CIBC Mellon was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Calgary, Halifax, London, Montreal, and Vancouver. CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company is a 50-50 joint venture between Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Mellon Canada Holdings Company. CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company provides asset servicing, issuer, multicurrency accounting, information delivery, securities lending, and foreign exchange services in Canada. Its services include safekeeping, cash management and trade settlement, full service investment fund accounting, fund valuation and unit holder record keeping, transition management, pension fund administration and benefit payment, multinational, and securities lending and borrowing. The company also provides transfer agency, corporate trust, corporate actions, and employee share purchase plan services. CIBC Mellon Global Securities serves pension funds, investment funds, insurance companies, foreign insurance trusts, governments, corporations, foundations and endowments, and financial institutions.

Boom Securities (H.K.) Ltd. was founded in 1997. BOOM Securities (H.K.) Limited, is a fully licensed Broker / Dealer regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong and headquartered in Hong Kong. Boom Securities (H.K.) Ltd. is the first company to offer online trading in Asia, the Hong Kong-based firm provides access to most major exchanges located throughout the Asia/Pacific region and the US. Its inventory includes stocks, mutual funds, index funds, warrants, equity-linked notes, and currencies. Major investors in Boom Securities include William Hambrecht of WR Hambrecht Co., which is owned by JP Morgan Chase.

Tudor Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized, $10 billion in assets, diversified investment management firm. Tudor has been investing in venture capital and other private equity opportunities since the early 1990's. Over this time, Tudor and its principals have invested in over 75 companies, with a strong record of investment success, and currently manage over $700 million in capital commitments. Tudor Ventures announced the closing of our third fund, Tudor Ventures III L.P., in June 2007 with $262 million in capital commitments. Limited partners in this fund include large institutional, endowment, fund of funds, and high net-worth individual investors along with significant investments from Tudor's proprietary capital and the Tudor Ventures' principals.

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC was founded in 1971 and is based in New Port Beach, California with an additional office in New York City. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, and foreign clients. It also manages accounts for high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, universities, foundations, endowments, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in value stocks of companies. The firm invests in fixed income securities including governments, corporates, mortgages, asset backs, money market, and hedged international bonds while creating its portfolios. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down stock picking approaches while making its investments.

In 1980, GTCR pioneered and investment thesis founded on the principle of growth through committed relationships with management partners. GTCR manages more than $8 billion in equity and mezzanine capital invested in a wide range of companies and industries. The firm principally invests in high-growth industries, including financial services and technology, healthcare, and information services and technology. Growth strategies are driven by industry dynamics and generally include a combination of acquisitions and internal growth.Capital under management is primarily provided by pension funds, endowments, and foundations. Portfolio company executives and the principals of GTCR have made significant investments in each of GTCR's funds. The firm's principals have invested in more than 100 companies, and are recognized for their ability to create value consistently throughout the investment life cycle.

Vista Equity Partners was founded in 2000. Vista Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in management and leveraged buyouts, growth and acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructurings, spinouts, divestitures, special situations, and going private transactions. The firm seeks to invest in software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), technology enabled business services, and technology enabled information services. It also seeks to invest in technology-enabled companies which have a proven and defensible technology that can be leveraged to build new products, solutions, and services; mature companies in which opportunities exist to create value through embracing and leveraging technology; and new or existing companies which have developed proprietary technologies that address specific niche markets. The firm seeks to acquire a majority stake in the portfolio companies.

Cortera, Inc. provides credit risk management software and services to credit and collections professionals. Cortera's online database allows users to make credit and lending decisions quickly by acessing financial infomation on public and private companies. Cortera, Inc. also allows its users to share feedback and rate their unique payment experiences. Cortera also assists with monitoring portfolio risk, resolving credit disputes, and collecting debts. Cortera, Inc., which has about 20,000 users, targets small businesses and large organizations by offering competitive prices and some free data. Venture capital firm Volition Capital holds stake in Cortera, which was founded in 1993.

Gresham offers a helping hand to mid-market businesses around the UK. The private equity investment firm, which is known for its partnership approach, specializes in management buyouts up to £100 million ($160 million). The company particularly focuses on business services, consumer and financial services, industrial products, healthcare, and energy. Past investments include 2e2, stair lift manufacturer Minivator, and building services supplier Warings Contractors. In 2009 Gresham led a £20.8 million ($35.3 million) management buyout of the entertainment and sports management businesses of financial advisory firm Formation Group. Gresham has offices in Birmingham, London, and Manchester.

Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C was founded in 1990 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, New York; and San Francisco, California. Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C is a privately owned investment manager. The firm manages client focused portfolios and hedge funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets across the globe. As part of its alternative investments, the firms invests in currency, commodities, and derivatives such as interest-rate swaps, futures, options, repurchase agreements, and reverse repurchase agreements. Its fixed income investments include investments in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities. The firm employs a mix of strategies including credit arbitrage and structured credit strategies to make its investments. It employs a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its investment portfolio. The firm makes its investments in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It conducts an in-house research to make its investments.

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides cash access products and related services to the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. cash access products and services include Casino Cash Plus 3-in-1 ATM that enables patrons to access cash through ATM cash withdrawals, point-of-sale (POS) debit card transactions, and credit card cash advances; QuikCash, a non-ATM cash advance kiosk for the casino gaming industry; money transfer services; check verification and warranty services that allow gaming establishments to manage and reduce risks on patron checks that they cash; and full service kiosks, a multi-function patron kiosk for cash access into self-service kiosks for slot ticket redemption services.Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. also provides information services, such as central credit, a gaming patron credit bureau that assists gaming establishments in credit making decisions; QuikCash Plus Web, a cash access transaction processing system for cashier operations that run on a gaming establishment's own computer hardware; QuikReports, which provide access to information on patron cash access activity; and QuikMarketing, a patron transaction database. In addition, it offers cashless gaming products comprising Powercash, a product that leverages a player’s loyalty card to enable that player to load funds on that card from their checking accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. offers its products and services through a direct sales force to traditional land-based casinos, gaming establishments operated on Native American lands, casinos, riverboats, cruise ships with gaming operations, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, and card rooms. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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