Legg Mason Investment Counsel provides trust and wealth management services for high-net-worth individuals and families and for institutional investors such as employee benefit plans. Legg Mason Investment company's investment strategy focuses on large cap and growth equities, fixed-income products of all investment grades and maturities, and balanced portfolios. It offers mutual funds managed by other units of parent company Legg Mason, as well as funds that it administers itself. Legg Mason Investment Counsel has offices in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.

Global holding company Dubai World focuses on the strategic growth areas of Transport & Logistics, Drydocks & Maritime, Urban Development, Investment & Financial Services. Dubai World portfolio contains some of the world’s leading companies in their industries, including Drydocks World, Economic Zones World, Istithmar World, Nakheel and majority ownership of DP World.Dubai World has embarked on a process to streamline the Group and its core activities. This will allow us to move forward with greater efficiency. Dubai World committed to investment in the long term and generating value for dubai world shareholder, the Government of Dubai, with a corporate philosophy in line with the vision set for Dubai by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, based on sustainability, best ethical practices and integrity.

A pension plan has existed for Ontario teachers since 1917. Today, the plan’s members include 175,000 teachers in elementary and secondary schools in Ontario, 114,000 pensioners, and 69,000 inactive members. The plan has one of Canada’s largest payrolls with $4.4 billion in benefits paid to plan members, and $2.7 billion received in total contributions from teachers, the provincial government and designated employers in 2009.Before 1990, the plan was administered by the Ontario government and restricted to investing in non-marketable Province of Ontario debentures. In 1990, the government established the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as a corporation overseen by a nine-member board.With $96.4 billion in net assets at December 31, 2009, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada. An independent organization, it invests the pension fund’s assets and administers the pensions of 289,000 active and retired teachers in Ontario.

National Holdings provides securities brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors through subsidiaries National Securities Corporation, vFinance, and EquityStation. National Holdings Corporation also provides investment banking services to micro-, small-, and midcap companies and trades securities. Another subsidiary, National Asset Management, offers investors access to mutual funds, money manager accounts, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, and real estate limited partnerships. With headquarters offices in New York, Seattle, and Boca Raton, Florida, National Holdings has more than 120 retail brokerage locations in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

Woodstock Financial Group offers up financial advice, but just don't expect to hear about hippie stock picks. Woodstock Financial Group, Inc., formerly Raike Financial Group, brokers support services for brokers. Founded in 1995, the company provides licensing, clearing, IT support, education, and various administrative services to a network of independent financial planners, insurance agents, and traditional and discount securities brokers. Woodstock handles a range of investment products, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and life insurance. Online trading is offered through its Woodstock Discount Brokerage division. Founder and CEO William Raike owns about 80% of the company.

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. founded in 1931, is quiet (it doesn't advertise or grant many interviews), stable (it prides itself on consistency and believes investment decisions should not be taken lightly), and faithful (most of its investments and its executives are long-term). Subsidiary Capital Research and Management manages The American Funds, a family of more than 30 mutual funds that ranks among the largest groups of mutual funds by assets in the US. Other Capital Group units offer mutual funds in Canada and Europe, and investment trusts in Japan.

Altin was founded in 1996 and it includes more than 30 underlying funds representing 10 diverse investment strategies. Altin began disclosing its portfolio holdings in 2009. The somewhat rare move toward transparency was made in the wake of the the global economic crisis, during which many investors withdrew from hedge funds. Altin is a closed-end investment firm that manages hedge funds. It concentrates on holding a stable portfolio that will reward investors with long-term capital appreciation. The funds it holds are drawn from the Asian, North American, and European markets. It operates through its Altin (Cayman) subsidiary in the Cayman Islands and trades on both the Swiss and London (AIM) exchanges.

Soleil Securities Group, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Stillwater, Minnesota; Tampa, Florida; and San Francisco, California. Soleil Securities Group, Inc. is an equity research firm specializing in fundamental and strategy and policy research. The firm provides macro-economic and Washington policy research comprising of real-time, proprietary insights on the investment implications in Washington. It focuses on the growth sectors of the economy including basic materials, capital goods, consumer, energy, financials, healthcare, media, special situations, technology, telecommunications, and utilities sectors. The firm offers its clients real time information and intelligence regarding stock price movements, published research, indications of interest, overhang issues, liquidity, and road show feedback through electronic execution products. It offers institutional sales, trading, and corporate services. The firm caters to institutional and corporate clients.

Fiske Plc is a UK agency brokerage firm serving private clients; Fiske also is seeing growth in its institutional investor business. The company also offers corporate financial advising. In June 2002 the company acquired investment bank Ionian Group Ltd. The unit, which does business as Ionian Investment Management, serves corporate, institutional, and private investment clients. Jove Investment Trust controlled nearly 20% of Fiske, but reduced its stake in 2004.

NEBF, which was established in 1946 as part of an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), is affiliated with the National Electrical Annuity Plan, or NEAP. National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) wants to put some spark into the retirement nest eggs of those in the electrical industry. One of the largest Taft-Hartley pension plans in the US, the fund manages pension benefits for more than 480,000 current or former electrical workers and has more than $11 billion of assets under management. More than 11,000 employers contribute to the fund.

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