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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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.

Based in New York, Capital Z Financial Services Fund II, L.P., is a $1.85 billion global private equity fund that focuses exclusively on investments in the insurance, financial services and healthcare services industries. The fund, which was formed in August 1998, is managed by Capital Z... more

Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1937, it is an independent, employee-owned firm with $32.2 billion in assets under management and more than 1,100 employees in locations across the country and in London. With expertise in... more

Oaktree Capital Management was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It is an independent investment management firm with over $52 billion of assets under management in specialized investment strategies. These strategies include private equity, distressed debt,... more

Lone Star Funds (Lone Star) are closed-end, private-equity limited partnerships that include corporate and public pension funds, university endowments, foundations, bank holding companies, family trusts and insurance companies. Since 1995, the principals of Lone Star have organized... 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

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

JMP Securities is a full-service investment bank that provides equity research, institutional brokerage and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. The firm is a subsidiary of publicly traded JMP Group Inc. (NYSE: JMP). Headquartered in... more

SEB is a European financial group for companies and private individuals. SEB has a total of 675 branch offices in Sweden, Germany and the Baltic countries and a total of 4 million customers, including 1 million Internet clients. SEB Group has SEK 1,163 billion in total assets and SEK 871... more

GSC Acquisition Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or assets, which it refers to as its initial... 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

The Hennessee Group is a pioneer in hedge fund investments and currently advises on over $1 billion of assets invested in 125 different hedge funds. All portfolios are customized to fit each individual client?s investment objectives and risk parameters (i.e. Private funds-of-hedge funds.)... more

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than 1,300 employees; approximately $35 billion in aggregate investment capital as of January 1, 2008; and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since its organization in 1988, the firm has earned... more

Tremont Capital Management is the flagship unit of Tremont Group Holdings, Inc., and is based in Rye, New York. Formed in 1984, Tremont Capital Management is recognized worldwide as an established leader in the investment management of fund of hedge fund investment products and... more

Wall Street Access is a New York Stock Exchange member firm offering a range of services, including research, execution, fixed income trading and professional money management, to institutions and affluent individuals. Completing our product offerings are investment advisory services for... more

LJH Global Investments, LLC was founded in 1992 by James R. Hedges, IV to manage private assets, and has rapidly developed into a leading hedge fund advisor and fund of hedge funds management firm. The firm has advised numerous private investors, financial institutions, and financial... 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

Global Crown Capital, LLC ("GCC") is a research-focused boutique investment firm broadly and deeply focused on technology. The firm specializes in Global Equity Research, Institutional Sales and Trading, Prime Brokerage, Global Wealth Management, Asset Management, Investment Banking and... more

Rasmala Investments, founded in 1999 by a high flying team of bankers and investment specialists is spearheading a new approach in asset management and is in the process of creating a world class financial services house. Acting as an independent manager across a broad range of asset... more

Winston Partners was founded in 1993 and originally consisted of two distinct businesses: hedge funds of funds and private equity. The firm launched its first hedge fund of funds in 1995 after a period of extensive due diligence on long/short funds. The firm manages four distinct funds,... more

Founded in 2001, Probitas Partners is a leading independent provider of alternative investment solutions. We have offices in San Francisco, New York and London. Our professionals are leaders in the placement, liquidity management, portfolio management, relationship management, and... more

Man Group has its origins over 200 years ago in a broking business founded by James Man and was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1994. Man Group plc trades on the London Stock Exchange (EMG) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is classified within the "General... more

Ramius was founded in 1994. Ramius was founded in 1994 by Peter Cohen (former Chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Brothers) with Jeffrey Solomon (former CAO and Head of Corporate Development at Republic New York Securities Corp.). They were joined by Thomas Strauss (former President of... more

Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (CAM) is provides investment advisory services to institutions and individuals. The Company’s target clients are institutional and individual clients with long-term investment horizons. CAM makes its range of investment strategies and services available to... more

Highfields Capital's investment advisory services are provided only to a limited number of investment funds; it does not make its services available to the public and is not offering investment advisory services through this Web Site. 1.3 You understand and agree that we may change this... more

At Hilliard Lyons, we have been providing that kind of singular insight for our clients from generation to generation since 1854. Over the years, we have helped clients plan for their goals at each life stage. Whether it's purchasing a new home, sending children to college, preparing... more

Asset Alliance is a multi-faceted investment management firm, specializing in alternative investment management - specifically hedge funds and hedge fund products. Founded in 1996, Asset Alliance offers strategic opportunities for highly skilled hedge fund managers; provides advisory... more

Integrated Asset Management Plc (Integrated) is a London-based company. The Company is a provider of Fund of Hedge Funds products and owner of institutional brokerage firms in Italy. Through regulated subsidiaries in London and Paris, Integrated manages assets in a variety of FoHF... more

J.H. Whitney & Co. is one of the nation's oldest private equity investment firms, founded in 1946 by noted philanthropist John Hay Whitney. Counting among its successes such notable companies as Minute Maid, Compaq, AdvancePCS, The North Face and Herbalife, J.H. Whitney has invested in... more

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC is an international, institutional alternative asset management firm and an alternative asset manager. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company has approximately $33.4 billion of assets under management for over 700 fund investors. It is a... more

BluMont Capital is one of Canada's leading providers of alternative investment solutions for individual investors. Founded in 2000, BluMont Capital ("BluMont") offers investment products designed to provide enhanced diversification and return potential outside of traditional equity and... more

GAM delivers active investment management to private clients, institutions and intermediaries. Our goal is to produce outstanding results by providing clients with access to great investment talent throughout the world. As well as active management within funds, GAM uses active asset... more

For over 30 years the Private Client Asset Management Group at Weiss, Peck & Greer Investments has provided a full complement of personalized investment management services for individuals, families, trusts, and foundations with financial assets in excess of $1 million. Weiss, Peck &... more

Petra Capital Partners is a venture capital firm engaged in providing expansion capital for high-growth companies located throughout the United States. We currently manage two funds: Petra Mezzanine Fund, an $80 million SBIC, and Petra Capital, a fully invested $70 million fund. We... more

GoldenTree strives to provide superior client service to our diversified investor base. Our team is dedicated to communicating GoldenTree's investments and business consistently and clearly. Our reporting is recognized as one of the best and most transparent in the industry and we have a... more

RAB Capital plc is an investment management company that offers a range of absolute return products. RAB Capital specializes in managing absolute return funds, often referred to as hedge funds. RAB Capital manages 15 single strategy Funds and two Multi-Strategy Funds. In October 2007, RAB... more