Hershey Trust Company was founded in 1905 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Hershey Trust Company operates as a subsidiary of Milton Hershey School Trust. Hershey Trust Company operates as a trust company. Hershey Trust company provides investment, financial planning, and administrative solutions to individual and institutional investors. Hershey Trust also manages real estate properties, including farmhouses and modern ranch homes in secluded country settings, as well as apartments and Cape Cod style homes in Hershey.

N M Rothschild & Sons is the merchant banking arm and UK branch of the Rothschild family's financial empire. N M Rothschild & Sons company's services include investment banking, commercial banking, private banking, and asset management. Family company Rothschilds Continuation Holdings of Switzerland controls the firm, along with other Rothschild entities. The French and UK branches of the family consolidated their international banking operations through a joint venture known as Concordia, which owns a controlling interest in Rothschilds Continuation Holdings.

Founded in 1989, Alfa Group Consortium is one of Russia’s largest privately owned financial-industrial conglomerates, with interests in oil and gas, commercial and investment banking, asset management, insurance, retail trade, telecommunications, media, water supply and water disposal, as well as other industrial-trade and special-situation investments. The Group typically focuses on value-oriented, longer-term opportunities, primarily in Russia and the CIS, but also invests in other markets which form part of the Group’s strategic business objectives.Alfa-Banking Group, includes Alfa-Bank Russia, Alfa-Bank Ukraine, banks in the Netherlands, in Belarus and in Kazakhstan as well as representative offices in Cyprus, the United States and in the United Kingdom. Alfa-Bank Russia one of Russias largest private banks, is the Group's flagship company. The Bank provides a full range of corporate, retail and investment banking services, asset management and trade finance, and has a considerable branch network in Russia and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Cyprus, the USA and the United Kingdom. Alfa-Bank Ukraine, one of the ten largest and is one of the most dynamic privately-owned banks in Ukraine, operates in all key sectors of the banking sphere. Alfa Capital Management is the Group's asset management arm whose clients include Russian as well as international institutional and private clients. Alfa Capital Partners is the Group's private equity and real estate investment advisory arm. Alfa Group is also the owner of AlfaStrakhovanie Group one of the largest Russian insurers with a diversified portfolio of services comprising both comprehensive business insurance coverage and an extensive range of retail insurance products.

Macquarie Private Wealth (formerly Blackmont Capital) provides equity sales, trading, and research, as well as capital raising and financial advisory services for corporate and institutional clients. Its research division focuses on the technology, media, communications, metals and minerals, energy, real estate, and financial services sectors. Macquarie Private Wealth company's wealth management activities include private client services and support for investment advisors. Products include money market instruments, bonds, public venture capital, retirement plans, and tax-free savings accounts. Australia-based Macquarie Group acquired Blackmont Capital from CI Financial at the end of 2009.

China Direct Industries, Inc. (China Direct Industries) manages a portfolio of Chinese entities. It also provides consulting services to Chinese businesses. The Company operates in three business segments: Magnesium, Basic Materials and Consulting. Magnesium segment produces, sells and distributes magnesium ingots, magnesium powders and magnesium scraps. Basic Materials segment sells and distributes a variety of products, including industrial grade synthetic chemicals, steel products, non ferrous metals, recycled materials, and industrial commodities. This segment also includes zinc ore mining property and zinc concentrate distribution businesses, which have not commenced operations. Consulting segment provides a suite of consulting services to United States public companies that operate primarily in China. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include CDI China, Inc. (CDI), CDII Trading, Inc., China Direct Investments, Inc. and International Magnesium Group, Inc.

Cognetas LLP was founded in 1989 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France. Cognetas LLP is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, buy-ins, public to private transactions, and restructurings of mid-cap mid-market companies. The firm primarily focuses on consumer, industrial, business services, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Within the consumer sector it seeks to invest in the leisure, retail, household and consumer goods, and food and drink sectors. In the industrial sector, the firm’s investments include building materials, automotive, manufacturing, and chemical sectors. Its investment in the financial services sectors includes outsourced financial services, insurance, and financing companies. Within business services sector, the firm prefers to invest in outsourced services, logistics and transportation, facilities management, and other business services. In the healthcare sector, the firm prefers to invest in the healthcare services and equipment sectors.

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.

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.

TM Capital was founded in 1989. TM Capital provides investment and merchant banking services including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financing, and advisory services. It also reviews and defends against unsolicited takeover attempts, provides fairness opinions and valuations, arranges private financing and financial restructurings, and occasionally participates in private equity investments.

Blackhawk Network keeps putting little plastic cards in the hands of consumers. Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. sells gift, phone, sports, ticket, and prepaid debit cards through a network of more than 80,000 retailers across North America and the UK. The cards can be found in convenience, drug, grocery, and mass market stores, including Chevron, Food Lion, Kroger, and Safeway (which is also Blackhawk Network's parent company). Retailers and franchises that have partnered with Blackhawk to offer their products and services through these cards include Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Starbucks, Visa, and the NBA. Its Gift Card Mall offers hundreds of cards that can be redeemed online or on-site at retail locations.

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