Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. offers investment banking, brokerage, and investment advisory services, promoting its personalized approach as an alternative to the financial mega-firms. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. investment banking practice focuses on capital raising, underwriting, and advisory services for growth companies valued at less than $1 billion, as well as for public sector clients. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. private client group serves wealthy individuals and families with more than $1 million to invest; Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. has more than $1 billion under management overall. Nollenberger Capital Partners is trying to make its mark in the crowded money management arena.

Founded in 1981 as Citicorp's European private equity arm, CVC carried out its own buyout in 1993 and is now owned by its management. It has about 20 offices around the world. CVC Capital Partners is in the business of making other businesses its business. The private equity investor specializes in buyouts of firms in the UK, the US, Western Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its portfolio of more than 50 companies consists mainly of retail, manufacturing, and service firms. Holdings include UK department store chain Debenhams, US-based luggage maker Samsonite, and Japan-based restaurant chain operator Skylark. It acquired a 47.5% stake in Pilot Travel Centers (now Pilot Flying J) in 2008.

Terry McDaniel & Company provides tailored investment counseling and portfolio management services for individuals, charitable foundations, and employee benefit plans. The investment advisory firm, which was founded in 1985, has more than $400 million in assets under management. Terry McDaniel & Company focuses on equity investing, but also invests in some fixed-income securities. It concentrates on companies that offer essential products and services, and it invests in them long term.

Austin Ventures has corralled themselves a heapin' helpin' of a whole different breed -- the nerd herd. The venture capital firm offers funding mainly to software, computer hardware, semiconductor, communications, and business services startups. Focused on investment opportunities in the Southwest (and still with a heavy Texas concentration despite looking outward), Austin Ventures typically invests from $100,000 to $20 million per transaction, usually holds its investments long-term, and almost always takes a seat on the acquired firm's board. Austin Ventures also assists clients in hiring management, setting up compensation plans, and going public.

Lightspeed Venture Partners was founded in 1971 is based in Menlo Park, California. Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and expansion stage investments. The firm structures and participates in equity and debt financing for start-up and growth companies and also provides incubation services. In China, the firm seeks to invest in early stage and late stages businesses. It prefers to make investments in mobile, social media, commerce, gaming, consumer web services, datacenter infrastructure, enterprise automation, digital media and consumer electronics, communications infrastructure technologies, networking, wireless, internet media & commerce, internet and e-commerce, semiconductors, cleantech, and other services. In India, the firm seeks to invest in advertising & media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail. It primarily invests in the United States, Israel, China, and India. The firm seeks to makes investments not exceeding $20 million. The firm invests between $10 million to $25 million in growth stages in India. It invests between $2 million to $10 million in early stages in India.

Aberdeen Asset Management plc operates as an international investment management company that manages assets for both institutional and retail clients from offices around the world. Aberdeen Asset Management company offers both traditional and improved products, combined with customer support. Aberdeen Asset Management company also provides asset management services. Aberdeen Asset Management company operates in two segments: investment management division and property asset management division. Aberdeen Asset Management company’s investment management division manages equity and fixed interest securities. Its property asset management division manages direct property portfolios for institutions and pooled vehicles, as well as provides certain ancillary services. Investment Management Division Aberdeen Asset Management company’s investment management division manages equity and fixed interest securities. The fixed interest team covers five principal areas of operation: global, emerging markets, Asia, high yield, and U.K. institutional, which covers both investment grade and government bonds. The investment management division has been expanded by the acquisition and integration of Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc (EFM), while the scale and focus of the property division was changed the sale of the activities carried on from the U.K. and Amsterdam offices.Aberdeen Asset Management institutional clients are pension funds, life assurance companies, banks, government agencies, charities and other financial institutions. Its institutional sales and client services teams are based primarily in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Australia. Pooled Funds AAM company’s pooled funds include: U.K. Investment Trusts, U.K. Unit Trusts, OEICs, Dublin based UCITS, Luxembourg based SICAV, and Singapore Select fund. Aberdeen Global is the company’s range of Luxembourg-based funds. Aberdeen Global services clients and institutions in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America. Aberdeen Global is an umbrella fund that consists of a number of sub-funds covering investment objectives.

AXA Financial, Inc. is a subsidiary of AXA S.A. AXA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial advisory, insurance, and investment management products and services. It operates in two segments, Financial Advisory/Insurance and Investment Management. The Financial Advisory/Insurance segment offers variable and interest-sensitive life insurance products, variable and fixed-interest annuity products, mutual funds and other investment products, asset management services, and financial planning and other services principally to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, and professional and trade associations. This segment provides its products on a retail and wholesale basis in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico through financial professionals, national and regional securities firms, independent financial planning and other broker-dealers, banks, and brokerage general agencies. The Investment Management segment offers investment products and services, such as separately managed accounts, subadvisory relationships, structured products, collective investment trusts, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment vehicles to its institutional clients.

CI Financial Corp. (CI), formerly CI Financial Income Fund, is a diversified wealth management firm. It is engaged in the management, marketing, distribution and administration of mutual funds, segregated funds, structured products and other fee-earning investment products for Canadian investors, distributed primarily through brokers, independent financial planners and insurance advisors, including Assante Capital Management Ltd. and Assante Financial Management Ltd. It operates in two segments. The Asset Management provides the majority of its income and derives its revenues from the fees earned on the management of several families of mutual, segregated, pooled and closed-end funds, structured products and discretionary accounts. The Asset Administration derives its revenues from commissions and fees earned on the sale of mutual funds and other financial products, and ongoing service to clients. On December 31, 2009, it completed the sale of Blackmont Capital Inc. to Macquarie Group.

Sevin Rosen Funds was founded in 1981. Sevin Rosen Funds is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm selectively finances seed and incubation opportunities. It prefers to invest in semiconductors and computing, high technology, energy and related technologies, nanotechnology, imaging, photonics, RF communications, healthcare, enterprise software and services, telecommunications, and other innovative technologies. The firm generally invests in companies based in the United States. It typically invests between $4 million and $15 million in the portfolio company. The firm prefers to participate in the first round of funding in the portfolio company.

Palladium Equity Partners, LLC was founded in 1997. Palladium Equity Partners, LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm primarily invests in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate spinouts, growth financings, and restructurings. It also invests in late venture companies and may invest in mature businesses. The firm typically invests in business services, financial services, consumer and retail, food, beverage, and restaurants, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, media and entertainment, and telecommunication companies. In the business services sector, it focuses on business process outsourcing; transaction processing; and engineering services. Within the financial services sector, the firm invests in transactional services; money transfer; consumer and specialty finance; and casualty, life, and health insurance; and financial services targeting underserved segments.

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