Rosenthal Collins Group (or "RCG" as Rosenthal are commonly known) is a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA). Originally established in 1923 as Greene and Collins, Rosenthal Collins Group is one of the largest independently owned FCMs. Through Rosenthal branches, Introducing Brokers and correspondents, Rosenthal offer a wide range of services, such as execution, brokerage, clearing, electronic trading, foreign exchange and managed futures to clients around the globe.Rosenthal recognize the importance of doing your due diligence when choosing the right brokerage firm. From Rosenthal extensive background in the futures industry to Rosenthal rock-solid financials, Rosenthal invite you to see why thousands of clients trust us. Although our headquarters are in Chicago, Rosenthal global trading presence is evident in Europe, South America, Asia, the Middle East, and even Africa and the subcontinent of India.

Pender Financial can drop some serious money on technology. The Canadian merchant bank invests in emerging growth companies, specifically British Columbia firms in high tech fields. Pender Financial Group has sunk about $6 million in what it considers undervalued companies that need some management guidance. One of its biggest money makers is ActiveState Software, which creates open-source software for the Perl, Python, and Tcl programming and scripting languages. Other investments include bio tech venture capitalist Bio FutureFund, high-end marine lighting firm Carmanah, and Web host Radiant Communications.

The Options Clearing Corporation was founded in 1973. he Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), the world's largest equity derivatives clearinghouse. The OCC serves some 130 broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and securities firms in the US and abroad. It is owned by options trading participants NYSE Amex, Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange Holdings, and Nasdaq OMX PHLX. The OCC also manages the Options Industry Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by several securities and options exchanges to educate investors and brokers about the options industry.

Paris Orleans SA, Private Equity Arm is a private equity arm of Paris Orleans S.A. specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, mezzanine, and middle market investments in medium-sized companies. It invests across all industries, with a focus on real estate, industrial goods and services, manufactured goods, financials, service sectors, transport and consumer goods. The firm invests in companies based in Asia and Europe with a focus on France. It structures its investments in the form of equity and/or in mezzanine debt. The firm invests between €3 million ($4.52 million) and €15 million ($22.63 million) with an average of €5 million ($7.54 million) in its portfolio companies. It seeks to co-invest. The firm makes investments through its balance sheet and acquires minority stakes.

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading credit card companies, issuing Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and affinity cards carrying its Saison brand to some 26 million cardholders. In addition to issuing plastic, Credit Saison provides financial services and products including insurance and asset management. Subsidiary Saison Fundex issues loans, while Atrium provides loan servicing. Other subsidiaries and affiliates provide ticket sales, and collection and staffing services. Credit Saison was founded in 1951 as a retailer specializing in payment plan sales. Credit Saison is merging its credit card operations with Seven & i Holdings.

The Patriarch platform is a vertically integrated distressed private equity firm with robust in-house operational turnaround expertise. Patriarch Partners, LLC ("Patriarch"), founded in 2000, was built upon a proprietary patented financial model designed to manage and monetize the distressed portfolios of financial institutions. Patriarch has since evolved into a global investment firm that concentrates on direct investments in distressed businesses, managing funds with over $7 billion of equity and secured loan assets with equity investments in more than 70 companies, and controlling interests in approximately two-thirds of these.Patriarch focuses on the acquisition of undervalued companies where time, capital and sound strategy can rescue a business and restore value, preserving jobs in America and around the world while simultaneously providing demonstrated returns to investors. Patriarch believes that making money and making the world a better place are not mutually exclusive concepts. The firm offers a peerless approach that combines innovative financial models, restructuring techniques and the operational expertise necessary to rebuild businesses facing complex circumstances.Challenging conditions often mean the need to improve operations from the ground up; the situations require equal concentration and adeptness between financial engineering and operational execution. An expanded global reach is critical and Patriarch has acquired manufacturing facilities in nations where lower labor costs can help U.S. companies compete in the competitive global economy, Patriarch Partners Management Group, established in 2005, is a team of seasoned and connected global professionals strategically placed among portfolio companies to fortify management and to unearth and implement necessary efficiencies, new technologies and unique strategies.

Today, time is the most valuable contribution one company can give another – and time is a rare commodity. WEDGE offers its companies flexibility so that its investments can develop and appreciate in value. Repeatedly, WEDGE demonstrates that time enables its companies to gain noteworthy competitive advantages and achieve strong returns. Acquiring controlling or large minority interests in companies and helping them grow, WEDGE manages its business lines to earn returns on investment far in excess of various indices. Its investments have extended into a wide range of industries and markets. Its practice and patience have gained it a position that is significantly distinct from ordinary investment and private equity firms: one that is time-tolerant, not-time-driven.

Guinness Peat Group plc is an investment holding company with a diversified range of strategic interests in a number of businesses, mainly in Europe and Australasia. GPG is listed on the London, Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. As at 31 December 2009, it had a market capitalisation of approximately £584 million. Shareholders’ Funds at the same date were £867 million. GPG’s successful track record spans investments in various sectors including financial services, textiles and thread manufacture, food processing, building services, property development and fruit and produce distribution. GPG’s investment portfolio covers a spread of investments and is widely diversified both geographically and sectorially. GPG has a small but experienced group of prudent and professional executives operating with strong teamwork and close communication, which has been a proven formula for achieving steady growth in the value of shareholders’ funds.

Laird Norton Tyee Trust Company (LNTyee) caters to the ultra-wealthy. Laird Norton Tyee Trust company grew out of the private asset management efforts of the Laird and Norton families, northwestern timber-industry pioneers and founders of forest products firms such as General Timber Company and Potlach Lumber. Laird Norton Tyee Trust company (categorized as a multi-family office, or MFO) provides wealth management services, along with such necessities as family governance, financial education, and charitable gift planning. The firm has more than $4 billion in assets under advisement for some 430 clients.

YFM Group was founded in 1982. YFM Group Limited provides equity and loan finance, and business consultancy support for businesses. The company funds expansion capital for high growth businesses, buyouts and buyins, pre-IPO funding, and partial sales. It also operates Business Gurus, a directorship and interim management database, which is used by its investment managers to source and place non-executive directors. The company serves various small and medium sized enterprises, including manufacturing companies in the United Kingdom.

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