Insight Investment Management was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Insight Investment Management Limited operates as a subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Ltd. As of November 2, 2009, Insight Investment Management Limited operates as a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Management International Limited. Insight Investment Management Limited is an asset management company with approximately £92.9 billion ($174 billion) assets under management. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional investors. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios and hedge funds. The firm invests in public equity, fixed income, and hedging markets and private equity markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in growth and value stocks employing a fundamental analysis with a top-down and bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolios. It conducts in-house research to make its investments.

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.

David Stockman, who co-founded Heartland Industrial Partners in 1999, is a former Michigan congressman and was director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan administration. He was also chairman and CEO of one of Heartland Industrial's former portfolio companies, auto fabrics company Collins & Aikman, but was ousted in 2005. Heartland Industrial Partners is an investment firm that primarily targets industrial and auto parts companies. Heartland Industrial Partners company's holdings include a more than 40% stake in vehicle component maker TriMas. It sold auto parts maker Metaldyne to an affiliate of Ripplewood Holdings in early 2007.

Since 1986, Stonebridge has focused exclusively on meeting the unique investment banking needs of middle market, emerging growth, healthcare and technology clients. During this period, the firm has originated and closed over $3.0 billion in private financings and advised on over 250 M&A and corporate advisory assignments. With one of the largest independent investment banking groups in Boston, Stonebridge is able to offer clients the creativity, technical skills and structuring expertise typically found only in large Wall Street investment banking firms. However, as a boutique firm with specific product and market areas of focus, Stonebridge is able to provide clients with a level of attention and responsiveness that distinguishes us from Stonebridge larger competitors.

First Capital Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for First Capital Bank that offers commercial banking and related financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in Richmond, Virginia. Market Area The company’s primary market is the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area, which includes Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Hanover County, the Town of Ashland, and the City of Richmond. All of its branches are located in the Richmond metropolitan area. Products and Services The company offers a range of deposit services that include checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and other time deposits of various types, ranging from daily money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposit. In addition, it offers certain retirement account services, such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The company also offers a range of short-to-medium term commercial and consumer loans. Commercial loans include both secured and unsecured loans for working capital (including inventory and receivables), business expansion (including acquisition of real estate and improvements), and purchase of equipment and machinery. Consumer loans include secured (and unsecured loans) for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments. Additionally, it originates fixed and floating-rate mortgage and real estate construction and acquisition loans.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.(KKR) was founded in 1976 and is based at New York, New York with additional offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is a private equity and mezzanine investment firm specializing in acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, and mezzanine investments in large cap companies. The firm will consider investments in all industries, with a focus on infrastructure. It seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm’s average investment horizon is five years and more. It exits its investments through initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers. The firm holds a controlling interest in its portfolio companies after they go public.

Asset Value Investors was established in 1985. Asset Value Investors (formerly Ivory & Sime Asset Management) wants to increase the value of investors' assets. The UK firm primarily manages a handful of funds, which invest in a variety of assets. British Empire Securities and General Trust plc is a closed-end investment trust, while The European Asset Value Fund allows investors to participate in listed European property. Asset Value Investors company also manages the CF Asset Value Global Investors Fund, which focuses on foreign undervalued stocks, and AVI Value Fund, a US endowment portfolio. Funds under management total more than $3.4 billion.

Informative Research Inc. is an information provider for lenders, brokers, and agents involved in the mortgage lending business. Informative Research helps mitigate the financial risk involved with mortgage lending by providing clients with credit reports on potential customers, and identifying fraudulent or invalid loan applications. Informative Research Inc. also offers flood zone determinations, including life of loan reports and portfolio monitoring, as well as automated valuation modeling, including property valuation reports and physical appraisal audits. Informative Research was founded in 1946.

F&C Asset Management one of the top asset managers in the UK and Europe. F&C Asset Management company has more than $100 billion in assets under management, more than one-third of which comes from insurance giant Friends Provident, which spun off the company to shareholders in 2009. F&C Asset Management primarily manages insurance and institutional pension funds. In addition to its Baronsmead brand of venture capital trusts, F&C Asset Management also offers corporate bonds, UK and European equities, and ethical funds. It serves institutional and private investors from offices located throughout Europe and the US.

RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada and the leading debt and equity underwriter in the Great White North. As the only Canadian bank designated as a primary dealer in the US, RBC Capital Markets offers mergers and acquisitions support, securities trading and research, foreign exchange, infrastructure finance, and advisory services. It serves a number of industries, including aerospace, media, mining, energy, health care, forest products, transportation, and the public sector. Almost half of its business comes from the US. The firm has some 75 offices mainly in North America, but also in major cities in Australia, Brazil, Dubai, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

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