The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms, with more than $81.1 billion under management. With 60 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight,... more

The Blackstone Group L.P. is a global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services. The Company is an independent alternative asset manager with assets under management of $102.43 billion, as of December 31, 2007. Its alternative asset management businesses... more

Founded in 1923, The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a leading investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm. With approximately $61.9 billion in total capital, Bear Stearns serves governments, corporations,... more

affiliates, is one of the world's leading private investment firms with approximately $27 billion under management in funds and accounts.

Sun Capital Partners, Inc. is a leading private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience. Sun Capital affiliates have invested in and managed more... more

Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. It provides a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, institutional investors, governments, non-profit organisations and high net worth... more

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. together with its subsidiaries, provide investment, financing, insurance, and related services to individuals and institutions on a global basis through its broker, dealer, banking, and other financial services subsidiaries. The Company’s operations are organized... more

Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for 45 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory... more

Lehman Brothers First Trust Income Opportunity Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek high total return (income plus capital appreciation). The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing its assets... more

Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup) is a diversified global financial services holding company whose businesses provide a range of financial services to consumer and corporate customers. Citigroup is a bank holding company. As of March 31, 2008, Citigroup was organized into four major segments:... more

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company. JPMorgan Chase's principal bank subsidiaries are JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association with branches in 17 states, and Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national bank that is the Company's... more

Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of services, including mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions and advisory services, and financial restructuring. Houlihan Lokey has ranked among the top 10 M&A advisors in the U.S. for the past seven... more

American Capital Ltd., formerly American Capital Strategies, Ltd., is an alternative asset management company. The Company is engaged in providing capital to middle market companies with sales between $10 million and $750 million. It primarily invests in senior debt, mezzanine debt and... more

We deliver value through providing superior service to our clients. Our service team is the most experienced in the business. Every member of our team has previous employment experience with a health insurance company, which gives us an edge in understanding the complex underwriting and... more

Smith Barney is the private wealth management unit of Citigroup. It is a leading provider of comprehensive financial planning and advisory services to high net worth investors, institutions, corporations and private businesses, governments and foundations. With more than 13,000 Financial... more

Legg Mason, Inc. (Legg Mason) is a global asset management company. Acting through its subsidiaries, the Company provides investment management and related services to institutional and individual clients, Company-sponsored mutual funds and other investment vehicles. The Company offers... more

Davidowitz & Associates is one of the most successful firms in its niche providing consulting and investment banking services to the retail industry since 1981. Our focus is on strategic management, acquisitions and divestitures, restructuring and ownership transactions. Howard... more

Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary objective is to seek high current income. The Fund invests primarily in below investment-grade United States fixed-income securities. The Fund’s investment... more

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides its products and services to a group of clients and customers, including corporations, governments, financial institutions and individuals. Morgan Stanley’s business segments include... more

The Macquarie group (Macquarie) is a diversified international provider of specialist investment, advisory, trading and financial services in select markets around the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the Macquarie group comprises Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL), the leading... more

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Thomas Weisel Partners) is an investment bank focused principally on growth companies and growth investors. The Company's business is managed as a single operating segment and it generates revenues by providing financial services that include investment... more

UBS AG is a global provider of financial services for wealthy clients. UBS’s financial businesses are organized on a worldwide basis into three Business Groups and the Corporate Center. Global Wealth Management & Business Banking consists of three segments: Wealth Management International... more

Veronis Suhler Stevenson (www.vss.com) is a private equity firm that invests buyout and structured capital funds in the media, communications, information and education industries in North America and Europe. VSS provides capital for buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings and... more

SEI Investments Company is a provider of asset management services, investment processing and investment operations solutions. The Company's outsourcing solutions help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors and families create and manage wealth. Its products and services... more

Golden Gate Capital is a leading private equity firm with $9 billion in capital under management. We generate superior returns for our investors through buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. We partner with world-class management teams to make equity... more

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. With 78,275 employees in 76 countries, Deutsche Bank offers... more

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $1.357 trillion of assets under management (AUM). BlackRock provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and to individual... more

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (CD&R) is a leading private equity investment firm that has earned consistent, superior investment returns using an integrated operational and financial approach to building and growing portfolio businesses. Since its founding in 1978, CD&R has managed... more

