GAM Holding isn't afraid to gamble on risky bets. The asset management firm offers private clients, institutional investors, and intermediary clients such investment vehicles as equity, fixed income, private-label funds, and alternative investment funds, as well as portfolio management. GAM Holding was spun off in late 2009 from Swiss private banker Julius Baer. Now its own separate, public entity, GAM Holding comprises GAM, Swiss & Global Asset Management, and a 28% stake in Artio Global Investors. (Swiss & Global focuses on traditional investments, while GAM is known for alternative and absolute-return strategies, such as hedge funds). GAM Holding has assets under management of CHF$124 billion ($119 billion).

Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. is a leading U.S. private equity firm which acquires "middle market" companies (valued from $100 to $500 million). Since its inception in 1987, the firm has organized six private equity funds, through which it has raised $3.7 billion of committed capital. The firm’s objective has been to realize substantial capital gains through control investments in a diversified portfolio of companies. The firm has completed approximately 100 platform and add-on acquisitions with an aggregate value of more than $6 billion. Kohlberg & Company invests in companies where it can work in partnership with senior management to identify growth opportunities and implement fundamental operating and strategic changes, resulting in substantial increases in revenue and cash flow. The firm’s use of moderate amounts of debt financing in acquiring companies affords them the financial flexibility necessary to attain these corporate objectives.

As a pioneering investor in Northern Ireland, Enterprise Equity is one of Northern Ireland's longest established fund managers, with an enviable investment record in both technology businesses such as BCO Technologies Ltd, as well as traditional industries such as Balcas. Enterprise Equity was originally established as an evergreen investment fund in 1987 by the International Fund for Ireland. Since the initial £7 million capitalisation in 1987, £28 million has been invested in 40 companies producing a very attractive return after covering running costs and considerable taxes. In 2008, the Enterprise Equity Team conducted its own management buy-out of the fund management business from the International Fund for Ireland.

The Tai Cheung Group has been engaged in property developments and investments in Hong Kong for over 40 years. The Group was initially a construction company set up in 1956, subsequently became a publicly listed company under the name of Tai Cheung Properties Limited in 1972. Consequent upon a scheme of reorganisation, Tai Cheung Holdings Limited became the ultimate holding company of the Group and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 27th February, 1990.Throughout its long history, the Group has established a reputation for developing prestigious properties including office towers, industrial and residential buildings. In addition, the Group has interest in Sheraton-Hong Kong Hotel, a five star hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

FCStone Group, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. As of September 30, 2009, FCStone Group, Inc. was acquired by International Assets Holding Corp. FCStone Group, Inc. operates as an integrated commodity risk management company. The company provides risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users, and producers. It assists primarily middle market customers in optimizing their profit margins and mitigating their exposure to commodity price risk. The company operates through three segments: Commodity and Risk Management Services, Clearing and Execution Services, and Financial Services. The Commodity and Risk Management Services segment offers commodity services to its customers with an emphasis on risk management using futures, options, and other derivative instruments. The Clearing and Execution Services segment provides clearing and direct execution services to commodities firms, fund operators, commodities traders, and others.

The Options Clearing Corporation was founded in 1973. he Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), the world's largest equity derivatives clearinghouse. The OCC serves some 130 broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and securities firms in the US and abroad. It is owned by options trading participants NYSE Amex, Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange Holdings, and Nasdaq OMX PHLX. The OCC also manages the Options Industry Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by several securities and options exchanges to educate investors and brokers about the options industry.

Weeden & Co. works to weed out information so it can provide clients with institutional equities trading, fixed income sales and trading, and research services. Weeden & Co. LP specializes in difficult-to-execute transactions, serving some 1,500 institutional clients. Weeden's research division, which includes The Leuthold Group, produces a variety of analytical reports on equity and fixed-income markets. Research affiliates cover such sectors as technology, health care, biotechnology, and REITs. Brothers Frank and Norman Weeden founded the company in 1922, and the company has been employee-owned (more than 80%) since 1986. Weeden & Co. LP has offices in Boston; Chicago; Greenwich, Connecticut; Minneapolis; and San Francisco.

Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals primarily in the United States and Mexico. Cash America International, Inc. operates in three segments: Pawn Lending, Cash Advance, and Check Cashing. The Pawn Lending segment offers pawn loans through its pawn lending locations, which operate under the names Cash America Pawn and SuperPawn in the United States, and Prenda Facil in Mexico. This segment also sells previously-owned merchandise acquired from customers who do not redeem their pawned goods, as well as sells items purchased from third-parties or customers. The Cash Advance segment offers unsecured cash advances in selected lending locations that are operated under the names Cash America Payday Advance and Cashland in the United States; and short-term cash advances over the Internet under the names CashNetUSA in the United States, QuickQuid in the United Kingdom, and DollarsDirect in the Canada and Australia. Cash America International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Integrated Asset Management plc (Integrated) is an alternative investment company. The Company’s business includes asset management, specifically fund of hedge fund management and institutional brokerage. It operates through two segments: hedge fund management and brokerage. Through regulated subsidiaries in London, Integrated manages assets in a variety of Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) vehicles, as well as providing advisory and distribution services. Institutional brokerage provides services in Europe, in foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, equities, and bonds. The wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company include Integrated Alternative Advisors Limited, Integrated Alternative Investments Limited, Integrated Financial Products Limited, Capital Management Limited and Attica Holdings (UK) Limited.

MK Capital likes to invest its cold hard cash in the ever-changing digital world. Valued at $150 million, MK Capital is a venture capital fund which invests in emerging technology-based companies in the application software, digital media, data center, business services, and education technology sectors. Targeting companies that have an established customer base, the fund works with management teams to influence company strategy and direction. It provides funding to young companies as well as mature companies seeking growth capital. MK Capital's investments have included NxTV, Multicast Media, and RSA Security.

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