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Charter is the 4th largest cable television operator in the United States with 5 million subscribers. It offers traditional cable video programming, high-speed Internet access, broadband cable services, high definition television service, interactive television and telephone service through the Internet to residential and commercial customers. Charter Communications is based in St. Louis, Missouri. BACK TO TOP
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FBR Capital Markets Corp. (Nasdaq: FBCM) is a full-service investment banking, institutional brokerage and asset management firm headquartered in Arlington, VA.The firm focuses capital and financial expertise on seven industry sectors: consumer; diversified industrials; energy & natural resources; financial institutions; insurance; real estate; and technology, media & telecom. In these sectors, FBCM has a strong equity research effort, exceptional equities distribution and brokerage capabilities and expert advisory services. It has developed an industry leading franchise within the 144A private placement market and continues to expand its capabilities in convertible securities, debt origination, credit sales & trading and restructuring finance & advisory. FBCM was split from its former parent company in a 144A transaction in July of 2006. The company completed its IPO in June of 2007.
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Insight Communications Company, Inc.
www.myinsight.com Insight Communications Company, Inc. is the nation's ninth largest multiple system cable operator with over 780,000 customers in the three contiguous states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. The company offers a full suite of products including video, high speed data and telephony services, to both residential and commercial customers. In addition, Insight offers advanced services such as Digital Video Recorders, High Definition Television and Video-on-Demand. Insight is the largest cable operator in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has approximately 2,900 employees.
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Key Safety Systems, Inc. (“KSS”) is a leading global supplier of automotive safety restraint systems and components. KSS supplies a broad range of safety products including airbag components and systems; seat belts; steering wheels; and position and movement sensors. KSS’s global headquarters is in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with regional headquarters in Raunheim, Germany and Shanghai, China. The company is geographically diversified, with over 65% of sales originating from outside of North America.
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Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a global provider of specialty insurance products operating in Bermuda, London and Dubai. The company focuses on short-tail, mostly on a direct basis, specialty insurance risks under the four general categories: property, energy, marine, and aviation. Its insurance subsidiaries carry the Lancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a stable outlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of $1 billion dollars and its Common Shares trade on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LRE.
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Martin Currie is a specialist active equity manager. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, Martin Currie manages approximately ₤10 billion for 175 clients worldwide. Martin Currie’s product offering includes multi-regional and specialist equity portfolios and hedge funds through both segregated mandates and pooled funds. Martin Currie was founded in 1881 and prior to Crestview’s investment was a 100% employee-owned company.
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Munder Capital is an investment management firm offering actively managed investment products to an institutional and retail client base. The company’s investment expertise spans the domestic, international, and fixed income markets, as well as a broad spectrum of equity capitalization ranges across separate accounts, mutual funds and retirement-oriented investment strategies. Munder manages approximately $15 billion in assets. The company is located in Birmingham, MI.
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North American Financial Holdings, Inc. North American Financial Holdings, Inc. ("NAFH") is a recently formed Delaware corporation that intends to invest in and manage one or more depository institutions. The capital raised for NAFH will back Gene Taylor, the Chairman and CEO of NAFH and former Vice Chairman of Bank of America, and his management team to execute a bank acquisition strategy. Mr. Taylor and the NAFH management team will focus on building a high quality deposit franchise through participating in FDIC-assisted and other bank transactions.
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OneLink Communications is the leading provider of cable television services in Puerto Rico. The company is the sole cable franchisee in the greater San Juan area, which includes San Juan (Puerto Rico’s capital) and seven surrounding municipalities. This franchise area contains over 30% of Puerto Rico’s population, including the seven wealthiest municipalities on the island. OneLink currently offers a full suite of products, including: basic cable service; digital packages; premium channel packages; high-speed data (“HSD”); and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (“VoIP”). The company compliments its products with advanced services such as Digital Video Recorders (“DVR”), High Definition Television (“HDTV”), Video-on-Demand (“VoD”) and Subscription VoD. OneLink offers these products and services over a fully upgraded, two-way, 860MHz network that offers superior customer density per plant mile.
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Oxbow Carbon is a private energy company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, founded by William I. Koch in 1984. Under his leadership, the company has become the world's largest marketer of petroleum coke, a by product of the oil refinery process. Petroleum coke is used in power generation, cement kilns, sugar mills and aluminum manufacturing. The company trades in other carbon and industrial products such as coal, gypsum, bauxite, and clinker. Oxbow also owns one of the most productive underground coal mines in the nation, producing 6.5 million tons of super-compliant coal annually, and is developing an extensive natural gas reserve.
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PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE: PRE) is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line reinsurance to insurance companies. The Company through its wholly owned subsidiaries also offers alternative risk products that include weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies. Risks reinsured include property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine specialty property, specialty casualty, other lines, life/annuity and health, and alternative risk products.
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Select Energy Services is a premier oil and gas service company that provides wellsite services and supplies to support E&P companies in the exploration for hydrocarbons. The wellsite services offered by Select include: site rentals and accommodations, water management operations, pipeline construction, rig logistics, heavy haul services and well-pad construction. Select has an established presence in the major shale basins - Barnett, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Fayetteville and Woodford - and is currently working on building presence in Marcellus. Select was founded in 2007 by John Schmitz, the current Chairman and CEO. The company currently has over 2,100 employees and is headquartered in Gainesville, Texas.
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Headquartered in Nashville, TN, Symbion is a leading operator of over 70 short-stay surgical facilities across 25 states. Through its ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals, Symbion provides patients with high-quality surgical services across a number of specialties while delivering exceptional value to its physician and hospital partners.
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ValueOptions is the nation’s third largest managed behavioral healthcare services company. The company designs and operates behavioral health care services, including mental health, substance abuse, workplace services and employee assistance programs. ValueOptions serves more than 21 million people through publicly funded, federal and commercial contracts and is a leading provider of behavioral health services to the Fortune 100 list of companies. ValueOptions is also a leading provider of behavioral health services in the public sector with contracts in 13 states. ValueOptions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FHC Health Systems, has approximately 2,800 employees and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia.
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