Actis Capital, LLP was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Africa, China, Latin America, South Asia, Mumbai, India; Singapore, and South East Asia. Actis Capital, LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion capital, PIPEs, replacement capital, acquisitions, industry consolidation, management buyouts, going private transactions, property development finance, and mezzanine finance investments in emerging and growing companies. The firm primarily seeks to invest in business services, consumer services, financial services, industrials, infrastructure, logistics, and real estate. It also invests in the energy sector through the Actis Energy Fund.

Delaware Management Holdings, which does business as Delaware Investments, provides investment management services to institutional and individual clients. The company manages some 40 mutual funds with value, core, and growth equity, fixed income, and international strategies. Other products for consumers include managed accounts, insurance, and retirement plans. Delaware Investments also offers separate accounts and mutual funds to its more than 500 institutional clients, including corporations, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and financial institutions. Macquarie Group bought the company in 2010 for nearly $430 million in cash.

Conygar was formed on 22 September 2003 by Chief Executive, Robert Ware together with Finance Director, Peter Batchelor and Property Director, Steven Vaughan. It was admitted to AIM on 23 October 2003. All three directors were former executives of MEPC plc which was taken private in a £3.5 billion public-to-private transaction and were key members of the management team incentivised to manage and restructure the business.The Directors have extensive experience of dealing with both property assets and corporate mergers and acquisitions. The stated strategy is to acquire and invest in property assets and companies with property assets with the intention of adding value through management expertise.

ASX Limited (ASX) was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and SFE (Sydney Futures Exchange) Corporation. As of June 30, 2009, the ASXL’s principal activities include securities exchange and ancillary services; derivatives exchange and ancillary services; central counterparty clearing services, and registry, settlement and delivery versus payment clearing of financial products. ASX functions as a market operator, supervisor, clearing house and payments system facilitator. The diverse domestic and international customer base of ASX includes issuers (such as corporations and trusts) of a variety of listed securities, investment and trading banks, fund managers, hedge funds, commodity trading advisers, proprietary and retail traders, and retail investors.

MML Investors Services, Inc.®, founded in 1981, is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor that helps clients achieve their financial goals by offering a wide array of quality investment products and services including mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life insurance, brokerage accounts, portfolio management services, unit investment trusts, and direct participation programs.MML Investors Services, Inc. (MMLISI), in its capacity as a registered broker dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and member SIPC , offers a wide range of securities products and services. In addition, MMLISI is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and offers investment advisory services in its capacity as a registered investment advisor.

Highland Capital Management, L.P. is a SEC-registered investment adviser with approximately $24 billion of assets under management. It is one of the largest global alternative fixed income managers, specializing in bank loans, high yield credit, distressed debt, structured products, real assets, and long-short equities, with a global geographic reach. Highland's diversified client base includes public pension plans, foundations and endowments, corporations, financial institutions, fund of funds, governments, high net worth individuals, and mutual fund investors. To best meet the different goals of these investors, Highland offers a variety of product types, including credit funds, private equity-style funds, managed separate accounts, hedge funds, retail mutual funds, and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Highland Capital is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and maintains offices in New York, London and Singapore.

Thrivent Investment Management nonetheless has significance to Lutherans. The company is the securities brokerage and financial advisory subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, which provides financial and insurance products and services to nearly 3 million members. Thrivent Investment Management offers full and discount brokerage services, mutual funds, and education funding products such as 529 plans. Customers can work with a financial adviser or manage their accounts and place trades by phone or online.

The company was founded in April 2000 under the name BGL Investment Partners as a joint initiative of Banque Générale du Luxembourg (BGL) – now BGL BNP Paribas – and several private investors. The aim was to provide added momentum to regional entrepreneurship while at the same time offering shareholders a stable, high-quality revenue base. BIP was seen as heir to the traditions of BGL, with its long history of support for the creation and ongoing development of companies in Luxembourg and beyond. To continue and consolidate these achievements, the bank opted to contribute its institutional investment business to a new, independent company. This focuses talents and resources to unleash the value of existing firms and turn new ideas into business reality. The launch of BIP was associated with a capital increase through an Initial Public Offering, allowing other institutions and private investors to participate in the venture. Following this IPO, Banque Générale owned approximately 40% of equity, with the balance held by a group of core investors and members of the public. In February 2006, the company changed its name to BIP Investment Partners in the wake of the rebranding of Banque Générale. Meanwhile, BGL has discreased its share of capital to 10%, while the parent of insurance company La Luxembourgeoise increased its stake to 15%.

Hanseatic Group's success may give the company a swelled hedge. The company's hedge fund management affiliate Hanseatic Management Services employs quantitative methods implemented in 1994 to indentify long-term investment opportunities in the stock market. Serving institutional investors, the company has large-cap, small-cap, and multicap strategies. The average client has more than $15 million invested with Hanseatic, which has a total of approximately $230 million of assets under management. The employee-owned firm hopes to grow the latter figure to $1 billion and beyond.

Gruppo, Levey & Co. (GLC) is a leading independent private investment banking firm specializing in the consumer, industrial, media, multi-channel retail & marketing services sectors. GLC provides M&A services; capital and debt financing raises as well as restructuring services; it advises companies, debtors, trustees and special committees on restructurings, recapitalizations and corporate reorganizations; and provides fairness opinions, due diligence and valuation services.Over the past 15 years, GLC has served as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, financial sponsors, corporate boards and family business owners in transactions encompassing every segment of the direct marketing industry, including retailers selling in all channels, B2B marketers, targeted media firms, specialty publishers, database/analytics companies and online/lead generation businesses. GLC is based in New York City.

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