Alex Moorhead

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Loyalty Management Group Canada, Inc. provides retail sales incentive programs. It design, deliver, and manage loyalty marketing services like consumer data, customer-centric retail strategies, direct-to-consumer marketing, and loyalty consulting. Loyalty Management Group is a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd. owns, operates, and manages the nectar customer loyalty programs for households in the United Kingdom. It also operates Nectar eStores, an online shopping site. The company was founded by Keith Mills in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Nectar EMEA Ltd. provides customer loyalty programmed and data analysis services. It provides database marketing and consulting services to retailers, service providers, and consumer packaged goods companies. The company operates retail-based coalition loyalty programs in the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, the Middle East, and New Zealand.It was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Blueprint Software Systems, Inc. provides visual requirements definition and validation solutions. It offers Blueprint, a requirements definition and management software product that is used for precise traceability, auto generation of test cases, management reporting, integrations, test coverage, cross-departmental alignment, and regulatory compliance. The company was founded by Sofia Passova in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Beyond The Rack Enterprises, Inc. operates as a private shopping club for women and men who want designer brand apparel and accessories. It offers accessories, apparel, beauty products, home products, and jeweler to its members. The company was founded by Robert Gold and Yona Shtern in 2009 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Founded in 2009 by Brent Belzberg and Charles Sirois, Tandem Expansion Management, Inc. is a private equity firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.