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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is a leading financial services provider to the institutional equity and fixed income markets, with products and services including sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market data, and market commentary. For nearly 60 years, Cantor Fitzgerald,... 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

Netherlands-based ABN AMRO is a leading international bank with total assets of EUR 975.1 bln (as at 31 March 2006). It has over 3,500 branches in more than 60 countries and territories, and has a staff of over 105,000 full-time equivalents worldwide. ABN AMRO is listed on Euronext and... more

FBR Financial Services Partners, L.P. (FSP) is a private equity fund whose sole investment objective is to provide strategic, medium-term equity capital to growing financial services companies. The institutional investors committed to FSP include major banks, insurance companies and... more

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners is a full-service investment banking firm dedicated to providing comprehensive, innovative advisory and transaction execution services to the financial industry. The firm specializes in strategic business planning, mergers and acquisitions,... more

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

Invesco Ltd. (Invesco) is an independent global investment management company. The Company’s worldwide investment management capabilities include AIM, Atlantic Trust, Invesco, Perpetual, PowerShares, Trimark and WL Ross. Invesco provides an array of enduring solutions for retail,... more

Alliance Capital Management L.P. (www.alliancecapital.com; NYSE: AC) is a leading global investment management firm founded in 1962 as the investment management subsidiary of the research boutique Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. In 1985 Alliance Capital was acquired by The Equitable (now... 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

Capital.com, Inc. is a business finance portal where premier financing sources compete to provide receivable and inventory financing, machinery and equipment loans and leasing, real estate and construction financing, subordinated debt and equity financing for growth, acquisitions,... more

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. are a leading investment bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial (NYSE: RJF). Raymond James Financial is a diversified financial services firm whose subsidiaries engage in securities brokerage, investment banking, asset management,... more

Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc. (SMHG), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides asset/wealth management, and capital markets services. The products and services provided by the Company include asset/wealth management and capital markets. The asset/wealth management business... 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

Oppenheimer is a Minneapolis-based law firm dedicated to providing exceptional counsel to clients in the financial services, health care, medical device, manufacturing, and technology industries. It has one of the most experienced and diverse practices in the Upper Midwest and is... more

BNY ConvergEx Group provides customized, conflict-free global agency trading and investment technology solutions, together with superior personal client service and support, directly to our institutional clients worldwide. We focus on a collaborative, partnership approach with clients,... more

Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm. With principal offices in San Francisco, New York and Charlotte, BAS employs more than 4,200 associates in offices around the country, and with... more

Refco Easy Solutions LLC (www.refcoeasysolutions.com) Refco EasySolutions LLC is a Joint Venture ("JV") of Refco Group Ltd. and the U.K. company EasyScreen Plc ("EasyScreen", LSE: EAS), the leading developer of innovative software products for electronic trading.

Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd. is the asset management subsidiary of The Phoenix Companies, Inc., with $42.9 billion in third party assets under management as of December 31, 2004. Phoenix Investment Partners provides individuals and institutions with disciplined money management... more

Stone & Youngberg provides a wide selection of products and services to institutional, government, and individual clients nationwide. Our core business, Stone & Youngberg LLC, was founded in 1931. We continue to structure and distribute fixed income securities while offering a broad... more

Founded in 1971, The TCW Group develops and manages a broad range of innovative, value-added investment products that strive to enhance and protect clients' wealth. The firm has approximately $130 billion in assets under management. TCW clients include many of the largest corporate and... more

For 175 years, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has been dedicated to providing investors with superior service and financial expertise. In this world of constantly changing market environments, we understand that investment decisions must be based upon individual needs and goals. To that end,... more

Founded in 1953, First Albany Companies Inc. is a leading institutionally focused independent investment bank and asset management firm. Through its Taxable Fixed-Income, Municipal and Equity Capital Markets Divisions, the firm focuses on serving the institutional market, the growing... more

vFinance, Inc. is a rapidly growing financial services company that provides investment banking, brokerage and trading services to more than 10,000 corporate, institutional and private clients worldwide. The Company has offices in New York, San Jose, Houston, Boca Raton and 22 other... more

CAPIS operates trading desks in Dallas and in New York. Essential systems for these operations run on computer facilities in Dallas with uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and backup data communications services. In addition, CAPIS maintains an alternate trading environment outside of... more

GMO, founded in 1977, is a privately held global investment management firm servicing clients in the corporate, public, endowment, and foundation marketplaces. As of December 31, 2007, we managed $152 billion* in client assets using a blend of traditional judgments with innovative... more

Neuberger Berman has provided prime brokerage and correspondent clearing services to the financial community for five decades. We offer all the services you need to get your business started and to keep your business growing: Trade Execution Responsiveness and experience make a crucial... more

Canaccord Capital Inc is an independent full-service investment dealer in Canada with capital market operations in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Company has operations in each of the two segments of the securities industry: capital markets and private client services. The... more

Dwight Asset Management Company LLC focuses exclusively on fixed income investment management services for institutional clients including retirement plans, corporations, public funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and Taft-Hartley plans. We manage... more

Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH - News), an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals worldwide. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains leadership positions in investment... more

Incapital LLC is a U.S. securities and investment banking firm focused on the underwriting and distribution of fixed income securities and structured products. This focus enables Incapital professionals to provide innovative funding alternatives for debt issuers and investment solutions... more