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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greenhill & Co., Inc. (Greenhill) is an independent investment banking firm that provides financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and similar corporate finance matters, and manages merchant banking funds and commits capital to those funds. Greenhill acts for... 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

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.

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. is one of the nation's preeminent private equity firms with approximately $9 billion in equity capital under management. Our firm, founded in 1989, has invested in 45 companies with aggregate value of $34 billion. We are currently investing our fifth fund,... more

Since 1983, BIAfn has helped clients build enterprise value and increase operational efficiency by providing expert financial consulting and strategic advisory services, as well as a comprehensive array of media research and investment resources. BIAfn also offers services related to fair... more

Evercore Partners Inc. (Evercore) is an investment banking company. The Company is a holding company and its sole material asset is a controlling equity interest in Evercore LP. It provides advisory services to multinational corporations on significant mergers, acquisitions, divestitures,... more

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a range of services worldwide to a client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Its... more

Climate Change Capital Group Ltd. ("CCC") www.climatechangecapital.com is a leading investment banking group and fund management business specialising in the investment opportunities created by the low carbon economy. Its activities aim to make the world's environment cleaner while... more

Thayer | Hidden Creek is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets industrial products and services companies in the middle market. The Firm has offices in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, MN. The Thayer | Hidden Creek team utilizes a disciplined approach to investing... more

Standard Bank is a South African-based global financial services company founded in 1862. It is the largest South African banking group ranked by market capitalisation and earnings. At 31 December 2004, the group had assets of R506 billion. In addition to retail and business banking,... more

Close Brothers Group plc is the parent company of a group of companies engaged in financial services. It operates through four divisions. The asset management division focuses on private clients and funds. The banking division focuses on asset-based lending mainly in the United Kingdom... more

Established in 2003, Ocean Tomo, LLC is the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc firm that specializes in understanding and leveraging Intellectual Property assets. The company provides advice in IP-related mergers and acquisitions, investments, valuations, expert services,... more

Founded in 1903, Gordon Brothers Group, LLC (www.gordonbrothers.com) provides customized global advisory, acquisition, disposition and capital solutions to companies at times of growth or restructuring. The firm has over 150 professionals and 250 consultants operating out of 20 offices in... more

SG Cowen is one of the leading firms in Health Care, Technology, Consumer, Aerospace & Defense, and Media & Communications equity research. We offer extensive and focused after market trading services with leadership among market makers in Health Care and Technology stocks. We serve a... more

Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. Goldman Sachs is also a global leader in private corporate equity and mezzanine investing. Established in 1991, the GS Capital Partners Funds are part of the firm's Principal Investment Area in the... more

Seidler Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that partners with visionary executives to grow their businesses. Our firm was founded on the principle that uniting a long-term investor partner with an experienced management team creates the greatest company and shareholder... more

E*Capital is a private equity and investment firm that provides capital and management assistance to talented entrepreneurs and executives to build great companies

CEA is known for our creativity in connecting financial resources with our clients' capital needs. Through our long-standing relationships with sources of debt and equity financing both in the U.S. and overseas, CEA arranges financial packages to fund all our clients' capital needs... more

Established by Marc R. Viscogliosi, John J. Viscogliosi and Anthony G. Viscogliosi in New York City in 1999, Viscogliosi Bros., LLC (VB) was the first venture capital/private equity and merchant banking firm dedicated to the musculoskeletal/orthopedics sector of the health care industry.... more

Founded in 1982, The Sterling Group is a private equity investment firm defined by its focused expertise, depth of experience, operational strategy, and approach to partnering with management.

Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) is a private equity and mezzanine capital investment firm dedicated to serving the media, communications and information industries (collectively, "Media") in North America and Europe. Veronis Suhler Stevenson was founded in 1981 by John J. Veronis and John... 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

Founded in 1925, Carl Marks began as a dealer of foreign securities in the United States. The company has diversified into a multi-faceted investment and advisory services firm offering a range of specialized services, including corporate revitalization and investment banking, distressed... more

DLJ Merchant Banking is a leading private equity investor that has a 19-year record of investing in leveraged buyouts and related transactions across abroad range of industries. Since 1985, DLJ Merchant Banking has invested more than $9 billion in more than 140 portfolio companies. DLJ... more

BSMB, the private equity affiliate of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC), invests private equity capital in compelling leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital opportunities alongside superior management teams. BSMB focuses on making control or entrepreneur-driven... more

Galen Capital Group, LLC (www.galencapitalgroup.com) is a merchant banking firm serving middle-market companies primarily in the healthcare industry. GCG offers a range of transaction execution and advisory services in the areas of M&A, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine, equity and debt... more

ComVest currently manages both equity and debt investment funds. In each fund we manage, ComVest takes a long-term approach, providing a solid financial and strategic foundation on which companies can grow, develop, and maximize shareholder value. Operating two funds simultaneously gives... more

Resilience Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm's investment philosophy is focused on principal investing in lower middle market underperforming and turnaround situations.

Saunders Karp & Megrue is a private merchant bank engaged in the acquisition and ownership of operating businesses. The firm currently manages over $1.5 billion in three private equity funds. SKM seeks to invest its capital in a small number of well-managed companies which can achieve... more

Founded in 1992, GCP (www.growth-capital.com) is an investment and merchant banking firm that provides financial advisory services to both private and public middle-market companies, with a specialty practice devoted specifically to the energy industry. GCP also focuses extensively on the... more

Tailwind is a $1.3 billion private equity fund affiliated with Thomas Weisel Partners with a current portfolio of over 30 companies, primarily focused in the growth sectors of the economy, including healthcare, technology and business services, and media and communications. Tailwind's... more

GulfStar delivers premium value for middle market business owners. GulfStar Group is a leading middle market investment bank headquartered in Houston with an office in Dallas. Our clients are typically business owners of companies with revenue between $25 million and $250 million.... more

CAROUSEL CAPITAL is a private investment firm that invests in companies located in the Southeastern United States. Carousel's investor base includes institutional investors and an elite group of more than 60 current and former CEO's with significant operating experience. Carousel invests... more

Thomas Weisel Capital Partners LP (TWCP) is a $1.3 billion private equity fund managed by Thomas Weisel Partners. The fund is led by co-directors Derek Lemke and Alan Menkes. To date, the fund has invested in or committed to invest approximately $700 million of capital in 31 leading... more

Blum Capital Partners was founded in 1975 as an investment firm making strategic block and control investments in public and private transactions. Our hybrid investment strategy combines a rigorous, private equity process applied to the public markets with a proven ability to play a... more