Renta 4 Servicios de Inversion is a financial services company that provides investment and asset management at 56 branches across Spain. Seventy percent of its business is in brokerage services -- buying and selling securities and other financial investments. Renta 4 is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries, including Renta 4 Sociedad de Valores, Padinco Patrimonios, Renta 4 Gestora, Gerdinco Gestion, and Renta 4 Pensiones. The group debuted on the Madrid Stock Exchange in November 2007, and offered to buy rival brokerage Gaesco Holding Company in February 2008.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board was founded in 1985 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to Wisconsin retirement system. It also manages accounts for state investment fund and other state trust funds, including injured patients and families compensation fund, state life insurance fund, local government property insurance fund, historical society endowment fund, and tuition trust fund (EdVest). The firm manages separate client focused equity and balanced funds for its clients. It also manages index funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets across the globe, with a focus on the United States. It typically invests in real estate, private equity, and natural resources to make its alternative investments. The firm invests in value stocks employing a fundamental research with a tactical asset allocation for its multi-asset investments. It invests in companies of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap to create its funds.

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC was founded in 1803 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. First Eagle Investment Management, LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to high net worth individuals, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations, foundations, endowments, major retirement programs, state or municipal government entities. It manages client-focused equity portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds and foreign and domestic hedge funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and alternative markets across the globe. The firm invests in value stocks of companies. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio.

Sun Hung Kai is one of Hong Kong's largest and oldest non-banking financial houses. Operating as Sun Hung Kai Financial, the company provides wealth management and brokerage (including securities, bullion, futures, and options), asset management, investment banking, consumer lending, and principal investments. Subsidiary SHK Fund Management offers alternative investments including two Asian and six international hedge funds. Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited has more than 50 offices in Hong Kong, Macau, and China. AP Emerald, a subsidiary of Hong Kong real estate firm Allied Properties (H.K.), owns about two-thirds of the company.

Cressey & Company LP was founded in 2007 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee. Cressey & Company LP is a private equity firm specializing in buy-and-build, add-on acquisitions, and growth equity investments. It prefers to make control investments, but can also make minority investments in special situations. The firm prefers to invest in healthcare services, facilities, and provider businesses. It also invests in software, education, distribution, financial services and consumer products industries. The firm prefers to invest in the United States healthcare market. It prefers to invest between $10 million and $100 million with an average investment of $50 million in the companies with more than $10 million of EBITDA. The firm prefers to exit its investments between three years and seven years.

Banc of America Securities makes its marc as the investment banking arm of Bank of America. Operating as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the firm offers trading and brokerage services; securities underwriting; debt and equity research; and advice on public offerings, leveraged buyouts, and M&A deals. It has several offices in Australasia, Europe, and North America. The firm's client list includes corporations (including many Fortune 500 firms), institutional investors, and government entities. In a notorious deal that caused widespread ripple effects, Bank of America acquired troubled investment bank Merrill Lynch for some $50 billion in early 2009.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation provides agricultural real estate and rural housing mortgage loans in the secondary market in the United States. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation engages in purchasing eligible loans directly from lenders; providing advances against eligible loans by purchasing obligations secured by those loans; securitizing assets and guaranteeing securities representing interests in pools of eligible loans; and issuing long-term standby purchase commitments for eligible loans. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation also purchases portfolios of newly originated and seasoned loans, mortgage loans secured by first liens on agricultural real estate, fixed- and adjustable rate loans, and loans to finance electrification and telecommunications systems in rural areas. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation was founded in 1987 and is based in Washington, D.C.

Bridgepoint Capital Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Bridgepoint Capital Limited is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, buy-in, growth, middle market, consolidation, and public-to-private transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in all sectors including companies engaged in the consumer, financial services, healthcare, media and technology, support services, industrials, business services, and transport industries. Within the business services sector the firm prefers to invest in professional services and business process outsourcing, property and facility services, testing, inspection and certification, equipment rental and asset outsourcing, and transport services and infrastructure. Within the consumer industry investments are sought in companies engaged in food and drink, travel and hospitality, health and fitness, entertainment, specialist retail, leisure, FMCG, pubs and restaurants, and consumer goods. Additionally, the firm seeks to invest in retail turnaround situations or where a consumer brand is capable of further rollout. It seeks to invest in sub-prime lending, independent financial advisers, insurance broking, fund management, support services, consumer and specialist finance, financial infrastructure, technology and services, and wealth and asset management within the financial services sector.

Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $90.5 billion under management. With 67 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 400+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 19 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor funds have invested in private equity since 1992. These little acorns might grow into mighty oaks too! Charter Oak Private Equity targets small and middle-market companies. Its investment vehicles, Charter Oak Capital Partners, Charter Oak Equity, and Charter Oak International Partners, invest in the health care, chemicals, consumer products, and industrial manufacturing industries. Investments include Daisy Manufacturing (the air rifle maker) and Aylward Enterprises (pharmaceuticals packaging). The company's Revere Industries holds several of its industrial manufacturing companies. Charter Oak Partners still exists as a hedge fund manager focused on long/short equity.

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