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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Chase Payroll Card is issued by JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.6 trillion and operations in 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial... more

CIBC World Markets is the global marketing name for CIBC's investment banking affiliates and subsidiaries around the world. The CIBC World Markets companies offer a full range of investment services to governments, corporations, institutions and private clients worldwide.

William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is a Chicago-based investment firm offering investment banking, asset management, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and private capital to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. Since 1935, we have been committed to helping... more

Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Baird serves individuals, corporations, institutional investors and municipalities as financial advisor,... more

The Rabobank Group is the largest financial services provider in the Dutch market. Owing to its cooperative foundation, the Rabobank Group's primary drive is to act in its clients' interest. Its core objective is to create and increase customer value. The Rabobank Group is the world's... more

The Ziegler Companies, Inc. (symbol: ZGCO) is a growth-oriented boutique investment banking and investment services firm with a primary focus in the healthcare, senior living and church and school sectors. Operations encompass capital markets (capital advisory services, bond underwriting,... more

Founded in 2001, Avondale Partners, LLC is an independent investment banking firm providing objective, high quality equity research, as well as sales and trading capabilities to the institutional marketplace. We also provide investment banking services including mergers and acquisitions... more

MCG Capital Corporation (MCG) is a solutions-focused commercial finance company providing capital and advisory services to middle market companies throughout the United States. MCG's capital is generally used by its portfolio companies to finance acquisitions, recapitalizations, buyouts,... more

Baird provides a wide variety of advisory services, primarily serving middle,market companies; however, we have advised on acquisitions as large as ,6.3 billion. Our merger and acquisition practice is closely split between buyers and sellers, giving us unique perspectives into both. Our... more

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and... more

RED CAPITAL GROUP provides debt and equity capital, along with advisory services to the multifamily housing, seniors housing, commercial real estate, and health care industries. RED consists of three operating companies which together provide solutions through a full range of capital... more

Morgan Joseph's Equity Sales and Trading team provides institutional clients access to the firm's differentiated research product and extensive execution capabilities. Our experienced team of professional salespeople is responsible for providing the firm's research ideas and market... more

Scotia Capital is a leading provider of a full range of financial products and services to the technology and electronics industry. We are a market leader in number and scope of transactions. Our database tracks in excess of 1,200 companies (private and public). We offer global coverage... more

Wit Capital Corporation also offers individual investors online brokerage services that include access to IPOs and other securities offerings that in the past have only been available to institutions and wealthy individuals. Wit Capital Corporation is a registered broker-dealer and a... more

Nomura is a global financial services group dedicated to providing a broad range of financial services for individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. The Group offers a diverse line of competitive products and value-added financial and advisory solutions through its... more

The investment and corporate banking businesses of BMO Nesbitt Burns are part of Bank of Montreal's Investment Banking Group. BMO Nesbitt Burns offers a broad range of products and services such as underwriting, corporate lending, mergers and acquisitions, research, sales, and trading. In... more

Gabelli & Company, Inc., an institutional research and brokerage firm, is a subsidiary of Gabelli Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: GBL).

Williams Capital delivers fixed income and equity securities underwriting, sales and trading services for corporations accessing the institutional capital markets in the United States. As a lead or co-manager on corporate debt and equity offerings, we provide our issuer clients with... more

FTN Financial, one of the nation's top underwriters of U.S. government agency securities, is a member of the First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN) family of companies, which provides financial services to individual and business customers through First Horizon Home Loans, which earned... more

Tristone is a leading North American full-service investment banking firm specializing in the energy industry. Based on its client-driven strategy, Tristone provides a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes industry and institutional investors.... more

Delafield Hambrecht, Inc. is a merchant bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington. We provide investment banking services (M&A and capital raising) to public and private companies, predominantly in the emerging growth markets of technology, healthcare and consumer products and retail. We... more

BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider, with over 2,400 employees operating in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate... more

UBS Warburg is a leading provider of physical and derivative precious metal products to a broad range of customers around the globe. Our clients include producers, central banks, funds, physical buyers, private clients and banks. As a primary liquidity provider in the wholesale interbank... more

Greystone Servicing Corporation, Inc (GSC) is based in Bethesda MD and Warrenton, VA. Through brokers, correspondents and in-house professionals, GSC originates approximately $1.25 billion annually in new mortgage loans secured by multi-family, healthcare, seniors housing and commercial... more

Northland Securities is dedicated to directly and promptly communicating research opinions and insights. Clients have direct interaction with professional equity analysts, many of whom have the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Northland's Institutional Equity Team tailors... more

Bear Stearns, together with each of its subsidiaries and affiliates, is committed to the highest standards of ethical business conduct. The firm's long tradition of success is grounded in its commitment to offer clients superior value and better service. The ethics lapses in corporate... more

NW Financial Group provides investment banking and financial advisory services to governmental entities, financial institutions, corporations and non-profit groups. NW Financial structures capital market transactions, investment programs and debt refinancings. The firm's principle... more

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is the marketing name for the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, a member of the Allianz Group. Headquartered in London, Frankfurt and New York, DrKW provides a full range of investment banking products and services to European and other international... more

Founded in 1979 with six associates, Crews & Associates, Inc. has grown to an organization of more than 160 professionals. We're proud of our superior record of customer service. We continue to strive to better serve our customers on a day-to-day basis. Our growth and perseverance has... more

First Capital Group is a private investment firm that provides equity capital to companies that fall into three general investment categories: early-stage, expansion-stage, and management buyouts and special situation investments in small and middle-market companies at more mature growth... more

Nikko Securities is one of the "Big 3" Japanese securities firms, with a network of 127 domestic branches and an international network of 29 offices in 21 countries. The company is a listed member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of $15 billion.

The Black Diamond Group LLC is a New York based merchant bank and advisory firm specializing in insurance. Its principals are Jay Novik, Heidi Hutter, Eric Lemieux and Bruce Reich. www.bdgltd.com

Allegiance Partners is a Private Equity Real Estate Principal. Allegiance focuses on purchasing the ground (fee) interest under commercial property via simple-to-execute sale-leaseback transactions. Allegiance typically enters into a transaction during acquisition, when a newly purchased... more

Dlouhy Merchant is an investment bank serving institutional money managers and Canadian growth companies. The firm was founded on the belief that companies and investors in high growth industries require specialized industry expertise and services from an investment bank. Our services... more