Detwiler, Mitchell & Co. performs brokerage, wealth management, and equities research services through various subsidiaries. Subsidiary Detwiler, Mitchell, Fenton & Graves handles institutional research (specializing in the communications, manufacturing, software, and semiconductor industries), as well as wealth management and brokerage services for high-net-worth individuals. Detwiler Fenton & Co. DMC Financial Services division, including its James Mitchell & Co. subsidiary, provides insurance, annuities, retirement products, and mutual funds. Messrs. Detwiler, Mitchell, Fenton, and Graves own a majority of the company.

Croudace has been operating as a building company since 1945, from its headquarters in Caterham, Surrey. It continues to expand its areas of operation and the number of homes built and has earned a reputation for providing quality new housing throughout the South East of England. The Croudace Homes Group comprises Croudace Homes Ltd., which develops private housing schemes, Portland Homes Plc, a niche developer based in south-east London, Croudace Homes in Partnership Ltd., which contracts to build affordable housing and Croudace Strategic Ltd., which secures and promotes a wide range of sites for mainly housing development.

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) boasts a global alliance of investment firms. Allianz Global Investors company is the umbrella organization for the worldwide asset management operations of financial services giant Allianz SE. One of the largest investment management firms in the world, the division includes US-based bond manager PIMCO, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, and NFJ Investment Group. AllianzGI boasts a broad array of asset management products for more than 60 million retail and institutional clients; its offerings include mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds, and wealth management services. Allianz Global Investors company has more than $1 trillion of assets under management.

Doughty Hanson handsomely manages dough, making private equity investments in middle-market European firms in a range of industries, including media, communications, consumer goods, and building materials. It also invests in and develops real estate and makes venture capital investments in growing technology concerns. Established in 1985, has invested in more than 100 companies. Its current portfolio includes interests in more than a dozen firms. Doughty Hanson closed its fifth private equity fund, worth some E3 billion, in 2007. Institutional investors in the fund include pension funds, banks, and insurance companies. Doughty Hanson has about ten offices throughout Europe.

PSG Solutions Plc company owns stakes in real estate, manufacturing, and technology companies. Its primary holding is PSG Franchising, which (through some 80 franchised offices) provides private searches and reports for residential properties throughout England and Wales. It also owns Audiotel International, which makes surveillance equipment, and specialist packaging company Moore & Buckle. PSG Franchising cut workers and closed offices when the UK's Home Information Packs (HIPs) system was abolished in 2010; it was among the nation's leading providers of HIPs. Investment company Southwind controls the company and has offered to buy it outright.

Janney Montgomery Scott offers a bevy of financial products and services through about 100 offices up and down the East Coast. One of the largest regional broker-dealers in the US, the firm offers fixed-income brokerage, equity research, wealth management, and retirement planning, and acts as a market maker for approximately 150 NASDAQ-listed stocks. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC also provides investment banking services such as public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions support to emerging and middle-market companies. Janney has more than $13 billion of assets under management. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC was established in 1832 and acquired by The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 150 years later.

Kim Eng Holdings is one of Southeast Asia's foremost brokerage houses. Kim Eng Holdings Limited provides securities trading and investment banking services such as IPO underwriting, corporate advisory, and financing. Kim Eng Holdings Limited also provides asset management services through KE Capital Partners, a joint venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, as well as through associate firm Republic Investment Management. Subsidiary Emfore Capital Partners manages private equity funds. Kim Eng also performs stock research; its KE Live division specializes in event-driven strategies for retail investors. Kim Eng has a presence in eight countries in Asia (it entered Vietnam and India in 2007), in addition to sales offices in New York and London.

HSBC Private Bank comprises the private banking operations of UK banking bigwig HSBC Holdings. A subsidiary of principal holding company, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) and operating through several subsidiaries of its own, the company specializes in private banking and trustee services such as investment advisory and wealth and tax planning for wealthy individuals and families. Banking services include deposit products, debit and credit cards, lines of credit, loans, high-end residential mortgages and home equity loans, and other related services. HSBC Private Bank group also provides specialty advisory services to charities, foundations, media companies, and diamond and jewelry concerns.

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Overland Park, Kansas. Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. conducts business through its subsidiaries. The Company is engaged in providing investment management, investment product underwriting and distribution, and shareholder services administration to mutual funds and institutional and separately managed accounts. The Company operates its business through three distribution channels. Its retail products are distributed through its sales force of registered financial advisors (the Advisors channel) or through third-parties, such as other broker/dealers, registered investment advisors (including the retirement advisors of the Legend group of subsidiaries (Legend)) and various retirement platforms, (collectively, the Wholesale channel). It also markets its investment advisory services to institutional investors, either directly or through consultants (the Institutional channel). On July 15, 2009, the Company sold of its interest in its wholly owned subsidiary, Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc. (ACF).

Criteria CaixaCorp is an investment group with holdings in financial and industrial companies. The company's core shareholder is "la Caixa"; it has been listed on the continuous market of the Spanish stock exchange since October 2007. Criteria has a firm commitment to international growth, active management of its portfolio within a framework of controlled risk, and boosting the growth, development and returns of the companies it invests in.The company is now a consolidated business reality and has set its sights on becoming a European benchmark for investment and development in companies which are leaders in their respective markets with proven capacity to create value and recurrent profitability. Criteria has a significant knowledge of the sectors in which it operates, a proven track record that affords a privileged position as an investment company, and experienced management teams. This is a goal towards which Criteria works day in day out and for which it is constantly identifying, analysing, studying and assessing new business and investment opportunities.

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