Renta 4 Servicios de Inversion is a financial services company that provides investment and asset management at 56 branches across Spain. Seventy percent of its business is in brokerage services -- buying and selling securities and other financial investments. Renta 4 is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries, including Renta 4 Sociedad de Valores, Padinco Patrimonios, Renta 4 Gestora, Gerdinco Gestion, and Renta 4 Pensiones. The group debuted on the Madrid Stock Exchange in November 2007, and offered to buy rival brokerage Gaesco Holding Company in February 2008.

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market. Many of these companies were among the first to introduce new business ideas to the market. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search — the business model that powers the multibillion-dollar online search market.Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse start-ups with the support they need to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. Resources include office space and the accompanying office services, development and technology, product and graphic design, marketing, financial advice, human resources, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development support and services. In addition, Idealab provides advice on strategy, branding and corporate structure.

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Waco, Texas. Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Life Partners) is a financial services company and the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI). LPI is engaged in the secondary market for life insurance known generally as life settlements. LPI facilitates the sale of life settlements between sellers and purchasers, but does not take possession or control of the policies. The purchasers acquire the life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. Life settlement transactions involve the sale of an existing life insurance policy to another party. By selling the policy, the policyholder receives an immediate cash payment to use as he or she wishes. The purchaser takes an ownership interest in the policy at a discount to its face value and receives the death benefit under the policy when the insured dies.

Charles Stanley & Co., the firm offers individual and institutional investors brokerage services, investment advice, and asset management through nearly 30 offices around England. The acquisitive Charles Stanley has continued a growth spurt that began in 1997 with the purchase of competitor Shaw & Co. Charles Stanley Group plc latest purchase came in 2008 with the addition of the financial services division of Griffiths & Armour, an insurance brokerage.

Panmure Gordon & Co. plc offers investment bank and institutional stockbroking services. It provides advice to companies on their financing requirements through equity capital markets, including flotations, private placements, secondary issues, and follow-on services and corporate finance advisory. The company acts as corporate broker or adviser to approximately 100 companies and investment trusts. It provides sales and trading to institutional investors, producing research on approximately 250 companies and 300 investment trusts. Panmure Gordon makes markets in approximately 750 stocks and investment trusts.

GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. GlobeOp Financial Services S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides business process outsourcing, financial technology services, and risk analytics to hedge funds and other targeted sectors of the financial services industry. It offers specialized Web-based financial products supporting middle and back office trade processing, fund administration, complex derivatives, and risk reporting. The company provides middle and back office services, such as daily reconciliation, daily portfolio profit and loss statements, data aggregation and pricing, exposure calculations and reports, over-the-counter (OTC) processing, real time analytics, security master processing, and trade capture; and fund administration services, including fund valuation, investor communications, fund performance reporting, pricing and net asset value calculation, share registry and transfer, and audit support. GlobeOp Financial also offers transaction solutions, including GoOTC, an outsource package for OTC derivative trade processing; and GoMarkets, a multi-asset electronic trading and connectivity platform for asset managers, long/short equity funds, mutual funds, regional and custodial banking institutions, pension funds, and insurance companies.

Kelso & Company was founded in 1971 and is based in New York, New York. Kelso & Company is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions and management buyouts and purchase of significant ownership of private companies, divisions, or subsidiaries of public or private companies; public companies through recapitalizations or going private transactions. The firm also seeks to purchase significant blocks of stock from public or private companies seeking equity capital or persons seeking liquidity. It does not pursue hostile transactions, substantial dismantling or liquidation of companies, and break-up opportunities. The firm invests for a period of over five years and exits its investments through an IPO, recapitalization, or strategic sale. It takes a board seat and usually has control through majority ownership in its portfolio companies. The firm can also make minority investments in conjunction with board representation or other significant shareholders' rights, or may join with other investors as a member of a control group.

Experian plc is one of the top credit-reporting agencies in the world, providing information services relating to customer relationship management (CRM), e-commerce, and marketing. Experian Group also helps businesses generate leads by compiling information on more than 130 million households. All told, the company maintains credit information on about 450 million consumers and 35 million businesses in more than 65 countries. Experian serves clients across different markets, including financial services, telecom, auto, retail, and government. Experian plc also offers direct-to-consumer products.

Cravey, Green & Wahlen is a private equity investment firm which has supported management teams in acquisitions and recapitalizations of middle-market companies, typically involving transactions valued between $25 - 200 million. Cravey, Green and Wahlen's period for new investments is over and cravey, green & wahlen only managing our existing portfolio. The remaining CGW portfolio is co-managed by the principals of CGW and MSouth Equity Partners. As the successor to CGW, MSouth intends to build on the legacy of CGW with a similar focus on southern-based, lower middle market buyout opportunities.

Sand Aire was created in 1996 to manage the assets of Sir James Scott's family, earned upon the sale of Provincial Insurance, a company he founded in 1903. Then in 2006, Sand Aire merged with Northbridge, another UK wealth management firm. Today Sand Aire is jointly owned by its founding family, employees, and the founding shareholders of Northbridge. Sand Aire specializes in strategic wealth management primarily for families, trusts, and charities. It offers investment, wealth administration, and consultancy services to clients who typically have more than $40 million to invest, along with a desire to build their financial assets across generations.

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