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Marsh McLennan is a professional services firm that provides advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy, and human capital. The company operates through two main segments: risk and insurance services and consulting. In risk and insurance services, the firm offers services via Marsh (an insurance broker) and Guy Carpenter (a risk and reinsurance specialist). The consulting division comprises Mercer (a provider of human resource services) and Oliver Wyman (a management and economic consultancy). About half of its revenue is generated outside the US.

The roots of Generali date back to the 1830s and the Bora wind and rough seas that hit the Trieste region. Over that decade, Generali sought to expand throughout Italy, but this growth was held back by the fragmented nature of Italy. The Italian Revolution in the 1840s paved the way for easier expansion in the country. After World War I, Trieste was handed back to Italy. The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire created a fragmented Europe and a fragmented Generali. To this day, Generali remains quite a diversified company, but its core operations remain in the historical Austro-Hungarian countries of Austria, Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, and Italy. This is the case in Generali’s nonlife business, and France is also an important contributor to life and savings.

Bajaj Finance Ltd is the holding company for various financial services businesses under the Bajaj Group, which operates in India. The company is an NBFC in India offering payments, partnerships, services, and lending solutions to customers. The company's model is focused on the acquisition of customers and offering multiple loans and services on a cross-sell basis to meet their financial service needs. The company provides discretionary spending across consumer electronics, furniture, and digital products in India. The company's strategies and structure are closely aligned with those of commercial banks in India. All of its revenue is generated from India.

Founded in 2012, Coinbase is the leading cryptocurrency exchange platform in the United States. The company intends to be the safe and regulation-compliant point of entry for retail investors and institutions into the cryptocurrency economy. Users can establish an account directly with the firm, instead of using an intermediary, and many choose to allow Coinbase to act as a custodian for their cryptocurrency, giving the company breadth beyond that of a traditional financial exchange. While the company still generates the majority of its revenue from transaction fees charged to its retail customers, Coinbase uses internal investment and acquisitions to expand into adjacent businesses, such as prime brokerage and data analytics.

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. is a Brazil-based banking firm. It offers financial products and services regarding commercial, investments, credit, financing, capital leases, insurance, and foreign exchange portfolios, among others, in the country and several locations abroad.

Huatai Securities Co Ltd is a financial services provider. The divisions through which the company operates include Wealth management business, Institutional services business, Investment management business, international business, and Others. It has operations spread across Mainland China and Hong Kong, while the Mainland China division generates the company revenues. The company generates key of its revenues from the wealth management business division.

Rollins is a global leader in route-based pest control services, with operations primarily in the United States and across North, Central, and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. Its portfolio of pest-control brands includes the prominent Orkin brand, a market leader in the US and Canada, with near-national coverage. It also has a portfolio of other brands, which it uses to reach customers through alternative sales channels. Residential pest and termite prevention accounts for the majority of Rollins' services, reflecting its ongoing focus on the US and Canadian markets.

Madison Air Solutions Corp is an HVAC and indoor air-quality technology company. Its segments are Commercial and Residential. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Commercial segment, which includes Commercial businesses that deliver well-engineered, custom, and semi-custom air quality systems to support process control, regulatory compliance, energy efficiency, and productivity in mission-critical environments; and the Residential segment, anchored by trusted brands like AprilAire, Broan-NuTone, Zephyr, and Others. Its geographic areas are the U.S, the Americas, Europe, and Other. The group generates the majority of its revenue from the U.S market.

Jio Financial Services Ltd is a core investment company, non-deposit taking, systemically important (CIC-ND-SI). Along with its subsidiaries, joint ventures, and associates, it is engaged in the business of Investing and Financing, mainly Leasing, Insurance broking, Payment Bank, Payment Aggregator, and Payment Gateway services.

Founded in Australia in 1978, Computershare has grown via acquisitions to become the world's leading provider of issuer services. Employee share plans and communications services are commonly sold together with issuer services to corporations. The company also has a business services offering and a corporate trust business, alongside a small mortgage administration business that's due to be divested. Over the medium term, around half of group EBITDA is expected to be generated from interest income on client cash balances, or margin income, which is exposed to interest-rate movements.

Power Finance Corp Ltd is a financial institution operating in India and dedicated to financing the country's power, logistics, and infrastructure sectors and its various projects. The company serves state power utilities, central power sector utilities, power departments, private power sector utilities, joint sector power utilities, power equipment manufacturers, and municipal power utilities. The company's main products include rupee-term loans, short-term loans, and a buyer line of credit. Interest income is the company's main source of revenue.

