Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings knows the ins and outs of financing heavy construction projects. Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited company (also known as CKI) has interests in transportation, energy, water, and construction materials primarily in Hong Kong and mainland China. Its energy group owns nearly 40% of Hongkong Electric and has stakes in several Chinese power plants. CKI's materials operations include cement and concrete firms. The transportation arm oversees toll roads and bridges in five Chinese provinces. CKI company also has infrastructure investments in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. Through Hutchison Whampoa, real estate investment holding company Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited controls an 85% stake in CKI.

RBS Card Services (formerly RBS National Bank) is the credit card unit of Citizens Financial Group, the US banking arm of UK-based financial services giant Royal Bank of Scotland Group. RBS Card Services offers MasterCard Platinum credit card products to consumers and businesses through Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank branches, as well as via direct marketing and the Internet. The cards offer supplemental benefits such as auto rental insurance, emergency roadside assistance, and other related purchase protection products. RBS Card Services also sells payment insurance.

Ariel Capital Management was founded in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Ariel Capital Management, LLC (ACM) is an employee owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to high net worth individuals. It also provides its services to investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable and non-profit organizations, corporations, state and municipal government entities, Taft-Hartley plans, and public organizations. The firm manages separate client-focused equity portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It primarily invests in value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. It obtains external research to complement its in-house research.

Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia, a financial services company, provides brokerage services for Saudi securities in the Middle East. It provides confirmation of the order, as well as financial information, such as account and portfolio transactions through various media, including email, online interactive voice response, SMS mobile messages, fax, mail, and courier. Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia was formerly known as Saudi Swiss Securities. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with additional offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo, and Manama. As of November 10, 2008, Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia operates as a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group.

Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. offers investment banking, brokerage, and investment advisory services, promoting its personalized approach as an alternative to the financial mega-firms. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. investment banking practice focuses on capital raising, underwriting, and advisory services for growth companies valued at less than $1 billion, as well as for public sector clients. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. private client group serves wealthy individuals and families with more than $1 million to invest; Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. has more than $1 billion under management overall. Nollenberger Capital Partners is trying to make its mark in the crowded money management arena.

Vision Capital's focus is clear: finance high-tech firms looking to go global. The venture capital firm specializes in funding European technology companies wanting to expand into the US and vise-versa. It focuses on the communications, semiconductor, software, and Internet sectors. Active investors who prefer to take seats on the boards of portfolio companies, Vision Capital's multinational, multilingual team looks for high-growth ventures, which it defines as greater than 35% compound annual growth, before it sinks its typical $3 million to $8 million in any given firm.

Established in 1890, Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company is the second oldest life insurance company in Finland. Suomi Mutual administers its customers' life insurance portfolio and related investments for the benefit of policyholders. Suomi Mutual has 300 000 owner customers. Suomi Mutual's insurance portfolio consists of insurance policies taken out before July 1, 1997. The portfolio also includes certain newer policies, such as group pension insurance, and capital redemption contracts for companies and corporations. Part of insurance portfolio transferred to Pohjola. At the beginning of 2005, an over EUR 1 billion insurance portfolio and around 135 000 insurance customers were transferred to Pohjola. Now Pohjola is part of the OP-Pohjola Group, the largest financial services group in Finland. The OP-Pohjola Group is Suomi Mutual's main cooperation partner.

Fillmore Capital Partners, LLC ("FCP") is a private real estate equity firm specializing in structured investments in operating intensive sectors. Fillmore Capital current investment portfolio exceeds $5.7 billion and outstanding capital commitments exceed $1.0 billion. FCP serves a growing list of large institutional pension funds and a select group of private investment companies. FCP invests on behalf of its clients in large healthcare, lodging and operating company platforms.The senior managers of FCP have focused, throughout their careers, on both debt and equity transactions in virtually all commercial real estate sectors. For the past two decades their focus has been on real estate sectors dependant on operating company platforms. They have been most active in the lodging and healthcare sectors, which continue to be the primary focus of FCP.Looking forward, FCP will develop investment funds that capitalize on Fillmore Capital operating expertise as a substantial part on the return expectations of future investments. Today, Fillmore Capital iew value creation, in real estate dependent, on better management, a timeless statement. The greater the degree of management dependence, the greater the impact on investment returns. Fillmore Capital therefore continue to focus our investment activity on real estate operating company platforms.

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC was founded in 1971 and is based in New Port Beach, California with an additional office in New York City. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, and foreign clients. It also manages accounts for high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, universities, foundations, endowments, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in value stocks of companies. The firm invests in fixed income securities including governments, corporates, mortgages, asset backs, money market, and hedged international bonds while creating its portfolios. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down stock picking approaches while making its investments.

Founders Jean Deleage, Garrett Gruener, and Guy Nohra had been partners at venture capital firm Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., before they left in 1996 to form Alta Partners. Alta Partners offers companies an alternative to raising cash on their own. The firm invests venture capital primarily in life science companies; Alta Partners also invests in information technology ventures. It has backed more than 150 companies and has about $2 billion in committed capital. Alta Partners funds both early- and late-stage companies through stage-specific funds. Its portfolio has included such companies as Cellomics, Occam Networks, and Xelerated.

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