HKEx is the holding company of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. It brings together the market organisations which have transformed Hong Kong's financial services industry from a domestically focused market to become a central market place in Asia attracting investment funds from all over the world. HKEx was listed in June 2000 following the integration of Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets. As a market-driven organisation, answerable to its shareholders, HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities in the region and around the world.HKEx's operations are organised into focused units, directly supervised and controlled by management and the board of directors. The board, the highest decision-making body, determines HKEx’s objectives, missions, strategies, policies and business plan and monitors their implementation by management. In its role as the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong, HKEx regulates listed issuers; administers listing, trading and clearing rules; and provides services, primarily at the wholesale level, to customers of the exchanges and clearing houses, including issuers and intermediaries – investment banks or sponsors, securities and derivatives brokers, custodian banks and information vendors – who service the investor directly. These services comprise trading, clearing and settlement, depository and nominee services, and information services.

Heritage Partners wants to help companies keep their affairs all in the family. The investment firm specializes in acquisitions and equity-based recapitalizations of private family-owned businesses. Heritage Partners generally targets establilshed middle-market companies involved in manufacturing, distribution, health care, business services, and consumer goods with annual sales of at least $30 million. Through its trademarked "Private IPO," Heritage Partners makes a substantial equity investment in a company while allowing its owners to further build their business and maintain control. Portfolio companies include OneSource Distributors, REACH Air Medical Services, and manufacturers Centra and Saunders & Associates.

Delphi Ventures was founded in 1988 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Delphi Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed early stage, and PIPE investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare companies with a focus on medical devices and biotechnology. Within medical devices, it invests in cardiovascular medicine, orthopedics, gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, urology, neurovascular medicine, and next-generation diagnostics. Within biotechnology, the firm typically invests after a company has either generated early human clinical data or completed preclinical efficacy and toxicity studies. It prefers to invest in companies that are discovering new ways to treat life-threatening diseases and designing new devices to make surgery less traumatic and treatments more precise. The firm primarily invests between $500,000 million and $12 million.

Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California. Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc. is an employee owned investment manager. The firm also provides advisory and brokerage services. It provides its services to individuals including high net worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, and other pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages separate client focuses portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets across the globe. It conducts in-house research to make investments.

GSV, Inc. was founded in 1994. GSV, Inc. manages investments in oil and gas wells. Louisiana Interests The company holds working interests in two oil and gas wells in the state of Louisiana. Texas Interests The company, through its subsidiary Cybershop, L.L.C., owns interests in certain oil and gas properties in Texas and an undivided one-third interest in Century Royalty LLC, which manages the oil and gas properties in Texas. Through Cybershop, the company also owns an additional interest in the two Louisiana oil and gas wells. Century Royalty also holds the rights to certain geological studies. Wells and acreage As of March 18, 2009, the company owned non-operated working interests in two oil and gas producing wells on 746 gross (62 net) acres covered by state leases in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. The properties are operated by Chroma Operating, Inc. As of December 31, 2008, the wells produced 1,940 net barrels of oil and 57,420 Mcf net natural gas. As of March 18, 2009, the company owned non-operating working interests in one producing well on 1243 gross (148 net) acres covered by the leases in Liberty County, Texas. The property is operated by Century 2000 LLC, a Texas limited liability company that is partially owned by other members of Century Royalty.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. purchases and manages charged-off consumer receivable portfolios. Encore Capital Group, Inc receivable portfolios include unsecured, charged-off domestic consumer credit cards, auto loan deficiency, and telecom receivables purchased from national financial institutions, major retail credit corporations, telecom companies, and resellers. Encore Capital Group, Inc, through its subsidiary, Ascension Capital Group, Inc., also provides bankruptcy services to the finance industry, including negotiating bankruptcy plans, monitoring and managing the consumer's compliance with bankruptcy plans, and recommending courses of action to clients. Encore Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Brokerjet Ceske sporitelny, a.s. provides online brokerage services in the Czech Republic. Customers use the brokerage's online tools to trade on foreign markets and obtain financial data and analysis. Offerings include equities, money markets, warrants, and exchange-traded funds. Brokerjet Ceske sporitelny, a.s. is part of Austrian banking group Erste Groupe Bank, being 51%-owned by Ceska sporitelna (Czech Savings bank) and 49%-owned by Austrian online brokerage ecetra Internet Services. Brokerjet Ceske sporitelny, a.s. was founded in 2002.

Since 1976, Harbour Group has acquired more than 160 companies mainly in the consumer and industrial product manufacturing and distribution industries. Its portfolio includes both new and mature businesses that make everything from plastic processing equipment (Plastic Automation Exchange) and LED lighting (Watchfire) to music and entertainment systems (Merit Industries) and kitchen and bath hardware (Top Knobs USA). Harbour Group generally looks to invest in and build market-leading companies valued anywhere from $30 million to $500 million. The Fox family controls Harbour Group.

Ignition is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity. From turning their early idea into a business, to hiring the right team, providing the right industry and functional insight and connections, to growing the business strategically, globally, financially, to realizing the best ultimate outcome, Ignition is ready to go the distance. Ignition invests in emerging and future leaders in communications, internet, software, and services across business and consumer targets. Ignition brings together an unparalleled combination of domain focus, technical expertise, and global operational experience. Ignition's partners are proven business leaders who have built some of the world's most successful businesses of the last two decades, including Microsoft Windows and Office, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless and Starbucks.

MML Investors Services, Inc.®, founded in 1981, is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor that helps clients achieve their financial goals by offering a wide array of quality investment products and services including mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life insurance, brokerage accounts, portfolio management services, unit investment trusts, and direct participation programs.MML Investors Services, Inc. (MMLISI), in its capacity as a registered broker dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and member SIPC , offers a wide range of securities products and services. In addition, MMLISI is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and offers investment advisory services in its capacity as a registered investment advisor.

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