Piper Private Equity invests in UK companies valued up to £25 million through management buyouts, management buyins, and other transactions, typically putting in £2 million to £10 million per deal. Piper Private Equity company invests primarily in businesses residing in the retail, leisure, consumer products, and travel markets. Several of its portfolio companies are targeted at female consumers, such as the Pitcher & Piano pub chain. Piper Private Equity has also invested in the Las Iguanas and Tootsies casual-dining restaurant chains, partnering with Phoenix Equity Partners on the Tootsies deal. It sold its stake in Tootsies in 2005.

Founded in 1994, Fenway Partners is a New York based middle-market private equity firm with $2.1 billion in capital under management. The team of 15 investment professionals has worked together for many years and has accumulated significant private equity experience.Fenway invests in profitable niche businesses with $100 million to $600 million in enterprise value, with a strong focus in two sectors: consumer branded products and transportation / logistics / distribution. Working in partnership with management, Fenway seeks to leverage its accumulated experience, industry-specific knowledge and network of value-added resources to help businesses enhance their performance and achieve their full potential.Some of the companies Fenway Partners have acquired include: Simmons Company (mattresses), Harry Winston (luxury jewelry retailer), American Achievement (Balfour class rings, Taylor yearbooks), 1-800-Contacts (direct-to-consumer contact lens distributor) and a number of transportation-related businesses.

The Cypress Group L.L.C. firm owns stakes in companies in the automotive, financial services, manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Its portfolio includes holdings in about 10 firms, including Cooper-Standard Automotive, Republic National Cabinet, and Scottish Re Group Limited. Cypress Group is an active investor that often becomes involved in the day-to-day management of its portfolio companies. The firm has made more than $4 billion in investments since it was founded in 1989. One of its most well-known past investments includes Cinemark.

Berwind Corporation was founded in 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berwind Corporation is the private equity arm of The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company specializing in acquisitions, buy-and-build transactions and providing growth capital to middle market and mature companies. The firm invests across a diversified range of industries including health and wellness, nutritional products, medical products, filtration, life sciences and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and drug delivery products, specialty chemicals, vehicle safety products, animal health and wellness, promotional products, educational products, and specialty coating products. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia. The firm typically invests in new platform companies with an enterprise value between $50 million and $600 million, with a preferred size between $100 million and $300 million. It seeks to acquire 100 percent ownership of its portfolio companies.

Wendel Investissement SA invests in the industrial and service, and health sectors. The company supports entrepreneurial teams by monitoring operations on a regular basis, helps define ambitious strategies, and provides the financing needed to ensure the success of the companies in which it has invested. The company principally invests in a relatively limited number of significant equity holdings in industry, such as products and systems for electrical installations, automotive components and systems, industrial abrasives, oil exploration and real estate; services, such as conformity assessment and certification, classified advertising and multimedia services, IT services and consulting, telecommunications; and healthcare, such as medical diagnostics, food quality testing, allergy laboratory. Industry Legrand Group: The Legrand Group is a global specialist in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks in residential properties, service facilities and industry. The Group offers various solutions, integrating: the distribution of electrical energy and of data; remote control systems and connections; security systems for people and property; solutions for buildings and industrial processes.

AFT Corporation Limited provides clean air technologies for the marine and built environments, as well as building materials and facades for the construction industry primarily in Australia. Its patented Microgenix and MAQ technology offers purified air and odour control technologies for use in the marine environment. The company supplies building products, such as glass curtain walls, facades, ceramic tiles, and solar photovoltaic cell panels. It also focuses on leveraging custom designed Chinese manufactured building products to customers, who require turnkey solutions for their projects. In addition, it provides logistics services. AFT Corporation is headquartered in St. Leonards, Australia.

E. J. De La Rosa & Co., Inc. was founded in 1989 by its president Edward De La Rosa. E. J. De La Rosa & Co. helps raise the money that keeps the Golden State blooming. The investment bank, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, helps secure funding for municipalities, redevelopment agencies, utilities, institutions of higher learning, and private businesses. The money raised typically goes toward capital projects such as wastewater systems and redevelopment. In addition to underwriting new bond issues, De La Rosa sells and trades bonds in the secondary market. Other services include capital planning and project development.

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 1889, Bank of Bermuda was bought by British banking giant HSBC in 2004. The Bank of Bermuda Limited provides fund administration, trust, custody, asset management, and banking services globally. The bank operates through four divisions: Global Fund Services, Private Client Services, Corporate Banking, and Community Banking. The Global Fund Services division provides fund administration products, banking, and global custody services, including hedge funds, emerging market funds, funds of funds, and private equity funds to investment industry. The Private Client Services division provides private trust and investment services to high net worth individuals and families. The Corporate Banking division provides cash management services to offshore insurance management companies, multinational corporations, and local Bermuda-based companies.

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) is a provider of retirement savings, investment and insurance products and services. PFG’s United States and international operations concentrate primarily on asset accumulation and asset management. In addition, it offers a range of individual and group life insurance, group health insurance, individual and group disability insurance and group dental and vision insurance. PFG primarily focus on small and medium-sized businesses providing an array of retirement and employee benefit solutions to meet the needs of the business, the business owner and their employees. PGF has four segments: U.S. Asset Accumulation, Global Asset Management, International Asset Management and Accumulation, and Life and Health Insurance.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.