Guardian Capital Group Limited (Guardian) is a diversified financial services company which operates in the investment management and financial services industry.. It serves the needs of clients in different sectors of the financial services market through its four operating businesses. Guardian ’s operating business, Guardian Capital Inc (GCI), is an institutional investment counsellor. Based in Toronto, GCI provides institutional investment management services to clients that include pension plan sponsors, open and closed-end mutual funds, operating and endowment funds, and retail managed asset programs. GCI has a broad range of products among Canadian institutional investment managers spanning Canadian and foreign equity, fixed-income, and balanced portfolio mandates. Guardian Capital Advisors Inc (GCA) provides investment and asset management services to high net worth clients, foundations and endowment funds. Over the past several years, GCA has created a comprehensive global investment management platform to provide clients with sophisticated separate account management. In addition, GCA has launched ETFolios, an Internet- based service utilizing exchange-traded funds to create tailored investment portfolios for clients. GCA has also established a national presence through offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. Alexandria Bancorp Limited (Alexandria) is a non-Canadian entity that operates an international bank, trust and corporate services and investment management business. Guardian has a majority interest in a fourth operating business, Worldsource Wealth Management Inc (WWM), which operates a mutual fund dealer and a securities dealer.

The Catalyst Group wants to be a catalyst for your investment needs. The Catalyst group provides investment banking services (mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate partnering) and specializes in midsized companies in the information technology and telecommunications industries. Some of the companies the group has assisted in past transactions include Ericsson (integration into the French market), SSA Global Technologies (European expansion), Peritus Software Services (provided financial advice), and Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Lucent; evaluated strategic partners).

Morgan Keegan is keen on more gain for its clients. A subsidiary of Regions Financial, Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. offers a range of financial advisory, brokerage, and investment banking services. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. Private Client Group serves individual investors in the South, Midwest, and Texas. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. Investment Banking segment performs equity and fixed-income sales, trading, and research for institutional clients across the US, as well as overseas. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. also manages mutual funds and offers access to IPOs, secondary offerings, and private placements. Morgan Keegan has more than 300 offices in nearly 20 states and some $125 billion of client and trust assets under management.

Walker Crips Group plc provides securities brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services through subsidiaries. Walker Crips Stockbrokers offers trading, unit trust management, and related services. Walker Crips Financial Services provides individuals and businesses with financial advice, pension funds, unit trusts, insurance, and other investment vehicles. Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co. is the company's corporate finance arm. London York Group offers pension and investment services. A new division, Walker Crips Structured Investments, opened in 2009. Walker Crips Group plc clients can work with a financial advisor or use the InvestorLink online system.

Brainspark plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company is engaged in creating a portfolio of companies within the leisure, entertainment, interactive media and financial services sectors. The Company carries on its business in three geographical locations: the United Kingdom, Italy and Israel. The Company’s top 10 investment portfolios are Mediapolis (22.09%), Ondaland (20.0%), Indian Restaurant Group plc (29.9%), Bibop (50.5%), Filmmaster TV (10.0%), Geosim (13.0%), Vyke Communications plc (11.56%), Ancona (44.8%), Daniel Stewart & Co plc (5.7%), and Cogeme SET SpA (6.12%). The Company’s subsidiaries include Brainspark Associates Limited, Brainspark Services Limited and Gordons 153 Limited.

The London Stock Exchange is at the heart of the global financial market and is home to some of the largest, most successful and dynamic companies in the world. The Exchange has built on a long history of integrity, expertise and market knowledge to become the world's most international stock exchange. In October 2007 the Exchange merged with Borsa Italiana, creating Europe's leading diversified exchange business, London Stock Exchange Group. The LSE includes the main market, the Professional Securities Market (or PSM, listed debt securities), and the Alternative Investment Market (or AIM, which lists new and growing companies). The LSE is also a leader in international IPOs. Borse Dubai owns around 21% of the exchange; Qatar Investment Company owns about 15%.

Smedvig Capital is a London based private equity firm formed in early 1996 by John Hewett and Peter Smedvig. Over that time, the firm has committed approximately £350 million to more than 40 investments. About a third of that sum has been invested directly with Smedvig as lead investor, typically in small buy outs and development capital deals. Direct investment size ranges from £2 million to £10 million of equity, although larger sums can be financed in collaboration with our strategic partners. The remainder has been invested with a small number of third party private equity funds where there is a strong affinity with the investment philosophy of the general partner. The most established of these relationships is Bain Capital. Whilst Smedvig Capital does not focus exclusively on any specific sectors, over time it has built expertise in a number of areas including information management, financial services, consumer goods, retail and support services.

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.

Founded in 1965, Greylock has helped build more than 300 companies, nearly half of which have gone on to initial public offerings. Its current portfolio consists of interests in more than 60 companies, including interests in Digg, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora, Red Bend Software, Zend, and Zipcar. Greylock Management believes it holds the key to venture capital investing. Also doing business as Greylock Partners, the firm provides funding development-stage companies involved in such sectors as information technology, software, semiconductors, the Internet, clean technology, and consumer services, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay area and Boston, as well as emerging markets China, India, and Israel.

FBR Capital Markets Corporation is a full-service investment banking, institutional brokerage and asset management company. In addition, it makes principal investments, including merchant banking investments. The Company’s subsidiaries are FBR Capital Markets & Co. (FBR & Co.), FBR Capital Markets International, Ltd. (FBRIL), Financial Services Authority (FSA), and FBR Fund Advisers, Inc. (FBR Fund Advisers). Its segments include capital markets, which include investment banking and institutional brokerage and research; asset management, and principal investing, which includes merchant banking. The Company’s capital markets business is conducted by its investment banking and institutional brokerage professionals through its United States and United Kingdom broker-dealer subsidiaries. The Company’s investment adviser subsidiaries principally manage a family of mutual funds. On August 31, 2009, the Company acquired Watch Hill Partners LLC.

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