Quilvest SA was founded in 1915 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg with additional offices in Paris, France; New York, New York; and London, United Kingdom. Quilvest SA is a public investment firm specializing in private equity investments and wealth management. It makes private equity investments through its subsidiary Quilvest Private Equity. The firm offers wealth management services through its subsidiaries Banque Privee Quilvest, Quilvest Switzerland and Quilvest Dubai Ltd.

Vining-Sparks IBG wants to help institutional investors kindle an investment blaze. Operating as Vining Sparks, the firm provides broker/dealer services to institutional investors including financial companies, money managers, funds, insurance firms, and municipalities. Through its alliance with Howe Barnes, Vining-Sparks IBG offers investment banking services including debt and equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions advisory. Headquartered in Memphis, far from the capital of capital centers, Vining Sparks has more than a dozen offices in the US and another in London. Chairman James Vining founded Vining-Sparks IBG to serve community banks in 1981.

Acorn Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed stage, start-ups, series A or first round, series B or second round, and series C or third round investments in early stage companies. The firm does not invest in idea, later stage, mezzanine, and public companies. It seeks to invest in technology, Internet, and education sectors. In technology sector, the firm focuses on broadband, infrastructure, wireless, and software. In education sector, it focuses on enterprise and consumer. In Internet sector, the firm focuses on enterprise, consumer, and retail. It prefers to invest in the United States. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million per round. The funding requirement of more than $5 million is fulfilled along with other venture capital firms. It seeks to invest only in equity but can sometimes supplement with debt instruments but not only debt investments. The firm typically takes a Board seat in the portfolio company. It seeks to exit its investments within three to seven years through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Barclays Stockbrokers is the retail securities brokerage arm of venerable UK banking institution Barclays. In addition to traditional and online stock trading, Barclays Stockbrokers Limited offers investment research, individual savings accounts (ISAs), self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs), and contracts for difference (CFDs; investor is paid the difference between the opening and closing price of a share at the end of a pre-stated term). One of the UK's largest brokers, Barclays Stockbrokers is part of the Barclays Wealth business (which also includes Barclays Financial Planning and Gerrard).

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is an operating subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is a private equity firm specializing in small and middle market transactions. The firm prefers to acquire businesses and assets from financially distressed sellers and through divestitures from large corporations. It seeks to invest in management buyouts, private company recapitalizations, corporate orphans, distressed debt, complex structural situations, special situations, partnerships with fundless sponsors and industry executives, corporate lift-outs, difficult or non-traditional deal situations, and asset pool purchases. The firm seeks to invest in specialty finance, retail, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare services and facilities, and business services. It invests between $10 million and $250 million in companies having enterprise values of $30 million to $500 million. The firm makes control investments as a sole investor or co-investor in transactions.

Primary Corp. is a publicly traded, diversified merchant bank. As a principal investor, Primary Corp. is able to leverage the considerable industry experience of its directors and management team and their strong relationships within the North American and international capital markets to create value. Primary invests in Canadian companies that are active in the resource, real estate and technology sectors by providing bridge loans, mortgages, convertible debentures and direct equity investments with the intention of earning a superior return on invested capital while minimizing downside risk.

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited was founded in 1971 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Aviva Investors Global Services Limited operates as a subsidiary of Aviva plc. Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, doing business as CGU Fund Management, provides its services to corporations. It also caters to investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios for its clients. It also manages mutual funds and hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting such investments to real estate and private equity. For its equity investments, the firm typically invests in value and growth stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. It employs a combination of a quantitative and a fundamental analysis with a top-down and bottom-up stock picking approach. The firm has a disciplined approach to investing. It conducts in-house research to make its investment decisions. The firm also invests in socially responsible sectors while investing.

Taiwan Business Bank was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Business Bank, Ltd. operates as a financier and provider of banking assistance to small and medium-size businesses primarily in Taiwan. The company offers various deposit products that include demand deposits, including brokerage accounts; savings deposits comprising brokerage accounts and salary transfer accounts; combined savings, including demand deposit accounts, savings deposit accounts, and time deposit accounts; check deposits; certificates of deposit; and negotiable certificates of deposit. It also provides various loan products comprising assisting small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) upgrading loan, traditional industry boost - up loan, SME root establishment project loan, youth business start-up loan, micro-business start-up loan, traditional industry loan with credit guarantee programs, loans for earthquake reconstruction, loan for purchasing automatic machines, loan for purchasing energy-saving machine, low-interest loan for private enterprises to purchase pollution-protecting devices, soft loan for promoting east- area industry development, promoting industry research and development loan, and mortgage loans, including home loans.

Assante Wealth Management provides a range of financial services to Canadians. The company has a network of about 800 advisors serving approximately 300,000 clients in Canada. It provides access to financial products and services such as tax-free savings accounts, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, insurance, cash management, and discount brokerage. Established in 1995, Assante Wealth Management has more than $20 billion in assets under management. The company became a subsidiary of mutual funds powerhouse CI Financial in 2003 after spinning off its US operations to shareholders as Loring Ward International.

KBC Peel Hunt Ltd. is one of the UK's top mid- and small-cap brokers; it offers a range of services including corporate finance and insurance advising, as well as traditional brokerage activities. KBC Peel Hunt Ltd. client list includes more than 130 small- to mid-sized firms in the UK and abroad. KBC Peel Hunt makes markets in more than 1,200 stocks. KBC Peel Hunt Ltd. holds the #2 spot among market makers in London, and has affiliates in Brussels, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Charles Peel and Christopher Holdsworth-Hunt founded the firm in 1989. Belgium-based KBC Bank and Insurance (now KBC Group) acquired the firm in 2001.

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