Octopus' tentacles extend as far as its asset management customers wish. Octopus Asset Management offers venture capital trusts and enterprise investment products (Eureka Fund) for customers in the UK. Other offerings include enterprise investment schemes, which offer customer tax savings. Trusts under management include the Bioscience, Eclipse, and Phoenix Venture Capital Trusts.

Alerion Industries S.p.A. company operates with stakes in such companies as Alerion Energie Rinnovable (renewable energy), Reno De Medici (a recycled cardboard producer), RdM Realty (real estate), and Mediapason (media). Alerion also invests in companies in the banking and financial services industries. Formed in 1995 as IBI, the company was publicly traded in 2003 and changed its name to Alerion.

Fauchier Partners LLP was founded in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Fauchier Partners LLP is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to pension funds, asset management firms, private banks, charities and endowments, insurance companies, and family offices. It primarily manages fund of hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the hedge funds. It seeks to invest in a wide range of hedge fund strategies including long/short equity investment, macro, equity hedged high volatility, equity hedged low volatility, specialist credit, volatility trading, and event driven strategy. The firm employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Founded in 1985, ALPS has some $240 billion of assets under administration. ALPS Holdings wants to make sure fund managers can attain peak performance by keeping their focus on their investments and letting ALPS handle the rest. Through various subsidiaries, the company performs a range of back-office functions for mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Its offerings encompass fund administration and accounting, shareholder servicing, and legal, marketing, tax, distribution, and transfer agency services. Clients include Cohen & Steers, Macquarie Group, and exchange-traded Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPDR) sector funds.

Founded in 1932, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. is unrelated to investment bank Duff & Phelps Corporation. Duff & Phelps Investment Management manages mutual funds, closed-end funds, and institutional accounts with investments real estate investment trusts (REITs) -- its specialty -- global utilities and infrastructure stocks, large-cap equities, and investment-grade fixed-income products. Clients include individual investors, corporations, retirement funds, endowments, and not-for-profits. A subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, the company has approximately $6 billion in assets under management. Both Duff & Phelps and Virtus (formerly Phoenix Investment Partners) were spun off from The Phoenix Companies in 2008.

Established in 2008, the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) is a specialist investment company mandated to focus primarily on the global advanced technology sector. ATIC's sole shareholder is the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. To deliver superior financial returns to our shareholder by responsibly and sustainably investing in, and building, leading technology companies around the world. ATIC approach is fundamentally different to that of other technology-focused investment organizations. Recognizing that real change takes time, and that value creation is more about sustainable wealth generation than short-term profit creation, we are committed to a long-term investment horizon. This patient capital approach ensures that our investments are strategic and transformational rather than tactical and opportunistic and, as a result, can deliver superior returns to both our portfolio companies and our shareholder. Initially focused on the semiconductor industry, ATIC's potential scope is global and will focus on leading technology companies and centers in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

PAI partners is one of the oldest and most experienced private equity firms in Europe with its origins dating back to Paribas Affaires Industrielles, the historical principal investment activity of Paribas, the pan-European merchant bank which merged with BNP in 1999. PAI partners SAS is an independent company, owned by its partners, which manages and advises dedicated private equity funds. The buyout funds include PAI LBO Fund, PAI Europe III, PAI Europe IV and PAI Europe V. PAI partners has offices in Paris, Copenhagen, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich. The Europe-wide team is composed of 50 professionals with diverse backgrounds and sectorial expertise.

BNP Paribas Asset Management has approximately E250 billion (more than $340 billion) in assets under management in products such as money market investments, equities, bonds and convertible securities, and structured and alternative investments. Institutional investors make up for more than half of the unit's customer base; its retail network and private banking clients account for most of the remainder. BNP Paribas Asset Management also offers its investment products through third-party providers. It has offices in more than two dozen countries, and has been looking to countries such as Brazil and China for growth. The firm is part of BNP Paribas Investment Partners.

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., along with its affiliates, is one of the world's leading private investment firms. Through its team of investment and operations professionals, Cerberus specializes in providing both financial resources and operational expertise to help transform undervalued companies into industry leaders for long-term success and value creation. Cerberus holds controlling or significant minority interests in companies around the world. Cerberus is headquartered in New York City with affiliate and/or advisory offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Winmill & Co. manages three mutual funds and two closed-end funds (Foxby Corp. and Global Income Fund). Most of the assets of the company's Midas mutual fund are invested in gold, silver, and platinum bullion, or in firms involved in precious metals and natural resources mining, processing, and distribution. The Midas Special Fund focuses on stock of emerging growth companies and firms undergoing restructuring or liquidation. Winmill & Co. also administers a money market fund.

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