St. James's Place plc, through its subsidiaries, provides financial and wealth management services in the United Kingdom. It offers pensions, protection, and investment products; unit trust investment products, including ISAs and PEPs; and financial products, such as annuities, mortgages, and stakeholder pensions from third party providers. The company, formerly known as St. James's Place Capital plc, was founded in 1977 and changed its name to St. James's Place plc in May 2006. The company is headquartered in Cirencester, the United Kingdom.

Sequoia Capital nurtures the seeds that grow into the giants of the tech industry. The venture capital firm, which backed little acorns such as Apple, Oracle, Yahoo!, and Cisco Systems, fertilizes some of Silicon Valley's most promising seedlings. Other notable investments have included Web search engine Google, content management software maker Agile, and Internet darling YouTube. Investing up to $50 million per transaction, Sequoia Capital has funded more than 300 companies in the US, China, India, and Israel. Globally it manages nearly $10 billion in funds.

Private Equity is the common term used to refer to a specific type of long-term investment activity. Typically private equity firms take a controlling stake in companies with a view to transforming their performance over a number of years such that they can be sold at a premium to the acquisition price. The private equity investor will generally be represented on the board of the company so that they can actively support management in determining the strategic direction of the business.Private equity investments can be sub-divided according to the size of the company acquired, its development stage and the type of financing provided by the private equity firm. The Permira funds are primarily involved in medium to large buy-outs. This means that they tend to acquire sizeable businesses with a long-standing trading history and a strong market position. In addition, private equity firms traditionally finance their acquisitions with a mix of equity, provided by their institutional investors, and debt.Private Equity ownership is recognised to offer a number of benefits, which stem from its long-term investment horizon and a governance structure which fully aligns management’s and shareholders’ interests for the long-term benefit of a company and its employees. For more details on the industry, please visit our 3rd Party Research section.

GenSpring Family Offices was founded in 1989 and is based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami, Florida; Orlando, Florida; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Chevy Chase, Maryland. GenSpring Family Offices, LLC. operates as a subsidiary of GenSpring Holdings, Inc. GenSpring Family Offices, LLC is a privately owned multi-family office with approximately $5.88 billion in assets under management. It also provides estate and trust planning, tax planning, and philanthropy services to its clients. The firm provides its services to individuals, typically high net worth individuals; pension and profit sharing plans; pooled investment vehicles; charitable organizations, and corporations. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm also makes its investments in private equity and hedge funds.

Spanning over five decades of contributing to the country’s economic growth, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF) today has strengthened its foothold in many segments of the financial services industry. MIDF was incorporated on 30 March 1960 mainly for the purpose of ensuring access to financing for manufacturing-based small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of Malaysia’s strategy to expedite the industrial sector development. From boasting the status as Malaysia’s maiden development finance institution, MIDF has over the years transformed into a diversified group.Following its merger with Amanah Capital Partners Berhad in 2003, the acquisition of Utama Merchant Bank Berhad (UMBB) in 2004, and the establishment of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad (MIDF Investment) in 2006, the MIDF Group accentuated its ambition to become a leading financial services provider in three core business areas, namely investment banking, asset management and development finance. A subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), MIDF has total assets of over RM9 billion and shareholders’ funds of over RM2 billion.

August Capital was founded in 1995 by Dave Marquardt and John Johnston. Seasoned veterans of the venture capital industry, Marquardt and Johnston formed August Capital to invest in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Today, August Capital's six partners -- Marquardt, Johnston, Andy Rappaport, David Hornik, Vivek Mehra and Howard Hartenbaum -- have more than a century of combined venture and operational experience. Together they manage $1.3 billion and have invested in more than 75 companies across the technology spectrum.From its inception, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. The companies that August Capital's partners have backed represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue and employ a quarter of a million people around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. We are proud to have supported these entrepreneurs and their companies as they have grown and prospered.

HSBC Private Bank comprises the private banking operations of UK banking bigwig HSBC Holdings. A subsidiary of principal holding company, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) and operating through several subsidiaries of its own, the company specializes in private banking and trustee services such as investment advisory and wealth and tax planning for wealthy individuals and families. Banking services include deposit products, debit and credit cards, lines of credit, loans, high-end residential mortgages and home equity loans, and other related services. HSBC Private Bank group also provides specialty advisory services to charities, foundations, media companies, and diamond and jewelry concerns.

European Investment Bank (EIB) is the financial backbone of the European Union (EU). Led by finance ministers from EU countries, the bank makes loans for trans-European enterprise and infrastructure projects, focusing on less-developed EU countries. About 90% of the loans go to projects located within the EU; major loan categories are transportation and energy. The bank also offers development aid to some non-European countries. The EIB owns a majority of the European Investment Fund (EIF), which invests in venture capital funds and debt financing for small businesses in the EU.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. was established in 1978 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in George Town, Cayman Islands and London, United Kingdom. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions, and growth capital financings of mature and underperforming companies. The firm does not invest in middle market. It invests in the manufacturing, services, and information technology sectors. The firm invests in companies based in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. It also identifies and evaluates potential opportunities in France and the Benelux countries. The firm focuses on non-core divisions of large corporations.

AssetCo is in the thick of things. The integrated services company specializes in providing support for emergency response and homeland security agencies in the UK and some 145 countries around the world. Primarily serving the public-service sector, AssetCo offers an array of services including training, fire reserve, emergency vehicle assembly and management, infrastructure support, equipment supply, and technology and information management. Customers include the London Fire Brigade and all other fire and rescue organizations in Great Britain. AssetCo also has an international office in Abu Dhabi, which specializes in serving the civil defense, emergency services, airport and military sectors.

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