JAFCO Co., Ltd. was founded in 1973, has offices in Japan and other parts of Asia. US subsidiary JAFCO Ventures focuses on US investments. Nomura Holdings and its affiliates together own about 30% of the company. JAFCO manages funds for investors including corporations, insurance companies, pension funds, and financial institutions. It invests in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, media, electronics, retail, computer technology, and pharmaceuticals. The firm, with $530 billion (nearly $6 billion) under management, has seen more than 850 of its investments go public.

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).

Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Morgan Joseph Holdings Inc. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers private placement, recapitalization, fairness opinions, financial restructuring, management buyouts, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions advisory services. It caters to consumer products, healthcare, automotive, chemical, transportation, construction, entertainment, telecommunications, and media industries. The firm’s clientele include WebMD Health Corporation, Devcon International Corp., Michael Baker Corporation, ImmunoGen, Inc., Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Thomas & Betts Corporation. Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. was formerly known as Morgan Lewins & Co. Inc. and changed its name on September 30, 2002.

Kobren Insight Management Inc. (KIM) is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, typically high net worth individuals. It also manages accounts for investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, and corporations. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios and mutual funds. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm employs quantitative analysis for creating its portfolio. It also invests in external mutual funds that invest in real estate, high yield bonds, and inflation-linked bonds and employ merger arbitrage and long/short strategies. The firm employs a combination of in-house and external research to make its investments. Kobren Insight Management is based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts with additional offices in Longboat Key, Florida and Lincoln, Nebraska. Kobren Insight Management, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of E*Trade Wealth Management, Inc.

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is one of the nation’s premier retirement systems, serving 467,200 active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. With investment assets of $54.7 billion (including short-term investments) as of June 30, 2009, STRS Ohio is one of the largest public pension funds in the country. In 2008–2009, STRS Ohio paid more than $4.6 billion in service retirement, disability and survivor benefits plus $558 million for optional health care coverage. Select a topic from the list to the left to find out more about STRS Ohio administration, governance and investments. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. It is legally separate from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.

Downing Corporate Finance Limited was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Downing Corporate Finance Limited offers financial services. It engages in launching venture capital trusts. Downing Corporate Finance company also promotes tax based and other investment schemes, including the EIS portfolio service, the Rathbones IHT portfolio services, and enterprise zone trusts. Downing Corporate Finance Limited was formerly known as Downing Corporate Services Limited.

RidgeWorth Capital Management, Inc was founded in 1984 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia with additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; Washington, District of Columbia; and Chattanooga, Tennessee. RidgeWorth Capital Management, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, endowments and foundations, and other pooled investment vehicles. It manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe, typically in the United States. The firm also invests in ADRs. It invests in stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. The firm also invests in municipal and corporate bonds for its fixed income investments.

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust was established in November 1980 by Trust Indenture between Southland Royalty and The Fort Worth National Bank. Pursuant to the Indenture, Southland Royalty conveyed to the Trust a 75% net overriding royalty interest (equivalent to a net profits interest) carved out of Southland Royalty's oil and gas leasehold and royalty interest in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico. This net overriding royalty interest (the "Royalty") is the principal asset of the Trust.Under the Trust Indenture, Compass Bank (successor trustee) as Trustee, has the primary function of collecting monthly net proceeds ("Royalty Income") attributable to the Royalty and making the monthly distributions to the Unit holders after deducting administrative expenses and any amounts necessary for cash reserves. The San Juan Basin Royalty Trust is a New York Stock Exchange-listed entity, with Units trading under the symbol "SJT."

Javelin Ventures was founded in 2002 by chairman Janis Anderson and chief executive Valerie Jolliffe. Javelin Ventures provides venture capital funding for early stage technology companies. Javelin Ventures also provides consulting and business mentoring services. Javelin Ventures company manages the Kinetique Biomedical Seed Fund, which funds biomedical science companies that are engaged in the development of pharmaceuticals, therapeutics, medical devices, and biomaterials. The Heptagon Fund, a fund for translating early business ideas and concepts into licensing details and investment funding, is also managed by the company.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1995. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, debt restructurings, asset consolidations, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries. It typically invests in companies based in United States and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $75 million in its portfolio companies, but it considers smaller and larger investments. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies.

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