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Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Trammell Crow Co. provides commercial real estate services. The company delivers brokerage, project management, and building management services through its global services group. The company operates in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin/South America. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. is an investment banking company, which engages in the provision of investment banking, brokerage, equity research, and asset management services. Its services include brokerage services, tax and estate planning strategies, investment management consulting, alternate investments, and corporate client services. The company was founded by Thomas W. Weisel in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Portigon AG engages in the management of its own assets. It also provides financial services and conducts banking activities. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale provides asset management and banking services. The firm operates through the following business divisions: Securities, Real Estate, Services, Capital Markets, and Financing. The Securities business division handles actively managed securities funds, passively managed index funds, as well as fund-linked asset management and special funds. The Real Estate business division offers property-based investment products for private and institutional investors. The Services business division provides banking services for asset management. The Capital Markets business division focuses on the development and supply of products, provision of infrastructure for capital market transactions, and acting as a liquidity platform for the savings banks and institutional customers. The Financing business division provides refinancing services to savings banks, as well as real estate, infrastructure, transport and export financing. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung engages in the promotion and development of medical research and medical-humanitarian projects. It focuses on the study in the causes, diagnosis, and therapy of diseases. The company was founded by Else Kröner in 1983 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.

LBO France Gestion SAS (LBO France) is one of the oldest independent private equity firms in France. Established in 1985, the firm manages leveraged buyout transactions through their small-cap, mid-cap and real estate funds. Headquartered in Paris, LBO France primarily targets French firms or companies which are based or which transact most of their business in France.

Stephens Investment Partners 2020 LLC is an investment holding firm. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Stephens Investment Partners 2019 LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Collins Stewart Hawkpoint Ltd. provides financial advisory services. Its services include institutional stock broking, fixed income credit trading, corporate broking, corporate finance advisory services, debt capital markets advice, restructuring and debt advisory services, private client and intermediary wealth management, and fund management. The company was founded on May 05, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Simmons Bank engages in the operation of chartered commercial bank. It offers mortgage, consumer loans, wealth management, and business banking services. The company was founded by John Franklin Simmons in March 1903 and is headquartered in Pine Bluff, AR.

Comprehensive Software Systems LLC is a national software and solutions firm that serves the front and back office teams of brokerages and broker-dealers. It offers account, order, wealth and reference data management, and customer cashiering solutions. The company was founded by Michael T. Landry in 1993 and is headquartered in Golden, CO

GP Günter Papenburg AG engages in the construction of residential and office buildings, roads, and highways. It offers services to the raw materials, building materials, building contractors, Recycling and disposal, Construction machinery and equipment and logistics divisions. The company was founded by Günter Papenburg in 1963 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

Part of VHV Allgemeine Versicherung AG, VHV Holding AG provides IT services. The private company is based in Hannover, Germany. The German company was founded in 2003. Uwe Hans Reuter has been the CEO of the company since 2002.

Friends Life Holdings Plc provides life insurance services. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Dorking, the United Kingdom.

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale provides financial and commercial banking services to private, corporate, institutional, as well as public sector customers. It offers structured financing for the ship and aircraft industries, as well as for the energy, infrastructure, industry and real estate sectors in international projects. The company also functions as a central bank for savings banks. In addition, it is also active in the development business, where it offers consulting services for all issues related to development, including support services for filing of applications for programs. Norddeutsche Landesbank was founded on July 1, 1970 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

Friends Life FPG Ltd. is an insurance company, which engages in the provision of life and other risks insurance services. The company was founded on March 27, 2009 and is headquartered in Dorking, the United Kingdom.

Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings Ltd. (EDRCH) is an alternative investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of Edmond de Rothschild (UK) Ltd., ultimately owned by Edmond de Rothschild Holding SA in Switzerland. EDRCH offers a comprehensive service model for an international clientele of wealthy families, entrepreneurs and large institutions.

JP Morgan & Co. provides financial services. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Merrill Lynch International, Inc. provides investment and financial services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.