Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (BME), a leading European stock exchange operator by trading volume, has holdings that include Spain's four stock exchanges: Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia. Its services include public offerings and trading facilities for equities, fixed-income securities, and derivatives. Additionally, the company owns subsidiaries that provide clearing and settlement services. BME has been operating since 1856; the Bolsa de Madrid traces its roots back to the Middle Ages. The company's shareholders include several of Spain's largest banks, including Grupo Santander and its subsidiary, Banco Espanol de Crndito SA (Banesto).

Henderson Group plc is engaged in the provision of investment management services. Henderson Global Investors (Henderson) is an investment manager, operating throughout Europe and with operations in North America and Asia. It manages a range of actively managed investment products for institutional and retail investors, across multiple asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private equity. Its subsidiaries include Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Administration Limited, Henderson Alternative Investment Advisor Limited, Henderson Equity Partners Limited, Henderson Fund Management Plc and Henderson Holdings Limited. On 9 April 2009, the Company acquired New Star Asset Management Group PLC.

Active Media Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Pearl River, New York. Active Media Services, Inc., doing business as Active International, provides marketing and business solutions. It provides media services, including national broadcast, local broadcast, digital and emerging media, print, out-of-home, youth media, direct response-broadcast, hispanic and multicultural, and mobile services; and retail marketing services, such as retail consulting, merchandising, promotions, environments, and media. The company also provides travel and meeting services, which include hotel rooms, meetings and events, incentive, recognition, loyalty programs, cruises, resorts, special events, and trade shows; and freight and logistics, such as business-to-business, retail, institutional and wholesale delivery channels, warehousing and distribution, pick and pack, supply chain consulting, inventory management, customs brokerage, domestic, ocean and air import/export, point-to-point delivery, and truckload and LTL freight. In addition, it offers music licensing and inventory services.

Nasdaq OMX PHLX (formerly The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and known as the PHLX for short) might think so. Founded in 1790, the exchange claims seniority status over the larger New York Stock Exchange. The PHLX provides electronic and hybrid floor-based trading of equities, options, and futures trading, as well as clearing services. The exchange trades some 7,000 stocks and 2,600 equity options. In 2008 The Nasdaq OMX Group bought the PHLX from a group of investors including Citadel Investment Group, Citigroup, Credit Suisse (USA), Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and UBS for some $695 million. The exchange is now part of the Nasdaq Transaction Services US Group.

Founded in 1906, NPM/CNP is controlled by the Frere family. Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille SA (CNP) is a Belgium-based investment holding company. The Company's portfolio of assets splits into two categories: the direct investments and the investments through the Pargesa/GBL Group. The direct investments are represented by CNP’s consolidated participations in various companies, including Distripar, Belgian IceCream Group and Transcor Astra Group, as well as by other smaller investments in such companies as Total, M6, Iberdrola and Arkema, among others. The second category of the Company’s portfolio is represented by its investments through the Pargesa/GBL Group, which is jointly controlled by CNP and the Power Group (Canada), and which has large or controlling holdings in international companies, such as GDF Suez, Lafarge, Imerys, Suez Environnement and Pernod Ricard.

One Equity Partners LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in the New York, New York with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. One Equity Partners LLC is the private equity arm of OEP Holding Corporation. The firm specializes in investments in management buyouts and growth capital financing, with a particular emphasis on corporate partnerships and divestitures. It typically invests between $50 million to $200 million per transaction. It seeks to invest in defence, chemicals, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing. The firm prefers to be the lead equity investor in its portfolio companies and does not have any time limit for exiting its investments. It only invests permanent capital of JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) invests mainly in information technology companies focused on the semiconductor, software, and consumer Internet sectors. It typically invests between $10 million to $15 million in start-up or early-stage firms and assists its portfolio companies with executive recruiting, forming strategic alliances, and financial and legal matters. An affiliate of Wells Fargo, NVP closed its 11th fund worth some $1.2 million in late 2009. It is the firm's largest fund to date. NVP has more than $3.7 billion of capital under management and has invested in more than 450 companies.

Banc of America Securities makes its marc as the investment banking arm of Bank of America. Operating as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the firm offers trading and brokerage services; securities underwriting; debt and equity research; and advice on public offerings, leveraged buyouts, and M&A deals. It has several offices in Australasia, Europe, and North America. The firm's client list includes corporations (including many Fortune 500 firms), institutional investors, and government entities. In a notorious deal that caused widespread ripple effects, Bank of America acquired troubled investment bank Merrill Lynch for some $50 billion in early 2009.

Founded in 1999, Silver Lake is a global private investment firm with approximately $14 billion in assets under management. With offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Silver Lake employs over 75 investment professionals across its strategies. The firm's investing strategies derive from specialization in three primary areas.Silver Lake Partners is the leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled, and related growth industries. Its funds' portfolio companies include or have included technology industry leaders such as Ameritrade, Avago, Avaya, Business Objects, Flextronics, Gartner, Gerson Lehrman Group, Instinet, Intelsat, IPC Systems, MCI, NASDAQ OMX, NetScout, NXP, Sabre Holdings, Seagate Technology, Serena Software, SunGard Data Systems, Thomson and UGS.Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Sumeru combines specialized technology sector knowledge, rigorous due diligence processes and a network of industry relationships to create a significant competitive advantage in executing its investment strategy.

James Brearley & Sons offers a wide portfolio of financial services including asset management services, online brokerage through its ICON service, individual savings accounts, options trading, and pension planning. James Brearley, an investor in cotton mill stocks, founded the company in 1919. James Brearley & Sons company owns and operates about 8 offices throughout the UK.

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