Banca Fideuram was formed in 1992 and is based in Rome, Italy. As of January 18, 2007, Banca Fideuram S.p.A. was a subsidiary of Eurizon Financial Group S.p.A. Banca Fideuram S.p.A. now operates as subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo SpA. Banca Fideuram S.p.A. operates in the private banking industry in Italy and Europe. The bank and its subsidiaries provide mutual funds, life insurance policies, pension funds, certificates of deposit, and private banking services. It manages financial products that are distributed by its private bankers. The bank also provides banking facilities, including securities and mutual funds trading services, which are available online. As of September 30, 2004, the bank operated 89 branches and served approximately 727,000 customers.

Novak Biddle Venture Partners was established in 1997 to provide equity financing and assistance to the management of young, information technology companies. NBVP is backed by a number of the country’s most prestigious limited partners, and has over $580 million under management. Novak Biddle Venture seek investment opportunities where the combination of ideas, dollars, experience, and relationships can create long-term, sustainable value. While Novak believe that the vast majority of business plans Novak receive have many of the makings of viable companies, Novak are looking for additional key features in the businesses in which Novak invest.

Brown Shipley to make sure it doesn't just float away again. The private bank serves wealthy individuals and institutional investors in the UK. Brown Shipley focuses on investment management, self-directed pension plans, financial planning, and banking services such as foreign currency accounts, money market deposit accounts, and credit cards with travel, insurance, and concierge benefits. The firm is also noted for its IFDS (formerly Solus) family of funds. Brown Shipley is the UK arm of KBC Group's KBL European Private Bankers unit (KBL epb), which provides private banking services in seven other nations.

SCM Advisors LLC was founded in 1989 and is based in San Francisco, California. SCM Advisors LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to foundations, endowments, corporations, multi-employer plans, private clients, high net worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and structured financial products. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm invests in the growth stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. For its micro-cap equity portfolios, it invests in companies with market capitalization of $500 million and below. For its fixed income investments, the firm invests in tax advantaged bonds, government securities, investment grade corporate bonds, municipal bonds, mortgages, asset-backed securities, high yield securities, and non-U.S. bonds. It employs fundamental analysis with a combination of top down macro-economic analysis and bottom up issue research to create its portfolios.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in New York, New York. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is a global exchange group that delivers trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services across six continents. The Company’s offerings include trading across multiple asset classes, market data products, financial indexes, capital formation solutions, financial services and market technology products and services. It operates in three segments: Market Services, Issuer Services and Market Technology. In the United States, it operates The NASDAQ Stock Market, a registered national securities exchange. In addition, in the United States, it operates a second cash equities trading market, two options markets, a futures market and a derivatives clearinghouse. In Europe, it operates exchanges in Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), and Iceland as NASDAQ OMX Nordic and exchanges in Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as NASDAQ OMX Baltic.

Francisco Partners Management LLC was founded in August 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California. Francisco Partners Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in financing divisional spinouts, divisional buyouts including divestiture, acquisitions and "take privates" of public companies, sponsored mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions of private and public companies, strategic minority investments in public and private companies, fallen angels, management buyouts, growth equity financing, recapitalizations, and restructurings. In growth equity financing, the firm seeks to invest in industry roll-ups, joint ventures, and adjacent market opportunities that may evolve from situations such as post-venture capital funding needs, sponsor changes, or assets hidden within larger companies. It prefers to invest in mature or maturing technology and technology-related companies. The firm seeks to invest in communications, hardware, information technology services and software, healthcare technology, outsourcing and transaction processing services, semiconductors and capital equipment, electronic product distributors, electronics components, systems, and manufacturing, business process outsourcing (BPO), security and enterprise application and infrastructure software, and communications service providers. It prefers to invest in companies with enterprise values ranging from $25 million to $2 billion.

RJD Partners Limited was founded in 2001. RJD Partners hopes to provide a nice return. The private equity firm invests in midsized UK companies on behalf of its third-party funds. It participates in buyouts, capital injections, and restructurings, targeting companies valued between £10 million to £75 million (between $15 million and $125 million). RJD Partners takes an active role in its investments, helping them to grow organically and via their own acquisitions. Portfolio holdings include companies in the business services, health care, IT, leisure, and financial services sectors.

NewStar Financial, Inc., a commercial finance company, provides customized debt financing solutions in the United States. NewStar Financial, Inc. principally focuses on the direct origination of loans and other debt products. NewStar Financial, Inc. provides senior secured and senior subordinated debt products, including revolving warehouse facilities, amortizing loans, term loans, and debt securities secured by various financial assets; second lien; mezzanine and subordinated debt; and equity and equity-linked products primarily to healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, financial services, energy/chemical services, printing/publishing, consumer, retail and restaurants, and business services industries. NewStar Financial, Inc. also offers commercial real estate loans and other debt products primarily through property investors, specialized commercial real estate brokers, regional banks, and other financial intermediaries. NewStar Financial, Inc. commercial real estate loans provide capital for various purposes, including acquisition; lease-up; repositioning and build-out; and refinancing and recapitalization. NewStar Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

NEBF, which was established in 1946 as part of an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), is affiliated with the National Electrical Annuity Plan, or NEAP. National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) wants to put some spark into the retirement nest eggs of those in the electrical industry. One of the largest Taft-Hartley pension plans in the US, the fund manages pension benefits for more than 480,000 current or former electrical workers and has more than $11 billion of assets under management. More than 11,000 employers contribute to the fund.

Brainspark plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company is engaged in creating a portfolio of companies within the leisure, entertainment, interactive media and financial services sectors. The Company carries on its business in three geographical locations: the United Kingdom, Italy and Israel. The Company’s top 10 investment portfolios are Mediapolis (22.09%), Ondaland (20.0%), Indian Restaurant Group plc (29.9%), Bibop (50.5%), Filmmaster TV (10.0%), Geosim (13.0%), Vyke Communications plc (11.56%), Ancona (44.8%), Daniel Stewart & Co plc (5.7%), and Cogeme SET SpA (6.12%). The Company’s subsidiaries include Brainspark Associates Limited, Brainspark Services Limited and Gordons 153 Limited.

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