Rick J. Sterne

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. provides insurance services. It offers property per risk treaty, casualty treaty, property and casualty individual risks, and property catastrophe reinsurance services. The company is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Lightyear Capital LLC (Lightyear Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Marron & Associates LLC founded in 2000 by Donald Baird Marron. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Granite Capital Partners LLC (Granite Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 .The firm is headquartered in Provo, Utah with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.

Athilon Group Holdings Corp. provides financial services. It offers credit risk protection on structured financial assets to investment banks, commercial banks, insurance companies, corporations, and other institutions in the form of credit derivatives and other financial guaranty contracts. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Landsdowne Children's Centre operates as a day care center in Brantford. Its services developmental pediatrician, holistic integrated teams, central intake, rehabilitation programs, respite programs, recreation programs, infant & child development program, early integration program and autism. The company was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Brantford, Canada.

ED Broking Group Ltd. provides insurance brokerage services. The company was founded in July 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.