(1) Research and Development
OFIP + AI: Although OFIP was conceived, planned, developed and tested without the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), and may be useful without any AI, the efficiency of OFIP will be maximized through the use of AI.
(2) Forming Business and Academic Alliances
Institutions of interest to Intelligenxe for performing the Evaluation Process (EP):
FINANCIAL NEWS/MEDIA COMPANIES
INVESTMENT BANKS
Largest Full-Service Investment Banks
JPMorgan Chase
Goldman Sachs
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
Credit Suisse
Barclays Capital
UBS
Wells Fargo
RBC Capital Markets
HSBC
Jefferies Group
BNP Paribas
Nomura Holdings
Mizuho
Lazard
Sumitomo Mitsui
Mitsubishi UFJ
Société Générale
Independent Investment Banks
Allen & Company
BBY Ltd
Blackstone Group
Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown, Shipley & Co.
BTG Pactual
Cain Brothers
Cantor Fitzgerald
Canaccord Financial Inc
Capstone Partners
Centerview Partners
China International Capital Corporation
CITIC Securities
Close Brothers Group
CLSA
Cowen Group
C.W. Downer & Co.
Daewoo Securities
Defoe Fournier & Cie.
Duff & Phelps
Europa Partners
Evercore Partners
FBR Capital Markets
Financo
Foros Group
Gleacher & Co.
Greenhill & Co.
Guggenheim Partners
Guosen Securities
Houlihan Lokey
Imperial Capital
Investec
Investment Technology Group
Janney Montgomery Scott
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Ladenburg Thalmann
Lincoln International
M.M.Warburg & CO
Marathon Capital
Mediobanca
Miller Buckfire & Co.
Moelis & Company
Morgan Keegan & Company
N M Rothschild & Sons
Needham and Company
Newedge
Oppenheimer & Co.
Panmure Gordon
Park Lane
Perella Weinberg Partners
Peter J. Solomon Company
Piper Jaffray
Pottinger (Australia)
Raymond James
Robert W. Baird & Company
Sagent Advisors
Sandler O’Neill + Partners
Sanford Bernstein
Stephens Inc.
Stone Key Partners
Thomas Weisel Partners
Vermilion Partners
Wedbush Securities
William Blair & Company
WR Hambrecht + Co
COMMERCIAL BANKS
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Bank of America Corp.
Citigroup Inc.
Wells Fargo & Co.
U.S. Bancorp
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Capital One Financial Corp.
HSBC North American Holdings Inc.
TD Bank U.S. Holding Co.
MUTUAL FUNDS
The Vanguard Group
Fidelity Investments
American Funds (Capital Group)
JPMorgan Chase
T. Rowe Price
BlackRock
Franklin Templeton Investments
PIMCO
Dimensional Fund Advisors
HEDGE FUNDS
(Hedge Fund – Key Principal)
Bridgewater Associates – Ray Dalio, Bob Prince
AQR Capital Management – Cliff Asness
Millennium Management – Israel Englander
Citadel Advisors – Ken Griffin
Harris Associates – Victor Morgenstern
Bluecrest Capital Management (closed)- Michael Platt
Berkshire Hathaway – Warren Buffet
First Eagle Investment Management – John Arnhold
Pine River Capital Management – Brian Taylor
D-E Shaw & Company – DE Shaw
Black River Asset Management – Gary Jarrett
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company – George Roberts
Renaissance Technologies – James Simons
OZ Management – Daniel Och
Marathon Asset Management – Bruce Richards, Louis Hanover
Moore Capital Management – Louis Bacon
Adage Capital Partners GP – Phil Gross, Robert Atchinson
Viking Global Investors – Andreas Halvorsen, David Ott
Discovery Capital Management – Rob Citron
Royce & Associates – Chuck Royce
Southeastern Asset Management – Mason Hawkins
Lone Pine Capital – Stephen Mandel
Two Sigma Investments – John Overdeck, David Siegel
Highbridge Capital Management – Glenn Russell Dubin
Icahn Carl – Carl Icahn
Paulson & Co – John Paulson
Yacktman Asset Management – Donald Yacktman
Lansdowne Partners UK – Paul Ruddock, Steve Heinz
Angelo Gordon & Company – John M. Angelo, Michael L. Gordon
Element Capital Management – Jeffrey Talpins
Baupost Group – Seth Klarman
Institutional Capital – Jerrold Keith Senser
Mariner Investment Group – William Michaelcheck
Soros Fund Management – George Soros
First Pacific Advisors – Robert Rodriguez, Steven Romick
Bluemountain Capital Management – Andrew Feldstein, Stephen Siderow
Partners – Noam Gottesman
Davidson Kempner Capital Management – Thomas Kempner, Marvin Davidson
Pzena Investment Management – Richard Pzena
Eagle Capital Management – Boykin Curry
Appaloosa Management – David Tepper
Magellan Asset Management – Hamish Douglass
Farallon Capital Management – Thomas Steyer
Highfields Capital Management – Jonathon Jacobson
Platinum Investment Management – Kerr Neilson
Goldentree Asset Management – Steven Tananbaum
Tudor Investment Corp – Paul Tudor Jones
Tiger Global Management – Chase Coleman, Feroz Dewan
King Street Capital Management – Brian Higgins, Francis Biondi
Centerbridge Partners – Jeffrey Aronson, Mark Gallogly
PENSION FUNDS
California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
