Wedbush Morgan Securities offers investment banking and a range of financial services, including financial planning, sales and trading, and research. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. targets mid-market growth companies and entrepreneurs primarily in California and the western US. Wedbush offers research in sectors including consumer products and retail, financial services, life sciences, and technology. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. ClientLink service provides access to account information and reports via the Internet. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. also provides clearing services. Wedbush Morgan Securities is affiliated with investment firm Wedbush Capital Partners; both entities are controlled by Wedbush, Inc.

Silverfleet Capital Partners was founded in 1990. Silverfleet Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market management buyouts, secondary buyouts, buyins, buy and build, and industry consolidation. It does not invest in development capital, minority shareholdings (unless as part of a consortium of investors), turnaround, or early stage financing. The firm seeks to invest in private companies operating in mature markets and going private transactions and supports its portfolio companies in product or geographic expansion organically or through acquisition. It prefers to invest in all sectors including industrial and commercial sectors with a focus on business and financial services, distribution, healthcare, leisure, consumer, and retail sectors. The firm primarily invests in Europe with a particular focus on the English, French, and German speaking countries and Nordic countries. It also invests in United States headquartered companies that either have or are developing significant activities in Europe. The firm typically invests in companies having enterprise value between €75 million ($97.25 million) and €500 million ($648.33 million).

Meritech Capital Partners was founded in 1999. Meritech Capital Partners places late-stage venture capital investments in information technology and communications technology companies with proven track records and quality management teams. It also participates in buyouts and spinoffs. The firm manages almost $2 billion in committed capital. Portfolio holdings include interests in networking equipment maker BigBand Networks, optical switch maker Agility Communications, and data storage device maker BlueArc, and distributed antenna systems builder NextG Networks. Meritech has been investing heavily in companies based in, or with extensive operations in, foreign countries, including Canada, China, the Netherlands, and the UK.

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.

Global Life Science Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based at München, Germany with an additional office at Zug, Switzerland. Global Life Science Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments originating from universities, scientific institutions or industry. The firm also makes selected investments in late stage companies including buyouts. It primarily invests in the life science sector. The firm invests in companies based in United States and Europe with a focus on United Kingdom, Switzerland, and home markets in German speaking countries. It prefers to invest between €2 million ($2.57 million) and €5 million ($6.43 million) in a company per round of financing. The firm invests up to 10 percent of the total volume in a company. In the European home market, it seeks to be a lead investor or an active co-investor but prefers to be co-investor outside the home market. The firm prefers to be a pro-active syndicate partner in its portfolio companies. It also provides follow-on financing and seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies.

Prospect Capital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York. Prospect Capital Corporation (Prospect Capital), formerly Prospect Energy Corporation, is a financial services company that primarily lends to and invests in middle market privately-held companies. The Company is a closed-end investment company. The Company invests primarily in debt and equity of companies, which require capital for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, project financing and recapitalization. As of June 30, 2009, the Company had invested in industrial and energy-related companies. The Company’s investment objective is to generate current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. It focuses on making investments in private companies, and many of its investments are in energy companies. Prospect Capital Management LLC is the investment adviser of the Company. In December 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (Patriot), whereby Patriot merged with and into the Company.

Apollo Investment Corporation was incorporated in April 2004, and is based in New York, New York. Apollo Investment Corporation (Apollo Investment) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC). Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. Apollo Investment invests primarily in middle-market companies in the form of mezzanine and senior secured loans, as well as by making equity investments. It may also invest in the securities of public companies. The Company’s portfolio is comprised primarily of investments in long-term subordinated debt, referred to as mezzanine debt and senior secured loans of private middle-market companies, and from time to time includes equity interests, such as common stock, preferred stock, warrants or options. Apollo Investment Management, L.P. (AIM) is the investment adviser for the Company.

Marks and Spencer Financial Services (known as Marks and Spencer Money, or M&S Money for short) can help you with that and much more. The company provides a variety of financial products such as personal and auto loans, individual savings accounts (ISAs), fixed-rate savings, unit trusts, and credit cards to UK consumers. Its insurance offerings include life, home, travel, car, and even pet and wedding coverage. British banking giant HSBC bought M&S Money from department store operator Marks and Spencer in late 2004.

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is a demutualized and integrated securities and derivatives exchange. It has three segments: securities market, which provides listing, trading, clearing, account maintenance, and corporate action and price information services for the securities market; derivatives market, which provides trading, clearing and price information services for the derivatives market, and other operations, which provides other services. Its securities products include bonds, debentures and loan stocks; business trusts; equities; exchange traded funds; global depository receipts; infrastructure funds; real estate investment trusts and warrants. Its derivatives products include short-term and long-term interest rate futures and options on futures; equity index futures and options on futures; structured warrants, and certificates. It operates an over-the-counter clearing facility, SGX AsiaClear. On June 30, 2008, SGX acquired Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited.

MCG Capital Corporation is a solutions-focused commercial finance company that provides capital and advisory services to middle-market companies throughout the United States. The Company is an internally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment company. It conducts some of its activities through wholly owned, special-purpose financing subsidiaries. Its investment portfolio is composed primarily of middle-market companies in which it has made up to $75 million of debt and equity investments. Typically, these middle-market companies have $20 million to $200 million in annual revenue. As of December 31, 2009, it had debt and equity investments in 59 portfolio companies. Its diversified investment portfolio spans 30 industries. Approximately 40% of its portfolio is composed of investments in industries that consist less than 5% of its portfolio.

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