Oppenheimer Holdings specializes in wealth management, asset management, trust, and investment banking services for institutional and wealthy individual clients. (Private-client services -- about $62 billion in assets under management -- make up the bulk of sales.) Offerings include brokerage, annuities, and estate planning. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. asset management group -- about $17 billion in assets under management -- covers the bases from research to alternative investments. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. capital markets unit provides equities and debt market products and services. The formerly Toronto-based Canadian company rechartered as a US company in 2009, moving its headquarters to New York.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE)，established on 1st December 1990, is a self-regulated legal entity under the supervision of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Its main functions include providing venue and facility for securities trading, formulating operational rules, arranging securities listing, organizing and supervising securities trading, offering membership supervision and oversight of listed companies, managing and publicizing market information and other capacities permitted by CSRC.SZSE is committed to its mission to develop China’s multi-tier capital market system. It gives full support to development in small and medium businesses and implementation of the national strategy of independent innovation. The SME Board was launched in May 2004. The ChiNext Market was inaugurated in October 2009. And the OTC market began its pilot program in Zhongguancun Science Park in January 2006. Thus SZSE has basically completed its framework for the multi-tier capital market system with coordinated development in the main board, SME board and ChiNext market. SZSE adheres to its basic principle of strict supervision and puts into practice the policy of “Regulation, Innovation, Cultivation and Service”. SZSE spares no effort in fostering an open, fair and just market environment.By 30 June 2010, SZSE was home to 1,012 listed companies, with 485 on the main board, 437 on the SME board and 90 on the ChiNext market. The total market capitalization was valued at 5.6 trillion yuan (US$828.7 billion). A total of 69 companies in Zhongguancun Science Park were quoted on the OTC market. In the first half of 2010, SZSE raised 154.3 billion yuan (US$22.7 billion) in IPO proceeds and recorded a total trading value of 9.73 trillion yuan (US$1.43 trillion). The multi-tier market, witnessing daily progress toward perfection, asserts its role in supporting the real economy and transformation of economic growth model.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ameriprise Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial planning, products, and services primarily in the United States. The company operates in four principal segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities, and Protection. The Advice & Wealth Management segment offers financial planning and advice, as well as full service brokerage and banking services to retail clients through its affiliated financial advisors. The Asset Management segment provides investment advice and products to retail and institutional clients. The Annuities segment offers variable and fixed annuity products to retail customers primarily through financial advisors. The Protection segment provides various protection products through financial advisors to address the protection and risk management needs of retail clients, including life, disability income, and property-casualty insurance. The company was formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation and changed its name to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in September 2005.

UBS investment banking arm of UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, the company offers equities trading and research, mergers and acquisitions advice, foreign exchange trading, and financing to corporate, institutional, and government clients. UBS Investment Bank has offices in some 30 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. It boasts the world's largest trading floor at its complex in Stamford, Connecticut. UBS Investment Bank's dismal performance during the recession helped sink parent company UBS into a bad position.

Capital Southwest Corporation was founded in 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Capital Southwest Corporation (CSC) is a business development company. The Company’s investment interests are focused on expansion financings, management buyouts, minority recapitalizations, industry consolidations and early-stage financings in a range of industry segments. The portfolio is a composite of companies, in which it has interests, as well as a number of developing companies and marketable securities of publicly-traded companies. The Company makes available managerial assistance to the companies, in which it invests. As of March 31, 2010, the 12 largest investments the Company owned represented 90.3% of the value of its consolidated investment portfolio. Capital Southwest Management Company (CSMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of CSC, is the management company for CSC and Capital Southwest Venture Corporation (CSVC). In June 2010, NorthStar Memorial Group, LLC acquired the Company’s wholly owned portfolio company, Lifemark Group.

Evolution Securities is a leading investment bank specialising in the UK and European equity and debt markets. Evolution Securities services include equity and fixed income research, institutional sales and trading, equity market making, corporate finance and corporate broking. In addition, Evolution Securities is an acknowledged leader in investment banking activities for UK small and mid cap companies and institutional investors.Evolution Securities is a subsidiary of The Evolution Group plc, a FTSE 250 UK listed holding company for UK based financial services companies. Utilising the significant financial strength of the Group and taking advantage of the recent dislocation in capital markets, Evolution Securities has substantially transformed its profile with material increases in the scale of business and range of services offered in both the equity and debt markets in UK and Europe. The core strategic objective is to maintain a balanced business, between equities and fixed income, servicing the needs of institutional and corporate customers in both these product areas. Evolution Securities is committed to providing clients with the highest quality of service based on a deep understanding of their needs, delivering independent ideas and propositions and offering best in class trading and execution.

Community Bankers Trust Corporation was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. Community Bankers Trust Corporation (CBTC) is a bank holding company for Essex Bank (the Bank). The Bank engages in commercial banking business and provides a range of financial services primarily to individuals and small businesses, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, travelers checks, safe deposit box facilities, investment services and fixed rate residential mortgages. On January 30, 2009, the Bank acquired Suburban Federal Savings Bank, Crofton, Maryland (SFSB). Essex Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank and was formed to sell title insurance to the Bank’s mortgage loan customers. Essex Services, Inc. also offers insurance products through an ownership interest in Bankers Insurance, LLC and investment products through an affiliation with VBA Investments, LLC.

Catapult Venture Managers Limited was formed in 1999 and is based at Leicester, United Kingdom with an additional office at Birmingham, United Kingdom. Catapult Venture Managers Limited is a priavte equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in all stages of the business lifecycle with a focus on start ups, early stage, development capital, management buy-outs, and management buyins in small and medium sized companies. It invests in healthcare, medical devices, environmental or green propositions, and support services. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the East Midlands region. It typically invests between £200,000 ($292,124) and £2 million ($2.92 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments within three years to five years. It takes a minority stake, can work with other investors, and can lead and be involved with investor syndicates.

SOFTBANK CORP. is a Japan-based company engaged in the telecommunications and Internet business. The Company operates in six business segments. The Mobile Communications segment provides cellular phone services and sells attached cellular phone terminals. The Broadband and Infrastructure segment provides high-speed Internet access services, Internet protocol (IP) phone services and contents. The Fixed Communication segment provides fixed communication service. The Internet Culture segment is engaged in the Internet advertising, the broadband portal and the auction businesses. The Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) segment sells personal computers (PCs), peripheral devices and software for PC use, as well as provides business-to-business and business-to-customer e-commerce services. The Others segment is involved in the provision of technology services, the media marketing and the overseas fund business.

American Capital, Ltd. (American Capital) is an equity firm and a global asset manager. The Company invests in private equity, private debt, private real estate investments, early and late-stage technology investments, special situation investments, alternative asset funds managed by the Company and structured finance investments. On April 1, 2009, the Company completed the combination of three portfolio companies within its Financial Services Group to create Core Financial Group, a diversified commercial finance holding company. On July 13, 2009, American Capital completed the sale of its portfolio company, People Media to Match.com. On September 15, 2009, it completed the sale of its portfolio company, Axygen BioScience Inc., including its subsidiaries Axygen Inc. and Sorenson BioScience Inc. On October 13, 2009, the Company completed the sale of its portfolio company, Imperial Supplies Holding Inc.

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