Nomura Securities International has its eye on fixed income, and we're not talking Social Security. The US-based division of Nomura Holdings, a top Japanese brokerage, provides securities research and trading, asset management, and capital markets services to individual, institutional, corporate, and government clients. Nomura Securities International, Inc. is a leading seller of Japanese equities in the US. Nomura Securities International, Inc. fixed income division underwrites and trades government bonds and derivatives. Nomura Securities International, Inc. ceased trading mortgage-related securities in 2007. Nomura Securities International opened its first US office in New York in 1927, and has expanded its reach to entail all of North and South America.

Berwind Corporation was founded in 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berwind Corporation is the private equity arm of The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company specializing in acquisitions, buy-and-build transactions and providing growth capital to middle market and mature companies. The firm invests across a diversified range of industries including health and wellness, nutritional products, medical products, filtration, life sciences and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and drug delivery products, specialty chemicals, vehicle safety products, animal health and wellness, promotional products, educational products, and specialty coating products. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia. The firm typically invests in new platform companies with an enterprise value between $50 million and $600 million, with a preferred size between $100 million and $300 million. It seeks to acquire 100 percent ownership of its portfolio companies.

Private Equity Investor PLC is an investment company, incorporated in the UK, which invests principally in early to pre-IPO stage information technology companies and has the tax benefits of investment trust status.Information technology encompasses internet, e-commerce, intranet technologies, communications, information services and high value-added electronic components. Private Equity Investor invests principally in unquoted, specialist venture capital funds and limited partnerships focusing on early, expansion, late and pre-IPO stage information technology companies primarily in the United States of America.The directors believe that Private Equity Investor provides UK investors with an outstanding opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of mainly US information technology related investments which, because of their early to pre-IPO stage, can be acquired at valuations which give the opportunity of significant capital appreciation.

Thompson Street Capital Partners was founded in 2000. Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm specializing in family businesses in transition, growth capital, recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, and take privates investments in middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-up and early-stage companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and services companies. The firm invests in niche manufacturers and value-added distributors, military and homeland security providers, business-to-business catalog companies, home healthcare distributors, clinical labs, and business process outsourcing providers. It invests in companies based in the North America region. The firm does not invest in the real estate sector. It seeks to invest between $7.5 million and $40 million in companies having revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA of $5 million and $15 million.

Founded in 1991 by former investment banking director Charles Montanaro, the firm has investments in such companies as Care UK, Chloride, Holidaybreak plc, and Northgate plc. Montanaro manages more than E1 billion in funds. Montanaro Investment Managers prefers the little guy over the elite. The independent fund manager seeks out well-managed small companies in niche markets in the UK and Europe to make long-term investments in. Most of its clients are financial institutions, including insurance companies and pension funds. It launched its first investment trust in 1995; the Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Named after a 17th century war ship, Brigantine Advisors wants to help its clients navigate the vast investment world. The firm provides investment research and advisory services to corporations, venture capitalists, private equity firms, and a variety of funds (i.e. mutual, hedge, bonds). It conducts research and analysis of technology, retail, and energy companies on behalf of its clients, focusing on market analysis, mergers and acquisitions, product development, financing, and investor relations. In addition, the firm provides trading services through a partnership with a third-party company. Brigantine Advisors operates offices in New York, Boston, and San Francisco.

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS), together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, manages income-oriented equity portfolios specializing in United States and international real estate securities, large cap value stocks, listed infrastructure and utilities, and preferred securities. CNS also manages alternative investment strategies, such as hedged real estate securities portfolios and private real estate multimanager strategies for qualified investors. It serves individual and institutional investors through a range of investment vehicles. The Company manages three types of accounts: open-end mutual funds, closed-end mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. The 14 open-end mutual funds, for which it is the investment advisor offer and issue shares continuously as funds are invested and redeem shares when funds are withdrawn.

Suffolk Life Group plc was founded in 1971 and is based in Ipswich, the United Kingdom. As of May 6, 2008, Suffolk Life Group Plc operates as a subsidiary of Legal & General Retail Investments (Holdings) Ltd. Suffolk Life Group Plc provides and administrates specialist pension products in the United Kingdom. It offers various self invested personal pensions (SIPPs), including deed poll SIPPs and trust based SIPPs. The company deals in various assets with specialization in the purchase and management of various properties, such as football stadiums, zoos, airfields, gyms, fishing lakes, and town squares as part of the SIPP portfolio. It also provides pensions and investment administration services.

Novastar Financial, Inc. was founded in 1996. NovaStar Financial, Inc. holds non-conforming residential mortgage securities. The company's majority owned subsidiary, StreetLinks National Appraisal Services LLC, is a residential mortgage appraisal management company. Advent Financial Services LLC (Advent), a majority owned subsidiary of the company, provides access to tailored banking accounts, small dollar banking products and related services to meet the needs of low and moderate income level individuals. The company’s portfolio of mortgage securities includes interest-only, prepayment penalty, and overcollateralization securities retained from its securitizations of nonconforming, and single-family residential mortgage loans. Its portfolio of mortgage securities also includes subordinated mortgage securities retained from its securitizations and subordinated home equity loan asset-backed securities (ABS) purchased from other ABS issuers.

Soleil Securities Group, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Stillwater, Minnesota; Tampa, Florida; and San Francisco, California. Soleil Securities Group, Inc. is an equity research firm specializing in fundamental and strategy and policy research. The firm provides macro-economic and Washington policy research comprising of real-time, proprietary insights on the investment implications in Washington. It focuses on the growth sectors of the economy including basic materials, capital goods, consumer, energy, financials, healthcare, media, special situations, technology, telecommunications, and utilities sectors. The firm offers its clients real time information and intelligence regarding stock price movements, published research, indications of interest, overhang issues, liquidity, and road show feedback through electronic execution products. It offers institutional sales, trading, and corporate services. The firm caters to institutional and corporate clients.

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