Matrix Asset Management was formed in early 2010 to group the assets of Matrix, SEAMARK, and GrowthWorks under one umbrella. The combined companies operate offices across Canada and manage about $3 billion in assets. Matrix Asset Management strives to be the investment point-of-origin for its clients. Part mutual fund manager, part private equity firm, Matrix Asset Management is the holding company for SEAMARK Asset Management, which offers portfolio management services to institutional and high-net-worth individuals; and GrowthWorks, a venture capital firm and fund manager. Other holdings include Mavrix Fund Management, a mutual funds manager and subsidiary of GrowthWorks.

Gruppo, Levey & Co. (GLC) is a leading independent private investment banking firm specializing in the consumer, industrial, media, multi-channel retail & marketing services sectors. GLC provides M&A services; capital and debt financing raises as well as restructuring services; it advises companies, debtors, trustees and special committees on restructurings, recapitalizations and corporate reorganizations; and provides fairness opinions, due diligence and valuation services.Over the past 15 years, GLC has served as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, financial sponsors, corporate boards and family business owners in transactions encompassing every segment of the direct marketing industry, including retailers selling in all channels, B2B marketers, targeted media firms, specialty publishers, database/analytics companies and online/lead generation businesses. GLC is based in New York City.

CIR S.p.A. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. CIR S.p.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the utilities, media, automotive components, healthcare, and financial services businesses. Its utilities business comprises the sourcing, marketing, and sale of electricity and gas for industries, small and medium enterprises, and micro-businesses. This business also has electricity generation plants. In the media sector, the company engages in publishing daily newspapers and periodicals; broadcasting radio and digital television networks; and the collection of advertising for the company’s and third party publications, as well as operates in the Internet sector. The company’s publications include la Repubblica, a daily newspaper; and L Espresso, a weekly magazine. It also offers automotive components, including filters and flexible suspension components. The company offers filters under the brands ‘FIAAM’, ’FRAM’, ‘PBR’, ‘COOPERS’, ‘PURFLUX’, ‘TECNOCAR’, and ‘CROSLAND’ with a range of oil, gasoline, gasoil, air, and cabin filters. In addition, it engages in the management of hospitals, nursing homes, physiological and psychiatric rehabilitation centers. Further, the company involves in the acquisition and management of non performing loans and trade receivables originated by banks, financial institutions, commercial companies, and public administrations; and in the creation, acquisition, and management of retail financing companies focusing on non-conforming customers in the product segments of residential mortgages and personal loans.

Arbuthnot Securities Limited is a boutique investment bank that offers institutional stock broking and financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions, demergers, private placements, capital raising, initial public offerings, and secondary fundraisings advisory services. Additionally, it offers securities valuation, market making, and sales trading services. Arbuthnot caters to leisure, hospitality, aerospace, defense, transport, logistics, construction, information technology, mining, and engineering sectors. The firm, formerly known as Old Mutual Securities Ltd., is based in London, United Kingdom. Arbuthnot Securities operates as a subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC.

SVG Capital is a private equity investor and fund management business listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SVI). SVG Capital’s investment objective is to achieve capital appreciation by investing principally in private equity funds that are managed or advised by Permira, a leading international private equity specialist*.In addition, SVG Capital invests in private equity funds that invest in Japan, North America, Asia and the life sciences sectors, and in unquoted and quoted businesses through specialist funds and co-investments alongside these funds. The Company may also invest in other private equity related assets and alternative asset classes. To complement this investment objective and create capital and income for the Company, its fund management business structures, markets, manages and advises products for investment in private equity, private equity related assets, alternative asset classes and in public equity using private equity techniques.

Borsa Italiana S.p.A. was founded in 1997 and is based in Milan, Italy. As of October 1, 2007, Borsa Italiana S.p.A. is a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange plc. Borsa Italiana S.p.A. regulates, develops, and manages the Italian equities markets, the Italian Derivatives market, the Securitised Derivatives market, the electronic Fixed Income market, the electronic ETFs and ETCs market, and the Electronic Market where closed-end funds are traded. Borsa Italiana S.p.A. company also operates an after hours market where financial instruments are traded after the close of the daily market. It offers listing, post trading and custody, information, training, and information technologies services.

GAM Holding isn't afraid to gamble on risky bets. The asset management firm offers private clients, institutional investors, and intermediary clients such investment vehicles as equity, fixed income, private-label funds, and alternative investment funds, as well as portfolio management. GAM Holding was spun off in late 2009 from Swiss private banker Julius Baer. Now its own separate, public entity, GAM Holding comprises GAM, Swiss & Global Asset Management, and a 28% stake in Artio Global Investors. (Swiss & Global focuses on traditional investments, while GAM is known for alternative and absolute-return strategies, such as hedge funds). GAM Holding has assets under management of CHF$124 billion ($119 billion).

Securities America provides a little financial security for the land of the free and the home of the brave. Operating through various subsidiaries, Securities America Financial Corporation distributes mutual funds and provides retirement planning and wealth management services through a network of nearly 2,000 independent financial advisors, as well as through financial institutions such as banks. Other products offered include stocks, bonds, options, and certificates of deposit. Securities America Financial Corporation also offers insurance and annuities from an array of providers. A subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Securities America has some $13 billion in assets under management; both firms were spun off from American Express in 2005.

The system, which was established by the state in 1921, serves public school educators in the Empire State, excluding New York City. Employees of New York State community colleges, boards of cooperative educational services, The State University of New York system, and some charter school employees have the option of participating, as well. The New York State Teachers' Retirement System, known as NYSTRS for short, provides retirement, death, and disability benefits to more than 280,000 public school teachers and administrators, as well as to some 140,000 retirees and beneficiaries. Eligible retirees are guaranteed monthly benefits payments for life.

The Pullman Group issues bonds secured by the future royalties of popular songs. The group garnered attention in 1997 when it launched "Bowie Bonds," which securitized future royalties of 300 David Bowie songs, including "Ziggy Stardust." Bonds have been issued for such artists as James Brown, the Isley Brothers, Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland, and for TV and movie libraries. The Pullman Group also handles the sales and securitization of other intellectual properties such as trademarks and patents.

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