Securities broker Siam City Securities (SCS) opens its doors to both the domestic and foreign investor. A subsidiary of Thailand's Siam City Bank, SCS provides securities brokerage and trading for the Stock Exchange of Thailand as well as underwriting and investment advisory services. Siam City Securities Co., Ltd. brokerage activities include cash and credit balance accounts and Internet trading operations. Siam City Securities Co., Ltd. steers its trading efforts toward investments in government and state enterprise securities, private company debt, and other equities. Meanwhile, SCS offers investment advice about securities value and trading, while it underwrites common shares, debentures, and warrants (among others) for its clients.

William Blair & Company, L.L.C. was founded in 1935. William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is an employee-owned financial services firm that offers investment banking, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and asset management to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. The firm’s services include portfolio management, sales and trading, investment banking services, mutual funds, and venture capital financing. In addition, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. also makes private equity investments through its investment arm William Blair Capital Partners.

Evergreen Investment Management was founded in 1932 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Malvern, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Richmond, Virginia. Evergreen Investment Management Co., LLC is an asset management arm of Wachovia Bank, NA. The firm provides its services to investment companies; corporations; pension and profit sharing plans; state and municipal government entities; individuals, including high net worth individuals; banking and thrift institutions; pooled investment vehicles; and charitable organizations. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages a family of mutual funds, hedge funds, and variable annuities for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting such investments to private equity, private real estate, commodities markets, and managed futures. For its equity investments, it typically invests in growth and value stocks of all-cap companies, including small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. For its small/mid cap growth portfolio, the firm makes investments in companies with market capitalizations below $6 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its enhanced index portfolio against the S&P 500 index.

Wind Point Partners is a private equity investment firm that acquires middle market businesses with growth potential and a clear path to value creation. Wind Point manages $2 billion in commitments from pension funds, endowments and individuals and has invested in more than 80 companies since 1984. Wind Point identifies and invests in partnerships with top caliber CEOs and executives who have a record of success within their industry and the vision to build a market-leading enterprises via acquisition and organic growth. Wind Point align Wind economic interests closely with those of company management teams through significant equity participation.

WestBridge Capital LLP was formed in July 2008 to effect the buyout of WestBridge Fund Managers Ltd (formerly Wales Fund Managers Ltd), an established private equity business. WestBridge invests between £1m and £5m in fast growing, profitable UK SMEs. WestBridge's partners have each been investing in this segment of the market for an average of 20 years, having worked for leading private equity investors, and helping to create many successful and valuable businesses.Wales Fund ulture is that Wales back our investment judgment with Wales own money. The partners have committed a significant cash investment into Wales latest fund, the WestBridge SME Fund, and the deal team will also invest meaningful amounts into each transaction. This creates a genuine alignment of interests with Wales investors and the management teams Wales back. Wales bring more than money to Wales investee companies. Wales fund structure incorporates many entrepreneurs and business angels as well as professional investors. This means that Wales invest "smart money" that potentially opens up a wealth of business contacts to be exploited by investee companies.

Adams Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 1994. Adams Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage and emerging growth investments. The firm prefers to invest in applied technology with a focus on information technology, networking infrastructure, telecommunications, and semiconductors. It typically invests in markets of at least $500 million in size. It is a series A investor and typically invest between $5 million and $10 million in the first round of financing and can start out under $1 million. The firm usually invests a maximum of $30 million over the life of an investment. It prefers to be a lead investor in its transactions. The firm seeks to take a board seat and an ownership stake of more than 35 percent in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for five years to ten years and prefers to exit through public offering, merger, and an outright sale.

City Index company provides online access to unconventional financial products and services, including spread betting, a type of wager made on share prices of financial instruments; and contracts-for-difference (CFDs), which allow participants to wager on what the value of a financial instrument will be at the end of a given period. City Index also offers access to FX (foreign exchange) markets. City Index, which operates primarily in the UK and the Asia-Pacific region, serves individual clients and also offers its products through banks, brokerages, and other financial institutions. CFDs and spread betting are illegal in the US.

August Capital was founded in 1995 by Dave Marquardt and John Johnston. Seasoned veterans of the venture capital industry, Marquardt and Johnston formed August Capital to invest in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Today, August Capital's six partners -- Marquardt, Johnston, Andy Rappaport, David Hornik, Vivek Mehra and Howard Hartenbaum -- have more than a century of combined venture and operational experience. Together they manage $1.3 billion and have invested in more than 75 companies across the technology spectrum.From its inception, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. The companies that August Capital's partners have backed represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue and employ a quarter of a million people around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. We are proud to have supported these entrepreneurs and their companies as they have grown and prospered.

Founded in 1908, Baillie Gifford & Co. is one of the UK's leading investment management firms for individuals and institutions. The company manages a number of investment trusts, including the Monks Investment Trust, the Baillie Gifford Shai Nippon, and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Owned by 30 working partners, the firm's offerings include retirement and pension management services, charitable and family trusts, and other investment and savings plans. It has about $46 billion in assets under management. Its UK pension fund business consistently represents the company's largest segment, bringing in almost 50% of total sales.

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.

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