85 million in the portfolio companies and for management investment partnerships, the firm generally invests a smaller amount, with a final investment amount of over $50 million.

Westside Acquisitions plc is a UK based venture capital corporation established to acquire companies, or interests in companies, which are believed to have high prospects of returns and substantial growth. These businesses may be at a stage of development where they require the injection of further capital and strategic guidance. They can benefit from the ability and expertise of the dedicated team at Westside before they realise their potential.

The main aim of the El Oro Group since 1938 has been to increase the asset value of the shares in issue whilst continually increasing dividends. El Oro is a collective investment vehicle and seeks to be competitive with similar investment funds. To achieve this aim, the Board restructured the El Oro Mining and Exploration Company plc to allow El Oro Ltd to be subject to a tax regime that puts it on a par with other investment vehicles such as unit and investment trusts.El Oro Ltd is the El Oro Group holding company, registered in Guernsey with its shares listed on the Official List of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange [Ticker – ELX]. El Oro became the holding company for the El Oro Group by way of a scheme of arrangement under section 899 of the Companies Act during March 2009 as approved by the Scheme Stockholders and sanctioned by the Court.

Lightyear Capital and its affiliated investment funds specialize in providing buyout and growth capital to companies across the financial services industry. Founded in 2000, Lightyear Capital has managed approximately $3 billion in committed capital. With its Principals averaging over 25 years of experience across the financial services industry, Lightyear Capital is ideally positioned to respond to the challenges and opportunities of financial services investing. Lightyear Capital has fully invested The Lightyear Fund, L.P. and is currently investing Lightyear Fund II, L.P.

Avanti Capital Plc is a United Kingdom-based company. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company was engaged in private equity and ancillary services. The principal activity of Eclectic Bars Limited, one of the Company’s subsidiaries, was as an operator of bars and night clubs. It has two segments: Investment and ancillary services, which provides management services in respect of the investment market, and bar and night clubs segment, which relates to the United Kingdom late-nights, entertainment-led venues and restaurants. Its subsidiaries include Avanti Holdings plc, Avanti Partners (UK) Limited and Avanti Partners NV.

Guinness Peat Group plc is an investment holding company with a diversified range of strategic interests in a number of businesses, mainly in Europe and Australasia. GPG is listed on the London, Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. As at 31 December 2009, it had a market capitalisation of approximately £584 million. Shareholders’ Funds at the same date were £867 million. GPG’s successful track record spans investments in various sectors including financial services, textiles and thread manufacture, food processing, building services, property development and fruit and produce distribution. GPG’s investment portfolio covers a spread of investments and is widely diversified both geographically and sectorially. GPG has a small but experienced group of prudent and professional executives operating with strong teamwork and close communication, which has been a proven formula for achieving steady growth in the value of shareholders’ funds.

Clarion Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Clarion Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth equity investments, recapitalizations, turnarounds, leveraged buyouts, distressed debt, add-on acquisitions, and purchase of debt or equity securities in private or publicly traded companies. It seeks to invest in middle market companies that have long-term growth characteristics, but are temporarily undervalued. Though the firm does not limit itself to any particular industry, it invests in companies that share similar characteristics to those in which it has invested previously. These include the consumer products; business services; healthcare services; specialty financial services; specialty retail; and media and entertainment sectors. The firm does not have any geographic limitations for investing. It seeks to make equity investments between $15 million and $50 million in companies having an enterprise value between $50 million and $200 million. However it targets companies that require $25 million.The firm invests in platform companies with an EBITDA greater than $10 million.

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