NEBF, which was established in 1946 as part of an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), is affiliated with the National Electrical Annuity Plan, or NEAP. National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) wants to put some spark into the retirement nest eggs of those in the electrical industry. One of the largest Taft-Hartley pension plans in the US, the fund manages pension benefits for more than 480,000 current or former electrical workers and has more than $11 billion of assets under management. More than 11,000 employers contribute to the fund.

Pacific Venture Group was founded in 1995. Pacific Venture Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early and expansion-stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies at all stages of financing from start-up to leveraged buyout, recapitalizations, and consolidations. It typically invests across all segments of healthcare and information systems including healthcare information technology, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, and healthcare services. Within healthcare information technology, the firm focuses on infrastructure solutions, leverage professional staffing, technology based outsource solutions, and clinical quality improvement. Within medical devices, it focuses on unmet therapeutic needs and disposables, cost effective medical devices, small equipments, and medical devices that enhance quality of life. Within biopharmaceuticals, the firm invests in drug delivery, drug discovery, specialty pharmaceuticals, and in licensing. Within healthcare services, it focuses on new care delivery models, outsourcing, healthcare staffing solutions, and recapitalizations and spinouts from larger companies.

Imperial Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Imperial Capital Group, Inc., a holding company, operates as an independent, full-service investment bank offering an integrated platform of diverse products and services. The company, through its subsidiary, Imperial Capital, LLC, engages in institutional sales and trading, investment banking and restructuring, and institutional research activities. Its institutional sales and trading activities provide sales and trading services for bank debt, debt securities, hybrid securities, preferred and common equity, and special situation claims to institutional investors. These operations also cover thinly-traded, illiquid, and bankruptcy and post-bankruptcy securities. The company’s investment banking and restructuring activities offer debt and equity financing, merger and acquisition, restructuring, and other strategic advisory services for corporate, private equity, and institutional investor clients by advising on, and implementing value enhancing solutions and transactions. Its institutional research operations publish company-specific reports, macro-economic industry reports, and real-time desk analysis with a focus on 14 industry sectors.

Fiduciary Trust Company International was founded in 1931 and is based in New York, New York. Fiduciary Trust Company International operates as a subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc. Fiduciary Trust Company International is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides financial planning, trust and estate planning and administration, tax planning, custody, and supporting services. It primarily provides its services to individuals, families, foundations, and institutions. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets across the globe. The firm typically makes its equity investments in growth-oriented value stocks of small-cap and large-cap companies. It primarily makes its fixed income investments in municipal bonds. The firm employs a top-down approach to select its sector and currency allocations with a fundamental analysis and a bottom-up approach to create its equity and fixed income portfolios. It makes its alternative investments in hedge funds and publicly trade and private real estate securities. The firm uses in-house research to make its investments.

WH Ireland is aiming at providing financial services to more countries than just Ireland or the UK. WH Ireland Group PLC offers customers stockbroker services, investment management consulting, and corporate financial planning products. WH Ireland Group PLC corporate finance segment assists businesses with a wide array of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, flotations, and fund raisings, while the company's Fitel Nominees Ltd subsidiary holds stocks and shares for the customer inside a safe depository. With $1.5 billion under management, WH Ireland owns and operates facilities throughout the UK and Australia.

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.

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.

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC was founded in 1994 and is based New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; Bangalore, India; and Beijing, China. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC is a publicly owned investment manager. Och-Ziff Capital firm provides investment advisory services for its clients. It invests in alternative markets across the world. Och-Ziff Capital firm employs quantitative and qualitative analysis to make its investments. Och-Ziff Capital firm aslo manages a buyout fund, Och-Ziff Energy Fund.

Established in 1992 by BMC Software founder John Moores, JMI Equity Fund invests in growing software and business services companies. JMI, with offices in Baltimore and San Diego, is an active investor and offers executive recruiting and strategic planning services to portfolio companies. Typical long-term investments range from $10 million to $60 million. With about $1 billion in capital under management, JMI has invested in more than 90 companies, including NEON Systems, Peregrine Systems, and BindView Development. Current portfolio companies include Activant Solutions, Courion, DriveCam, and Unica.

Barclays Private Equity Ltd. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices across Europe. Barclays Private Equity Ltd. is the private equity arm of Barclays Capital specializing in middle market and change of ownership transactions. It invests in management buyout, management buy-in, institutional buyout, equity release, expansion capital, and going private transactions of lower middle market companies. The firm also provides equity funding to privately financed infrastructure projects. It seeks to invest in support services, specialist engineering, financial services, consumer and travel, and other sectors. Within the support services sector, investments are sought in staffing- recruitment of temporary or permanent staff; BPO/FM– outsourcing, facilities management, and property services; asset rental- vehicle or equipment; logistics- supply chain management, freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution, and haulage; professional and IT services; and other miscellaneous support services companies.

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