KCM is a privately held, 100% employee owned corporation, founded in 1989 by John C. Kornitzer. Prior to founding KCM, Mr. Kornitzer was Vice President of Investments for Employers Reinsurance Corp (ERC). He joined ERC in 1978, and managed corporate assets for the company through acquisitions by Getty Oil, Texaco and finally General Electric Investment Corporation (GEIC), where he ran investment portfolios for ERC and GEIC until founding KCM. The firm was created to manage customized portfolios for private clients and institutions. We continue to provide client-focused, personalized money management though our Kornitzer Private Client Services (KPCS) group, and pension, corporate and foundation separate account management through our institutional services group. With our approach to lifetime asset management, KCM helps clients achieve their long-term financial goals throughout the various investment stages including accumulation, preservation and retirement. Over the years, based on client request or need, we formed companies and alliances to better serve specific niches. A trust company was established to administer and custody retirement plans, and provide full personal trust services to individuals. A mutual fund company was formed to handle IRAs and smaller investment accounts.

Confluence Investment Management LLC is an independent Registered Investment Advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. We provide professional portfolio management and advisory services to institutional and individual clients. Our investment philosophy is based upon independent, fundamental research that integrates our evaluation of market cycles, macroeconomics and geopolitical analysis with our value-driven, fundamental company-specific approach. Our portfolio management philosophy begins by assessing risk, and follows through by positioning clients to achieve their income and growth objectives. The Confluence team is comprised of experienced investment professionals who are dedicated to an exceptional level of client service and communication. We develop innovative investment products for our clients, and our disciplined investment process and performance has stood the test of time across a broad range of economic and market cycles. http://www.confluenceinvestment.com/assets/docs/2014/Social_Media_Disclosures_9-10-14.pdf

Acropolis manages/advises on more than $2 billion for high net worth individuals, institutional investors and retirement plan trustees (401k, profit sharing, etc.). Acropolis is a Registered Investment Advisor and serves clients as a fiduciary with fee-only arrangements. We pride ourselves on our dedication to trusted advice and exceptional service.

Tortoise is an independent investment advisor located in White Plains, New York that currently has over $1 billion in assets under management. We provide comprehensive financial planning and investment management advice to wealthy families and individuals across the country. Our investment philosophy emphasizes asset allocation, risk management, and a conservative, long-term approach. Our financial advice often touches all major financial areas of our clients’ lives. We believe that it is more important to maximize the probability of having enough money rather than striving to have the most money as our clients navigate their lifetime milestones. Our constant dedication to putting our clients first is the foundation of our extremely strong client relationships.

First Heartland is an independently owned broker dealer, brokerage general agency and registered investment advisor, offering a proven infrastructure of support and service and an experienced staff to assist financial professionals like you on the journey to success. FHC’s flexible and innovative technology solutions optimize performance, simplify processing, and enhance field communication. Our truly independent status allows us to provide you with an extensive variety of products without bias. If you are seeking a team that can offer you a paramount level of service, we are confident you will find First Heartland to be the perfect fit.

Wedgewood Partners Inc is an Investment Management company located in 9909 Clayton Rd Ste 103, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.

Since 1998, Argent Capital Management has been helping institutional investors, investment advisors and high net worth individuals meet their investment goals. We are a boutique investment management firm specializing in U.S. equities. Our focus is on seeking attractively valued, enduring businesses that have the potential for superior investment results over the long term.

JAG Capital Management actively invests for institutions and individuals in highly selective, customizable, and nimble equity and fixed income strategies. JAG is boutique, independent, and employee-owned with offices in St. Louis and Chicago.

RiverVest Venture Partners® is a leading venture capital firm building life science companies to address significant unmet needs of patients and deliver consistently strong returns to investors. With headquarters in St. Louis and offices in San Diego and Cleveland, RiverVest accesses forward-thinking research and clinical expertise at leading institutions across the country to found and fund biopharma and medical device companies. Entrepreneurs turn to RiverVest for the scientific, operational, financial, and investment expertise they need to achieve long-term success. RiverVest is committed to doing business the right way to deliver the best outcomes for patients, entrepreneurs and investors. Established in 2000, RiverVest has funded more than 60 innovative life science companies and has assets under management of approximately $750 million. For more information, please visit http://www.rivervest.com.

Stern Brothers is one of the nation’s largest certified 100% woman-owned, woman-led WBE certified investment banks on the country. We provide Municipal and Corporate Finance, Underwriting, Private Placement, Credit Enhancement and Remarketing Services for clients across the country. Stern's principal focus is public, corporate and infrastructure finance. For over 100 years Stern has helped organizations achieve their financing goals by providing investment banking solutions, including underwriting, remarketing, and sales & trading of fixed and variable rate municipal securities nationwide. Our status, transactional experience, seasoned professionals, and innovative financing ideas offer a depth and breadth that allows our clients to meet their capital and diversity objectives.

No one helps manage your money better. For more than 25 years, Great Plains, a Kansas City-based firm, has specialized in growing and protecting wealth, from asset management to estate and pension planning, wills, trusts and retirement. Our clients are individuals and small-business owners, in the Kansas City area and across the nation, working to secure a better future for their families and employees. With our help, people can protect the assets they have now as well as any inheritance they receive, or leave to loved ones, in the future. When you choose Great Plains, you're partnering up with people who have built real wealth and real businesses for themselves as well as customers. They know firsthand what it takes to face the challenges that individuals and business owners face. It's what makes Great Plains the first name in wealth management. And it's always on a first-name basis. In recent years, our customers have turned to Great Plains of South Dakota for trust management services as well. Great Plains established its South Dakota branch in 2011 to take advantage of the state's favorable laws governing taxation, privacy and creditor protection. We work with clients across the country to ensure that their tailor-made estate plans are protected for future generations.

matter® is the leading branding agency in the Middle East, specializing in creating brands with a strong brand story and personality. Our view of branding is the cause behind our unique methodology, the one that we’ve worked on developing based on our belief that each brand consists of certain elements. Each element is developed enough to stand strong on its own, creating a comprehensively strong brand when fused together. Our tried and tested methodology stems from our need to delve deeper into the heart of matters, thereby being founded on the basis of science, but executed through our passion for art. Our achievements are measured by our brands'​ well-sustained success, and their ability to strive in the real world based on understanding business objectives, brand gap, target needs, and competition analysis, which is why we’ve learned to always strike the right balance between art and science in a way that promotes the perks of being different.