Aegon is a life insurance and long-term savings business listed in the Netherlands. It was listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the 1980s and now has mature operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and four growth markets of Brazil, China, Portugal, and Spain. Over recent years, Aegon has been moving through an extensive transformation program where management has sought to divest noncore operations and improve the risk profile of the business. Financial assets are the parts of the company that are now being run off. Aegon is looking to cycle out of capital-consumptive and volatile earnings products and recycle funds into capital-light and more predictable strategic businesses.

Standard Life PLC provides financial products and services related to savings and retirement planning. It serves customers directly, through financial advisers, and through employer-sponsored pension schemes.

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd is an asset management company. The company is in the business of providing asset management services to HDFC Mutual Fund and portfolio management and advisory services to clients. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from within India.

Aditya Birla Capital Ltd is a financial service provider. The company's products include Non-Bank Financial Services, Housing Finance, Life Insurance, Asset Management, General Insurance Broking, Stock and Securities Broking, Health Insurance and Other Financial Services. Its operating segments consist of Lending, and Investing and Others. The Lending segment consists of Loans (personal, business, etc.), loan against property, structured finance, working capital loans, wealth management, distribution of financial products, etc. The Investing and Others segment includes investments in Group companies Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from India.

Service Corp International is a personal services company that provides funeral and cemetery services and products from its locations throughout the United States and Canada. The company segments its operations into funeral service and cemetery business functions. At its funeral service locations, it provides all professional services, facilities, vehicles, and merchandise related to funerals and cremations. Cemetery locations provide cemetery property, memorial markers, and graveyard services to customers. The company derives the majority of its revenue from its funeral services segment. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.

XP Inc is a Cayman Island-based technology-driven financial services platform. It is a provider of low-fee financial products and services in Brazil. The company evaluates its business through a single segment such as monitoring operations, making decisions on fund allocation, and evaluating the performance. It generates revenue through the Brokerage commission.

Intercorp Financial Services Inc is a provider of banking, insurance, wealth management services and payments for retail customers and commercial clients in Peru. The company has four operating segments; the Banking segment includes Mainly loans, credit facilities, deposits, and current accounts, the Insurance segment provides life annuity products with single-premium payment and conventional life insurance products and other retail insurance products, the Wealth Management segment provides brokerage and investment management services. Its geographical segments include Peru and Panama.

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA is a Colombian financial services company. Its segments include: Banking Services segment comprises Banking Services, fund management and trust businesses, storage companies and entities that manage low-value payment systems. Merchant Banking segment comprises Financial Sector (trust and brokerage), Gas and Energy Sector (includes natural gas and energy transportation and distribution businesses), Infrastructure Sector (includes road infrastructure projects, construction services, and operation and maintenance), Hotel Sector (includes hospitality services), Agribusiness Sector (includes palm oil, rubber and rice businesses). Pension and Severance Fund Management" segment comprise administrator of pension and severance funds; and Holding segment.

H&R Block Inc provides income tax return preparation services, digital do-it-yourself tax solutions, and other services related to income tax preparation to the general public in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The company mainly prepares tax returns for customers within the United States through its company-owned offices, franchise locations, and online tax software. The vast majority of H&R Block's offices are located in the U.S. The company derives the majority of its total revenue from the U.S. assisted tax preparation fees. Revenue from franchise and product royalties and digital do-it-yourself tax solutions is also relatively.

Frontdoor Inc is a United States-based company that provides home service plans. It owns multiple home service brands including American Home Shield, HSA, OneGuard, and Landmark brands. Through its home service plans, the company helps its customers maintain their homes and protect against costly and unexpected breakdowns of essential home systems and appliances.

360 One Wam Ltd is a holding company to its subsidiaries engaged in wealth and asset management services, including financial asset distribution, broking, lending, credit, and investment solutions, and asset and portfolio management. Its business segments are Wealth Management segment comprises the distribution of financial products, advisory, broking, and research, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services, corporate treasury solutions, estate planning, and Other; and Asset Management segment generally comprises management of pooled funds under various products and structures such as mutual funds, alternative asset funds, portfolio management and related activities, including advisory, offshore spanning public, and Other.

Techcom Securities JSC is a securities firm known for its startup culture and WealthTech innovations. The company is focusing on investment and asset management products for middle-class clients, leveraging Techcombank's branch network and building online distribution channel. The company provides provide diverse investment support products and services such as stocks, derivatives, warrants, and managing open-end funds and real estate funds.

Rbr Desenvolvimento Comercial Feeder Fof Fundo DE Inv Imob is Brazil based company. It is a real estate investment fund.

