Financial Services Industry Competitors

This acorn wants to plant seeds that will make your business flower. Acorn Capital Partners provides financial advice to companies and assists with the raising of finance and capital, chiefly targeting early-stage businesses. The firm has worked with companies in the healthcare, oil and gas, real estate, retail, and software industries, advising on acquisitions, restructuring, fundraising, and regulatory compliance....

The main train of thought at Angel Trains is leasing rolling stock. Angel Trains owns and leases more than 5,000 trains throughout the UK, Europe, and North America. The company also finances construction for new railway stock as well as the rebuilding of older stock....

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad (BCHB) accumulates customers by accumulating wealth. The Malaysian conglomerate provides banking and financial services to private and corporate customers; commercial and investment banking, small business lending, futures broking, asset management, and life insurance are a few of its more popular offerings....

Guoco Group is an investment holding company -- its subsidiaries are engaged in financial services, property investment and development, banking, and hotel investment and management. Guoco is part of the Hong Leong Group Malaysia, one of the largest conglomerates in Malaysia that was founded in 1963....

KPMG Oy Ab supplies professional advisory services to businesses across Finland. With some 600 consultants operating from 14 locations across the country, KPMG provides audit, tax, and a number of advisory services. Nearly 40 of the country's 100 largest businesses -- from international corporations and state-owned firms to foundations and municipalities -- depend on KPMG as auditor and consultant....

Be sure when you travel abroad you put your cash on ICE. The flagship subsidiary of the Lenlyn Group, International Currency Exchange (ICE), provides travelers with a wide range of services; i.e., currency exchange, money transfers, and traveler's checks, mobile phones and phone cards, travel and hotel reservations, travel insurance, and ATMs....

Everybody's cooperating with Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa (MCC). The world's largest worker cooperative, MCC consists of more than 260 companies, is the leading business group in its homeland of Basque Country, and the seventh largest business group in all of Spain....

Established in 1994, Prestbury Holdings is a financial services group that focuses on its mortgages and general insurance network. It has three principal divisions -- Solution Network, Moneybrain, and LoansUK. The company's overall revenue comes from life assurance, mortgages, monthly fees, and by packaging high margin non-conforming mortgages for its customers....

RHB Capital provides financial services to clients in Malaysia and beyond. Through subsidiaries, the group offers commercial and merchant banking, leasing activities, insurance, securities, asset management, unit trusts, derivatives, corporate finance, and underwriting services....

Taiwan Business Bank (TBB) tailors its services to the business owner. Established in 1915 as a savings union, TBB has evolved into a leading provider of financial investment services for small and medium-sized businesses, trust and securities brokerage, and international banking services....

It's all coming out fine for Camfin. The holding company invests primarily in investment management, real estate, environmental services, and natural gas sales and distribution. Its joint venture with Gaz de France, Energie Investimenti, distributes natural gas....

You can bank on Fubon Financial Holding's services being secure. The company, operating through its subsidiaries, provides financial services in the areas of investment consulting, securities, banking, asset management, life insurance, securities financing, bills, and futures....

The California gold rush is alive and well at Golden Gate Capital. The private equity firm has $9 billion in capital under management. As a multi-sector fund, it invests in a number of industries: software and IT services, semiconductors, electronics, consumer products and retail, financial and business services, and media....

Great Hill Partners helps companies scale the mountain of success. The private equity firm invests in growth companies in the media, Internet, business, and consumer services industries. Great Hill Partners currently has 22 companies in its portfolio, including Spark Networks (online personal ads), The Chubb Institute (technical school), and Incentra Solutions (IT services.) It now plans to acquire payment processing provider CAM Commerce Solutions in a $180 million transaction....

Hidong Estate's rubber has met the road. The company used to operate a plantation in Malaysia from which it produced natural rubber and oil palm fresh fruit bunches. However, in 2006 the company disposed of its oil palm and rubber plantation, land, plant, and equipment which were its only assets....

Don't confuse the RAF with the IAF Group. Even though the latter is also well-known in British aviation circles, it sold off the last of its aviation division in 2007. The company had been focused on investments and financial services related to aviation and other areas....

Lone Star Funds rounds up distressed companies around the world. The private equity firm has organized more than $13 billion in funds since 1995. It doesn't discriminate when it comes to investments, but they generally fall into five categories: asset acquisition, corporate acquisition, company sponsorship, refinancing/recapitalization, and development....

Reliance Capital is part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, the financial services part. The company provides non-banking financial services including asset management, mutual funds, life and general insurance, private equity and propietary investments, and stock brokerage services through its various subsidiaries....

The Stone Group has a veritable quarry of business interests. The boulder in the company's rock pile is its electronic products manufacturing and distribution business, which makes and sells primarily printers and industrial controllers. It also operates Internet cafe chain Sunnet Cafe....

There is no accounting for taste -- but if there was, The Siegfried Group would probably provide the service. The Siegfried Group provides supplementary accounting and financial resources services to accounting firms on a project basis. Primarily serving major public companies and other large organizations, the company provides accountants to augment clients' own staff....