Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC was founded in 1974 and is based in San Diego, California. Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to high net worth individuals. It also caters to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, Taft-Hartley plans, foundations, endowments, financial institutions, sub-advisory clients, and state or municipal government entities. 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 invests in growth oriented value stocks of micro cap companies with market capitalizations between $50 million to $375 million, small cap companies with market capitalizations between $250 million to $1.7 billion, and mid cap companies with market capitalizations between $1.0 billion to $12.2 billion.

Credit Solutions was established in 2003. Credit Solutions helps consumers dig their way out of debt. One of North America's largest for-profit debt management companies, Credit Solutions offers programs that enable people to lower their monthy bills and, in many cases, get out of debt in three years or less. It also offers a built-in savings plan to help families reach their long-term financial goals, with no home ownership or credit check required. Credit Solutions has more than $1.7 billion of unsecured debt under management for about 80,000 active clients.

Sanford C. Bernstein, a unit of AllianceBernstein (formerly Alliance Capital Management), was founded by the late Sanford Bernstein in 1967 to manage the discretionary accounts of the wealthy; it has some $70 billion of assets under management for affluent families, as well as pension funds and corporate investors. Sanford Bernstein's hallmark, however, is the fundamental company and industry research and securities valuation it performs for institutional clients. Sanford C. Bernstein company is active mainly in the US, where it maintains some 20 offices.

Consolidated Mercantile Incorporated was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. As of May 10, 2010, Consolidated Mercantile Incorporated was taken private. The company was formerly known as Consolidated Mercantile Corporation and changed its name to Consolidated Mercantile Incorporated in October 1998. Consolidated Mercantile Incorporated does not have significant operations. Previously, the company involved in the manufacture and import of leather and fabric upholstered furniture; and manufacture and distribution of protective packaging products primarily in the United States.

Founded in 1987, Walden International Investment Group has more than $1.9 billion under management. Walden International Investment Group seeks utopia in global venture capital. The firm focuses on financing early stage companies in the communications, electronics, software and IT services, emerging technologies, and semiconductor industries. Portfolio investments include broadband communications equipment provider EndWave, software developer InQuira, supply chain services provider Velosel, and about 150 more. Walden International Investment Group has offices around the globe and is affiliated with WaldenVC, a venture-capital firm based in San Francisco focused on digital media, e-commerce, and technology-enabled services.

Actis Capital, LLP was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Africa, China, Latin America, South Asia, Mumbai, India; Singapore, and South East Asia. Actis Capital, LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion capital, PIPEs, replacement capital, acquisitions, industry consolidation, management buyouts, going private transactions, property development finance, and mezzanine finance investments in emerging and growing companies. The firm primarily seeks to invest in business services, consumer services, financial services, industrials, infrastructure, logistics, and real estate. It also invests in the energy sector through the Actis Energy Fund.

The Sacramento Valley Board of Trade (SVBT) provides risk management and related collections information and services for member businesses in the food, beverage, and media industries. Founded in 1980 by sister firm Northern California Collections Service, SVBT helps clients prevent debt losses by compiling and distributing monthly reports containing total due, past due, and returned check information on accounts within the industries. Members can also submit and review credit alerts via the board's Web site.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority (TFA) won't sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, but it will let you invest in repairs. The quasi-independent government agency sells municipal bonds to finance the Big Apple's capital improvement projects -- public buildings, roads, bridges, etc. The authority was created in 1997 to circumvent state constitutional limitations on the amount of debt the city could take on. With the authority to issue up to $11.5 billion in bonds, the agency proved to be even more useful than anticipated, selling $2 billion in bonds for recovery costs following the September 11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. The TFA's bond limit has since been raised to $13.5 billion.

Wheeler/Frost Associates is more than happy to roll out all sorts of investment advice. Wheeler/Frost Associates provides a variety of investment planning and management service. Wheeler/Frost Associates' offerings include portfolio management (including active and passive investment strategies), retirement planning, equity compensation consulting, and charitable giving optimization.

RBC Wealth Management company offers private banking, asset management, brokerage, and estate and trust services in more than 20 countries. About half of the company's revenue, however, comes from outside Canada, where the company caters to more than 35,000 individuals and institutions. It has about $500 billion of assets under administration and about $245 billion of assets under management. RBC Wealth Management boasts more than 4,500 financial consultants, advisors, private bankers, and trust officers, and has about 200 offices throughout the US.

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