Bicecorp SA is a Chile based investment holding company. It is engaged in offering a broad range of services across banking, investments, insurance, and asset management.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc provider of early education and child care, family care solutions, and workforce education services that help working families and client employees personally and professionally. It provides services under multi-year contracts with employers that offer early education and child care, back-up care, and educational advisory services as part of their employee benefits package. The company has three business segments; full-service center-based child care, backup care, and educational advisory services. The majority of the revenue is generated by full-service center-based child care, which includes traditional center-based child care and early education services. Other services provided by the company include in-home child and elder care, and Others.

Webull Corp is a digital investment platform built upon a next-generation globally infrastructure services. It strives to be the platform of choice for a new generation of investors by creating an efficient, low-cost, and easy-to-use investment platform. The company distinguishes itself from other investment service providers by offering a mobile-first user experience, a broad range of investment products, and extensive functionality constructed to help its customers build wealth over time. The company arms each customer with the tools it needs to develop into what it refers to as an informed investor - one who understands the market and has the confidence to succeed as an investor. The Webull platform originally provided users with free access to market data and analytical tools.

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd principally acts as an investment manager to Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund and Aditya Birla Real Estate Funds (Category II). It also provides Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and investment advisory services to offshore funds and high-net-worth investors. Geographically, the company derives its key revenue within India and the rest from outside India.

AMP, originally established as the Australian Mutual Provident Society, is a financial services provider in Australia and New Zealand. The firm’s offerings span across wealth platforms, superannuation products, along with banking services like home loans and savings accounts through AMP Bank. Previously, AMP had a global investment management division under its subsidiary, AMP Capital, which managed a range of asset classes; an insurance business, AMP Life; as well as a financial advice business. These businesses were sold to various institutions throughout 2020-2024 as part of AMP's simplification program.

Guaranty Trust Holding Co PLC is a multinational financial institution that provides individuals, businesses, private and public institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom with a broad range of market key financial products and services. The company has six reportable segments: Corporate banking which Incorporates current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loans and other credit facilities, Commercial banking which Incorporates current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loans and other credit facilities, Business banking which Incorporates current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loans and other credit facilities, Retail banking which Incorporates private banking services, private customer current accounts, savings deposits, SME banking and Public sector.

Angel One Ltd is a retail broking house in India. It is a technology-led financial services company providing broking and advisory services, margin funding, loans against shares, and financial product distribution to clients under the brand Angel Broking. Broking and allied services are offered online and on a digital platform.

JTC PLC is a company based in Jersey that provides fund, corporate, and private client services. The company has two main segments: Institutional Client Services (ICS) and Private Client Services (PCS). The ICS segment generates the highest revenue. JTC PLC offers company secretarial and administration services to various corporate clients, including small and medium-sized enterprises, public companies, multinationals, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and private clients. The company also provides services in real estate, private equity, hedge, renewables, debt, and other alternatives, including sovereign wealth funds.

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd is a securities depository in India. It offers dematerialization for a wide range of securities, including equity shares, preference shares, mutual fund units, debt instruments, and government securities. In addition, it is involved in centralized record keeping of KYC documents of investors, and providing repository services to policyholders to store their receipts and policies in electronic form. The group operates in three segments: Depository, Data Entry, and Storage and Repository. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Depository segment, which provides various services to investors, including dematerialization, rematerialization, holding, transfer, and pledge of securities in electronic form, as well as e-voting services to companies.

Republic Financial Hol Ltd is a financial services group comprising several subsidiaries and associated companies. The company is engaged in providing a wide range of banking, financial, and related services to retail and commercial banking customers, corporate clients, and governments. It operates in two segments: retail and commercial banking, which generates maximum revenue, and other financial services. The company operates in the following geographical segments: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Suriname, Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, Ghana, Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands. It derives key revenue from its operations in Trinidad & Tobago.

GoFintech Quantum Innovation Ltd Formerly GoFintech Innovation Ltd is a cross-border financial service platform based in Hong Kong backed by the Greater Bay Area. The company's reportable and operating segments are; Securities brokerage and margin financing, Corporate finance, Money lending, Consultancy and Insurance brokerage, Asset management, and Equity investment. It generates maximum revenue from the Securities brokerage and margin financing segment which engages in securities brokerage and margin financing in Hong Kong. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from Hong Kong and the rest from the People's Republic of China.

Rathbones Group PLC provides investment and wealth management services to private clients, NPOs, and trustees. The group also provides other banking, financial advisory, tax, legal, and trust services. Alongside investment management services, Rathbone provides unit trust and multi-asset fund products sold through intermediaries to the retail sector. Nearly all the funds under management fall under the investment management category, with private clients contributing the majority of a portion of assets.

