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Stanhope Capital LLP /Private Equity/ (Stanhope Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Stanhope Capital LLP founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Credit Suisse Group AG is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management and four geographic regions: Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and Americas. The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions, tailored financing, and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. The Investment Bank division offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate, and institutional clients in Switzerland. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, and individuals. The company was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Dresdner Bank AG provides banking and financial services. Its bank products and services are sold through insurance agency locations. It has operations in many countries. The company's operating divisions are private and business clients (retail banking, private banking, asset management, lending) and corporate and investment banking (business banking, lending, investment banking, corporate finance, insurance, securities). The latter division includes subsidiary Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.