Lazard Ltd (Lazard) is an international financial advisory and asset management firm. The Company serves a diverse set of clients around the world, including corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals. Lazard operates from 39 cities in business... more

Platinum Equity (www.peh.com) is a global acquisition firm specializing in the strategic operation of mission-critical companies according to a unique M&A&O(SM) model of value creation. Since its founding in 1995, Platinum has completed over 40 privately funded transactions, leveraging a... more

A division of BMO Financial Group, BMO Spend & Payment Solutions (formerly BMO ePurchasing Solutions) is a leading commercial card, spend and payment solutions provider in North America. BMO Spend & Payment Solutions' products are widely used by Corporations, non-profit and government... more

State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, including its banking subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street Corporation, provides a range of products and services for institutional investors globally. The Company... more

Piper Jaffray Companies is a middle-market investment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of middle-market corporations, private equity groups, public entities, nonprofit clients and institutional investors. The Company provides a set of products and services,... more

Dresdner Kleinwort is the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank AG and a member of the Allianz Group. Headquartered in London and Frankfurt, with an international network of offices, Dresdner Kleinwort provides a wide range of investment bank products and services to European and... more

Russell, a global leader in multi-manager investment services, provides investment products and services in more than 39 countries. Russell manages more than $135 billion in assets and advises clients worldwide representing $2.3 trillion. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of... more

In its early years, Wilshire Associates was an innovator in applying computing technology to investment concepts. Wilshire created the first asset/liability model for pension funds in the 1970s, 10 years before actuarial and accounting firms began to adopt this technology. We were among... more

Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress) is a global alternative asset manager that raises, invests and manages private equity funds, hedge funds and publicly traded alternative investment vehicles. Fortress earns management fees based on the size of its funds, incentive income based on... more

Permira is a leading European-based private equity firm. Permira acts as adviser to the 19 Permira Funds, totalling approximately Euro 22 billion, that have been raised since 1985. These funds have invested in over 180 transactions in over 15 different countries, in companies across a... more

Castle Harlan was founded in 1987, but its roots reach back to the start of the institutionalized private equity market in the 1960s and the pioneering use of private equity limited partnerships as investment vehicles. Our investment funds are limited partnerships that include public and... more

CVC Capital Partners is a leading global private equity firm with over US$35 billion in funds raised focused on management buyouts. CVC was founded in 1981 and today has a network of 19 offices throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. Since 1981, CVC has completed over 250... more

Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., one of the nation's largest regional full-service brokerage and investment banking firms, is the securities brokerage arm of Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF). Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Morgan Keegan has some 300 offices across an 18-state... more

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited is a closed-ended investment company. The Company’s investment objective is to provide a total return for investors primarily through investments in equities and equity-related investments, of companies which are based in, or which derive a... more

Salomon Smith Barney (www.smithbarney.com) is a global, full-service financial firm that provides brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and individuals. As a leader in the U.S. securities industry, Salomon Smith Barney's core... more

The wealth management group at ThinkEquity Partners LLC was formed in December 2004 to serve the investment needs of high net-worth families, partnerships and non-profit organizations. Our growing team of experienced professionals represents a broad set of skills that are intensely... more

"The SEC also is the only agency that doesn't have a top-level management position equivalent to chief financial officer. As required of all agencies, it has an inspector general who can conduct audits. But responsibility for financial management and accounting is with the office of... more

AdMedia Partners is an independent M&A financial advisory firm serving digital and traditional media, marketing and information businesses. Founded in 1990 by former advertising, media, and financial executives, the firm focuses on mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, valuations, and... more

THL is a leading private equity firm based in Boston, MA. We focus on identifying and obtaining substantial ownership positions in large growth-oriented companies where we can add managerial and strategic expertise to create value for our partners. As one of the oldest and most successful... more

KBW, Inc. is a full-service investment bank specializing in the financial services industry. The Company’s business is organized into four general service offerings: Investment Banking, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other strategic advisory services, equity and fixed income... more

Mellon Ventures, Inc., an affiliate of Mellon Financial Corporation, makes equity-related investments of between $3 million and $25 million in rapidly growing operating companies. With offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Pittsburgh, Mellon Ventures, Inc. invests at all stages... more

U.S. Trust Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation and is a member FDIC. Banking deposits are FDIC insured up to the maximum amount allowable by law. Investments are NOT FDIC INSURED, NOT BANK GUARANTEED and MAY LOSE VALUE.