Insignia Financial (formerly IOOF) provides wealth-management advice and products via a multibranded strategy, and a vertically integrated business model. Insignia's advice business provides financial planning services to both the mass affluent and high-net-worth clients. It also services non-Insignia advisors, providing compliance and other administrative services. Furthermore, Insignia offers platform products, which generates fees mainly from superannuation and non-superannuation investments accessed via its own platforms. It also derives revenue via some third-party platforms sourced from its aligned advisors. Lastly, the firm has an investment management segment.

iFAST Corp Ltd is an investment holding company. It is engaged in the development of software, marketing of unit trusts, exchange-traded funds, listed stocks, debt securities, and Singapore government securities through websites and acting as an investment advisor, dealer, and custodian in the securities. The company operates through geographic segments are Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United Kingdom, and China. The Singapore region generates maximum revenue for the company. iFAST receives revenue in the form of commissions and fees.

Al Ansari Financial Services is engaged in the business of buying and selling foreign currencies and traveller's cheques, cheques, executing remittance operations in local and foreign currencies, payment of wages through establishing a link to the operating system of wages protection, special products such as bill payments, cash collections, sale and reload of multi-currency prepaid cards and transportation of cash and valuables, stored value facilities, and other related services.

Choice International Ltd is a company engaged in providing financial services. It operates through the segments of NBFC services, Broking & Distribution services, and Advisory services. The company generates a majority of its revenue from Broking and Distribution services. It offers services like equity trading, commodity derivative trading, financial planning, currency futures trading, fund distribution, and structured products. The company conducts its business operations mainly in India.

KFin Technologies Ltd is a technology-driven financial services platform. The company provides services and solutions to asset managers and corporate issuers across asset classes in India and provides several investor solutions including transaction origination and processing for mutual funds and private retirement schemes in Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Guardian Capital Group Ltd is a diversified financial services company. It operates in three reportable segment Investment Management and Corporate Activities and Investments. Investment Management primarily involves earning management fees relating to investment management services provided to clients; and Corporate Activities and Investments relates to the investment of the Company’s securities holdings, as well as corporate management and development activities. It derives maximum revenue from Investment Management segment. Geographically, the company operates in Canada, United Kingdom, United States and others, of which it derives maximum revenue from Canada.

CVS Group PLC is a veterinary service provider in the United Kingdom. The group operates through three business divisions: Veterinary Practices, Laboratories, Crematoria, and Online Retail Business. The veterinary practice segment generates the majority of the revenues. The company facilitates its veterinary services through its diagnostics, laboratory reports, and pet cremation services. It also offers retail pharmacy through Animed Direct. Geographically, it generates the majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom and also operates in Australia.

Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd is mainly involved in providing investment banking services and holding company activities. The company's businesses are divided into Alternatives business, Capital business, Insurance business, Asset reconstruction business, Mutual fund business and Other business. Alternatives business includes advisory and other fee based business; Capital business, that derives maximum revenue, represents lending business and investment activities; Asset reconstruction business represents purchase and resolution of distress assets; Insurance business represents life insurance business and general insurance business. Mutual fund business represents income from asset management activities and Other business which includes custodian and CSR.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc is an independent, full-service financial services firm. The company’s segment reporting is based on the following operating segments: Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, and Corporate and Other. It generates revenue by providing value to its individual, institutional, and corporate clients through comprehensive investment solutions, brokerage services, and investment banking services. Maximum revenue is generated from the Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management segment, which provides brokerage services and investment advice to retail or institutional clients in Canada, the United States, Australia, and the UK & Crown dependencies. Geographically, the group derives maximum revenue from its business in Canada.

RFA Financial Inc is a scaled and dynamic financial service platform positioned as an intersection of banking, mortgage, origination, and real estate.

Sagicor Financial Co Ltd is a financial services provider with over 180 years in the Caribbean, approximately 90 years in Canada, and around 70 years in the United States. The group offers products and services, including life, health, and general insurance, banking, pensions, annuities, investment management, and real estate. The company derives a majority of its revenue from Canada.

Bravura Solutions Ltd is engaged in the development, licensing and maintenance of specialized administration and management software applications as well as the provision of professional consulting services. It has two operating segments: Wealth Management and Funds Administration. The company generates maximum revenue from the Wealth Management segment. Wealth Management segment platforms provide end-to-end processing to support all back-office functions relating to the daily management of superannuation, pensions, life insurance, investment, private wealth and portfolio administration. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Australia and also has a presence in the UK, New Zealand, and Other Countries.