Civil Service Retirement System
Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado (FPPA)
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Kansas City Public School Retirement System (KCPSRS)
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)
Minnesota Public Employees’ Retirement Association (MNPERA)
Minnesota Teachers’ Retirement Association (MNTRA)
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS)
Railroad Retirement Board
Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)
Social Security Trust Fund
Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS of Texas)
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS
TPG Capital
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
The Carlyle Group
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
The Blackstone Group
Apollo Management
Bain Capital
CVC Capital Partners
First Reserve Corporation
Hellman & Friedman
Apax Partners
General Atlantic
Warburg Pincus
Cerberus Capital Management
Advent International
Permira
Oaktree Capital Management
Terra Firma Capital Partners
Providence Equity Partners
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS
U.S.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
New Enterprise Associates
Andreessen Horowitz
First Round Capital
Google Ventures
Khosla Ventures
Atlas Venture
Sequoia Capital
True Ventures
SV Angel
Intel Capital Corporation
Canaan Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
General Catalyst Partners
Accel Partners & Co
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA
DreamIt Ventures
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Foundation Capital
Innovation Works
Polaris Partners
500 Startups
Lerer Ventures
Advanced Technology Ventures
Redpoint Ventures
Canada
ARC Financial
Argo Global Capital
Axia Capital Corp
BCE Capital
Bus Dev Bank of Canada
BMO Equity Partners
Brightspark
Borealis
CAI Capital Management Co.
CCFL Mezzanine Partners
Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund
CastleHill Ventures
Celtic House Venture Partners
Covington Funds
Crocus Investment Fund
Dancap Private Equity Inc.
EdgeStone Capital Venture Partners
ENSIS Growth Fund
Envoy Capital Management
FCC Ventures
GTI Capital
Golden Opportunities Fund Inc.
Greenstone Venture Partners
GrowthWorks Capital Ltd.
HDL Capital Corporation
J.L. Albright Venture Partners
Jefferson Partners
MM Venture Partners
McLean Watson Capital Inc.
Mercator Investments Limited
Mosaic Venture Partners
OPG Ventures Inc.
Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc.
Smart Seed Fund
SpringBank TechVentures Funds
Tamarack Group Ltd.
Tech Capital Partners Inc.
Telus Ventures
Vancity Capital Corporation
VenGrowth Capital Partners Inc.
Venture Coaches
Ventures West Management Inc.
Yaletown Venture Partners
FAMILY OFFICES
1888 Management – David & Charles Koch
AME Cloud Ventures – Jerry Yang
Cascade Investments – Bill Gates
Hillspire – Eric Schmidt
Soros Fund Management – George Soros
Willett Advisors – Michael R. Bloomberg
Equity Group Investments – Sam Zell
Bayshore Global Management – Sergey Brin
Duquesne Family Office – Stanley Druckenmiller
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – Priscilla Chan & Mark Zuckerberg
Cohen Private Ventures – Steven Cohen
Mousse Partners – Wertheimer Family
Pritzker Group, Tao Capital Partners, Blue Haven Initiative – Pritzker Family
Madrone Capital Partners, Zoma Capital, Walton Enterprises – The Walton Family
Rosewood Management Corp., Palette Investment Company – The Hunt Family
Ziff Brothers Investments, Ziff Capital Partners – The Ziff Family
ACCOUNTING FIRMS
Deloitte
PwC
Ernst & Young
KPMG
Grant Thornton
BDO
RSM Tenon
Smith & Williamson
Baker Tilly
Moore Stephens
FINANCIAL REGULATORS
Federal Reserve Board (FRB – the “Fed” whose actions are determined by the FOMC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS – dissolved in 2011)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, which derived from NASD)
State Bank Regulators (works in conjunction with the Fed and the FDIC)
State Insurance Regulators
State Securities Regulators (augment FINRA and SEC regulations)
Securities and Exchange Commission (acts independently of the US government, its regulatory coverage includes exchanges)
FEDERAL RESERVE
Members of the Board of Governors
Source: Board of Governors of the Fed – Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC chair + Board of Governors members + Reserve Bank Presidents)
Federal Reserve Banks – Presidents
Source: Board of Governors of the Fed – Federal Reserve Banks
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Federal Advisory Council
Source: Board of Governors of the Fed – Federal Advisory Council
EXCHANGES
NYSE MKT LLC (formerly NYSE AMEX and the American Stock Exchange)
Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Exchange, Inc.)
