Government of Singapore Investment Corporation was founded in 1981 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in South Korea, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and China. Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd. (GIC) is a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore. The firm manages foreign exchange reserves of the Government of Singapore. It invests in the public and private equity, real estate, fixed income, and alternative markets including foreign exchange, commodity, and money markets across the globe. The firm invests through its subsidiaries GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd., GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd., and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd.

TPG Capital, also known as Texas Pacific Group, has staked its claim on the buyout frontier. The firm, which does not get involved in the day-to-day operations of its portfolio companies, usually holds onto its investments for at least five years, although consistent moneymakers may be kept indefinitely. It is not picky about the industries in which it invests. Acting in concert with other private equity firms, TPG has stakes in notable enterprises such as Avaya, Biomet, Energy Future Holdings, Freescale Semiconductor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Neiman Marcus, Sabre Holdings, SunGard Data Systems, Univision, and Aleris International.

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company was founded in 1961 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company provides pension insurance solutions. It offers pension advisory services, pension insurance services, services for promoting well-being at work, vocational rehabilitation counseling, customer financing, management of company pension funds, and services related to insuring employment abroad. The company’s earnings-related pension programs secure employees and self-employed persons an income when working is no longer possible due to ageing, disability, or unemployment; and an income for the surviving spouse and children after the death of the family provider. Ilmarinen also provides employee pension and own self-employed person's pension insurance services; and financing services that include client loans consisting of premium loans, investment loans, and subordinated loans to companies. The company offers its pension benefits to approximately 274,000 persons. In addition, Ilmarinen engages in the investment, construction, management, and leasing of commercial and residential properties.

Founder and chairman Gerhard Andlinger started the Andlinger & Company, Inc. in 1976. Andlinger & Company, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in management and leveraged buyout, acquisition, recapitalization of public and private companies, corporate divestiture, turnaround, and growth capital transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation, emission reduction, and waste recovery sectors. It also seeks platform acquisition opportunities in companies engaged in the industrial manufacturing, medical devices, value-added distribution and logistics, graphic arts, scientific instruments, information services and software, engineering services, technology infrastructure, pharmaceutical packaging, and manufacturing sectors. The firm prefers not to invest in the retail, real estate, natural resources, and commodities sectors. The firm seeks to invest in companies headquartered in North America and Europe. It typically invests up to $25 million in portfolio companies with enterprise values between $20 million and $200 million.

Westar Capital LLC is a private investment firm established in 1987 that provides capital to acquire established growth companies in partnership with management. In special situations, Westar also provides equity financing for corporate expansion, restructurings or acquisitions and will purchase significant equity positions from large shareholders seeking liquidity.Westar collaborates with existing management to grow promising middle market companies into industry leaders over a five-to-ten year period. In all cases, we arrange for management to own a significant share of the equity. At Westar we believe superior investment performance is best achieved when a company is jointly owned by its managers and experienced investors who have the financial resources, long-term perspective and expertise to build highly successful businesses.

Sage Advisory Services, Ltd. Co. was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. Sage Advisory Services, Ltd. Co. is an employee owned investment manager. The firm also provides portfolio risk evaluation and diagnostics; performance analytics; and financial and liability modeling services. It provides its services to corporate and retirement funds, financial institutions, foundations and endowments, healthcare institutions, public funds, Taft-Hartley funds, wrap programs and sub-advisory, and individuals. The firm manages client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages exchange traded funds and structured products for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe with a focus on the United States. It invests in index based exchange traded funds (ETFs) of all-cap companies, employing a fundamental analysis along with a top-down macro approach to create its equity portfolios. The firm benchmarks the performance of its various equity portfolios against the Standard & Poor 500 Index; the Russell 3000 Index; the Lehman Brothers Government Credit Intermediate Maturity Index; and the Lehman Brothers Municipal Blended 1–10 year Maturity Index. For fixed income, it invests in U.S. treasury and government agency securities; mortgage and asset backed securities; investment grade corporate and municipal securities; and high-grade international government securities, employing fundamental economic and quantitative security analysis to create its fixed income portfolios.

CME Group was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. CME Group Inc. offers access to all asset classes for futures products from a single electronic trading platform, and on trading floors in Chicago and New York City. The Company offers markets in futures and options on futures contracts based on the United States interest rate yield curve, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, metals and alternative investment products. Its products are traded through the CME Globex electronic trading platform, its open outcry auction markets in Chicago and New York City or through privately negotiated transactions that the Company clears. It serves the risk management and investment needs of customers around the globe. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had approximately 140 clearing firms. In April 2009, the Company acquired the Carvill Hurricane Index from Carvill America Inc. and renamed it the CME Hurricane Index.

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited was founded in 1996. Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the infrastructure facilities, medicine, consumer products, and real estate businesses. Segments The company conducts its operations through four segments, including Real Estate, Infrastructure Facilities, Medicine, and Consumer Products. Real estate This segment engages in the property development and investment and hotel operation. Infrastructure facilities This segment invests in toll road projects and water-related business. As of December 31, 2008, General Water of China had total assets of RMB5.2 billion, comprising 14 water projects and 19 water supply facilities, 17 sewage treatment facilities, 2 reservoirs and a pipe network of 1,841.27 kilometers. Medicine This segment engages in the manufacture and sale of medicine and health food; and medical equipment. The company produces human urine protein products. The company’s principal products include Kai Li Kang, a State Category I new drug, Ulinastatin, an exclusive brand in the domestic market, as well as certain raw pharmaceuticals for overseas markets.

Founded in 1969, Macquarie employs more than 14,600 people in approximately 70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie Group Limited (MGL) acts as a non-operating holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it provides banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. The Company operates in five operating groups and two operating divisions, which include Macquarie Securities Group, Macquarie Capital, Macquarie Funds Group, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities, Corporate and Asset Finance Division, Real Estate Banking Division, Banking and Financial Services Group and Corporate. Effective November 30, 2009, the Company acquired Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK). Effective December 31, 2009, MGL acquired Blackmont Capital Inc. from CI Financial Corp. In January 2010, the Company acquired Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Delaware Investments) from Lincoln National Corporation. In January 2010, the Company announced the launch of Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund.

Assante Wealth Management provides a range of financial services to Canadians. The company has a network of about 800 advisors serving approximately 300,000 clients in Canada. It provides access to financial products and services such as tax-free savings accounts, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, insurance, cash management, and discount brokerage. Established in 1995, Assante Wealth Management has more than $20 billion in assets under management. The company became a subsidiary of mutual funds powerhouse CI Financial in 2003 after spinning off its US operations to shareholders as Loring Ward International.

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