Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a securities finance company in Japan. The company's services for securities companies and financial institutions comprise loans for margin transactions, including fund loans and stock loans; general stock lending that include lending stock certificates needed to settle stock trading; bond services comprising brokerage between borrowers and lenders in bond borrowing and lending market; loans for negotiable margin transactions comprising loan funds needed to settle negotiable margin transactions; bond financing, including loan funds needed in bond underwriting and trading; and general loans that consist of loan working funds to securities companies. It also offers secured loans on securities for individual and corporate investors comprising bond financing and general loans, which include direct loans to customer; and loans on securities in safekeeping account, within credit line set before. In addition, the company provides peripheral services, such as securities custody, which includes custody services for securities owned by institutional investors; and government bond debt servicing comprising repayment services for principal and interest on government bonds. Further, it engages in real estate ownership, leasing, trading, and brokerage, as well as offers insurance agency services.

Hamon Investment Group believes in Asia's potential to provide investors with long-term capital growth, and it wants to put your money where its mouth is. Hamon is an independent asset management firm specializing in Asian investments. It offers open-ended funds and individual discretionary accounts to corporations, family trusts, financial institutions, pension funds, and private investors. Its flagship fund, Hamon Asian Market Leaders Fund, invests in regional Asian companies and emerging blue chip growth companies. The Hamon Selected Asian Portfolio fund makes strategic equity investments in listed Asian growth companies. Its Asian iTech Fund invests in listed equities of Asian IT and electronics companies.

The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of The United Methodist Church (GBOPHB) supervises and administers pension, retirement, investment, health care, disability, and death benefit plans for more than 74,000 church clergy, lay employees, and their families. Formed in 1908, the not-for-profit GBOPHB manages more than $16 billion in assets and is the nation's largest faith-based pension funds. GBOPHB focuses on socially responsible investing (SRI) and has taken an activist stance in addressing major corporations about such issues as global vendor standards, employee wages, and genetically modified foods.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 by independent business owners and securities industry executives Keith Daubenspeck and Dwight Badger, whose entrepreneurial spirit led them to defy old-line traditions and convention by starting a different kind of firm. Advanced Equities soon became the pioneer in providing qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings—opportunities previously available only to institutional investors. AEFC has developed a reputation for being led by entrepreneurs who want to help other entrepreneurs.Blazing a new trail in the world of private equity was followed by a singular approach to retail brokerage through the acquisition of First Allied Securities, Inc., which helped AEFC reinvent the independent advisor model. The First Allied model focuses on meeting the requirements of entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of their need for choices, providing access to opportunities in an ecosystem where initiative and autonomy reign supreme. AEFC made its first of many acquisitions in 2003 and by 2006 was named as the nation's No. 1 fastest growing brokerage firm by Inc. magazine.

VantagePoint Management company (aka VantagePoint Venture Partners) provides long-term capital to primarily technology and health care companies ranging in development from start-up to pre-IPO. VantagePoint is organized around its target markets: information technology, health care, clean technology (which focuses on the application of technology to energy, water, and materials), and Asia. The firm has a dedicated clean tech investment team and oversees one of the largest active venture capital efforts in the sector with more than $1 billion in investments.

Antarchile SA is a Chile-based investment company primarily engaged in the acquisition of shares in other companies, properties and diversified goods. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the Company is involved in the forestry, fuel distribution, fishing, mining and energy sectors. The Company owns such subsidiaries as Empresas Copec SA, a holding company active in the energy and natural resources sectors, and Astilleros Arica SA, which specializes in the construction and repair of industrial ships, as well as manufactures equipment for the fishing industry. It also holds interests in Pesquera Iquique-Guanaye SA, Empresa Pesquera Eperva SA, Sigma SA and Servicios Corporativos SerCor SA. In addition, the Company has operations established in Argentina and Brazil. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s majority shareholder was Inversiones Angelini y Compania Limitada, with 63.4% of its interests.

Principal Global Investors, LLC is an asset management arm of Principal Life Insurance Company. It primarily provides its services to individuals and high net worth individuals. The firm also caters to banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, foundations, endowments, public and corporate retirement plans, Taft-Hartley plans and global governments, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and other businesses. It manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and real estate portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds and offers specialized overlay and advisory services. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets across the globe.

Sprout Group is a venture capital and private equity investment firm focused on emerging technology companies from startups to management buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in sectors in healthcare technology (biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, laboratory infrastructure and technology, other healthcare investments), communications (components, equipment & software, service providers), and software (applications, infrastructure, electronic design automation). The firm frequently serves as the lead investor in its portfolio companies and serves on its company's Board of Directors. The Sprout Group is a venture capital affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston. Sprout Group is no longer making new investments, but works actively with associated funds; New Leaf Ventures, which invests in Healthcare Technology, and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, which focuses on a broad range of equity investment opportunities.

RHB Capital Berhad (RHB Capital) is a Malaysia-based investment holding company. RHB Capital Bhd, through its subsidiaries, operates in six segments: corporate and investment holding (CIB), retail banking, treasury and money market, Islamic banking business, international banking and others. CIB provides a full range of investment banking services, including corporate finance, debt and equity capital market, stockbroking business, investment management services, unit trust funds management, futures and options broking and research services. Retail Banking focuses on providing products and services to individual customers and small and medium sized enterprises. Treasury and money market operations are involved in trading in fixed income securities and foreign exchange and derivatives trading, among others. Other activities include nominee services, property investment and rental and other related financial services. RHB Capital Bhd has a number of subsidiaries.

The Jordan Company, L.P. was founded in 1982. The Jordan Company, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in traditional leverage buyouts, recapitalizations, restructuring, public-to-private transactions, industry consolidation, and growth capital transactions of middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in a wide range of sectors with a focus on aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket parts, building products, business services, contract research organizations, electric motors and controls, equipment rental, industrial safety and controls, chemicals, consumer products, distribution, education, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial products and manufacturing, media and entertainment, insurance, metals, packaging, retail, transportation and logistics, and telecom. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm typically invests between $75 million and $500 million of equity in transactions valued between $75 million and $2 billion. It invests in companies with an enterprise value between $100 million and $2 billion and a minimum EBITDA of $15 million.

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