Capital Institutional Services, Inc. (CAPIS) was founded in 1977 to provide a different – and better – way of delivering trade and research services to institutional investors. Our idea was to offer exceptional trade execution while providing access to independent, third-party research. The institutional brokerage firm provides agency-only trading and independent investment research to fund managers, broker-dealers, and plan sponsors Capital Institutional Services, Inc. provides trading in exchange- and OTC-listed securities, offering block, international, direct access, and electronic trading. Capital Institutional Services, Inc. also handles fixed income trades and provides a number of research products. Don Potts founded CAPIS in 1977.

Gelber Group was founded in 1982 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Gelber Group provides trade execution, clearing, and risk management services for all major global electronic exchanges. The firm also offers market analysis, business operations consulting, facilities and data management services, and asset management for international banks, hedge funds, and independent professional traders in the US, Europe, and Asia. The company's GelberConnect electronic network provides individual and institutional traders with real-time exchange information, trade execution, and clearing services.

Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. was founded on December 1, 1959 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. is an asset management arm of The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. It provides its services primarily to pooled investment vehicles. The firm also caters to pension and profit sharing plans, banking or thrift institutions, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, government affiliated agencies, and other businesses. It manages separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages investment trusts and exchange traded funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets of Asia including Japan. The firm invests in growth and value stocks of small and mid cap companies. It employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis alongwith a bottom-up stock selection approach while making its investments.

Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly Wachovia Securities) is the securities brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo merged its brokerage with Wachovia Securities in 2009 after it acquired Wachovia. With more than $1 trillion worth of assets under management and more than 6 million client accounts, Wells Fargo Advisors offers a range of brokerage, asset management, and financial advisory services. Its Envision program tailors investment plans for mostly affluent clients. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Capital Markets unit performs investment banking services.

Haas Wheat & Partners is a Dallas-based private investment firm specializing in strategic equity investments and leveraged buyouts of middle market companies. Since 1984, the Firm has compiled an impressive track record investing in both private and public companies including such notable successes as Dr Pepper Company, The Seven-Up Company, A&W Brands, AMN Healthcare Services, Nebraska Book Company, and Sybron International Corporation. The Firm’s investments have been of varying sizes and have included both minority and control equity positions.

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.

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is a demutualized and integrated securities and derivatives exchange. It has three segments: securities market, which provides listing, trading, clearing, account maintenance, and corporate action and price information services for the securities market; derivatives market, which provides trading, clearing and price information services for the derivatives market, and other operations, which provides other services. Its securities products include bonds, debentures and loan stocks; business trusts; equities; exchange traded funds; global depository receipts; infrastructure funds; real estate investment trusts and warrants. Its derivatives products include short-term and long-term interest rate futures and options on futures; equity index futures and options on futures; structured warrants, and certificates. It operates an over-the-counter clearing facility, SGX AsiaClear. On June 30, 2008, SGX acquired Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited.

Vining-Sparks IBG wants to help institutional investors kindle an investment blaze. Operating as Vining Sparks, the firm provides broker/dealer services to institutional investors including financial companies, money managers, funds, insurance firms, and municipalities. Through its alliance with Howe Barnes, Vining-Sparks IBG offers investment banking services including debt and equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions advisory. Headquartered in Memphis, far from the capital of capital centers, Vining Sparks has more than a dozen offices in the US and another in London. Chairman James Vining founded Vining-Sparks IBG to serve community banks in 1981.

3i Group Plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in private equity, buyouts, venture capital, and growth capital investments. It prefers to invest in business services, healthcare, consumer, media, oil, gas, power, technology, general industries, financial services, infrastructure, and regional sectors. The firm also seeks to invest in family owned business. It seeks to invest in media businesses at all stages of development and on selective basis, it also makes early-stage venture investments in oilfield technologies. The firm typically makes growth capital investments in medium-sized businesses in the healthcare, financial services, food and drink, media, IT services, support services, and oil and gas sectors. It prefers to invest in buyouts across a broad range of sectors with a particular focus on healthcare, business services, telecommunication, media, consumer, and oil, gas and power. The firm typically invests in business services with a focus on blue collar services (including cleaning, security, repair and maintenance, and facilities management); white collar services (including consultancy services including engineering, environmental, and recruitment and training and process outsourcing); distribution; and rental services (including hire of equipment and other non consumables).

Moody's Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides credit ratings and related research, data, and analytical tools; risk management software; and quantitative credit risk measures, credit portfolio management solutions, and training services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Moody's Corporation operates in two segments, MIS and MA. The MIS segment publishes credit ratings on a range of debt obligations, including various corporate and governmental obligations, structured finance securities, and commercial paper programs, as well as the entities that issue such obligations in markets worldwide. This segment provides ratings in approximately 110 countries. Its ratings are disseminated via press releases to the public through a range of print and electronic media, including the Internet and real-time information systems, which is used by securities traders and investors.As of December 31, 2009, MIS had ratings relationships with approximately 12,000 corporate issuers and approximately 25,000 public finance issuers. Additionally, Moody's Corporation rated and monitored ratings on approximately 106,000 structured finance obligations. The MA segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets. These offerings include quantitative credit risk scores, credit processing software, economic research, analytical models, financial data, securities pricing and valuation software products, and specialized advisory and training services. Moody's Corporation also distributes investor-oriented research and data, including research on debt issuers, industry studies, and commentary on topical events developed by MIS as part of its rating process. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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