Bats BYX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.)
BOX Options Exchange LLC
NASDAQ BX, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Boston Stock Exchange)
C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGA Exchange, Inc.)
Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGX Exchange, Inc.)
International Securities Exchange, LLC
ISE Gemini
ISE Mercury
Miami International Securities Exchange
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
National Stock Exchange, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange LLC
NYSE Arca, Inc.
NASDAQ PHLX LLC (formerly NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC; Philadelphia Stock Exchange)
Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.
CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
One Chicago, LLC
The Island Futures Exchange, LLC (formerly registered)
NQLX LLC (formerly registered)
FINANCIAL NEWS/MEDIA COMPANIES
Top Financial News Sites
>news sites
MarketWatch News Viewer
Bloomberg Portal
Reuters
Forbes
The Wall Street Journal
The Financial Times
CNBC
>news aggregating sites
Google Finance
Yahoo Finance
Seeking Alpha
>sites having dedicated finance news sections
CNN Money, USA Today, US News, etc.
Business Newspapers with top circulation
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan
Financial Times, United Kingdom
The Wall Street Journal, United States
The Economic Times, India
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Mint, India
Business Standard, India
Handelsblatt, Germany
The Australian Financial Review, Australia
FINANCE INTERNSHIPS
Top Investment Bank Internships
Houlihan Lokey Internship
Evercore Advisory Summer Analyst and Summer Associate Program
Centerview Partners Summer Analyst — NYC
Perella Weinberg Partners Advisory Summer Internship Program
William Blair Investment Banking Summer Analyst Internship
RBC Capital Markets Summer Analyst/Associate Program
UBS Summer Internship Program
Goldman Sachs Global Summer Internship
J.P. Morgan Corporate, Asset Management and Corporate & Investment Bank Programs
Nomura Investment Banking Summer Internship Program
Top Banking and Finance Internships
Evercore Partners
Northwestern Mutual
Houlihan Lokey
PwC
Capital One
Deloitte
KPMG
Perella Weinberg Partners
Liberty Mutual
PNC Bank
Top financial internships
AT&T Financial and Leadership Development Program
Blackstone Group
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank
Lazard
Morgan Stanley
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
UBS Investment Bank
UNIVERSITIES
Top (Graduate) Business Schools
Harvard University
Stanford University
University of Chicago (Booth)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
University of California—Berkeley (Haas)
Dartmouth College (Tuck)
Yale University
Columbia University
University of Virginia (Darden)
Duke University (Fuqua)
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ross)
Cornell University (Johnson)
University of California—Los Angeles (Anderson)
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
University of Texas—Austin (McCombs)
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Emory University (Goizueta)
New York University (Stern)
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
Georgetown University (McDonough)
Indiana University (Kelley)
Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Rice University (Jones)
Top Undergraduate Business Schools
Villanova
Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Boston College (Carroll)
Indiana (Kelley)
UVA (McIntire)
Texas at Austin (McCombs)
North Carolina(Kenan-Flagler)
Michigan – Ann Arbor (Ross)
NYU (Stern)
Bentley
Cornell (Dyson)
William & Mary (Mason)
Wake Forest
Ohio State (Fisher)
Emory (Goizueta)
Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Georgetown (McDonough)
Brigham Young (Marriott)
Penn State (Smeal)
Michigan State (Broad)
Top Business Schools in Canada
Queen’s School of Business
Schulich School of Business – York University
Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
Richard Ivey School of Business – University of Western Ontario
HEC Montreal
Haskayne School of Business – University of Calgary
Desautels Faculty of Management – McGill University
Telfer School of Management – University of Ottawa
Sauder School of Business – University of British Columbia
Laurier School of Business & Economics