aka: the boringness for everyone else ;P

• T. Rowe Price (investment firm)
  • Headquartered in Baltimore
  • Other offices
    • Buenos Aires
    • Sydney
    • Toronto
    • Copenhagen
    • Hong Kong
    • Tokyo
    • London
    • Luxembourg
    • Amsterdam
    • Singapore
    • Dubai
    • Zurich
    • Owings Mills, MD
    • Tampa, FL
    • Colorado Springs, CO
    • San Francisco, CA
    • Long Beach, CA
  • One of the top 20 investment firms in the world
• Northwestern Mutual (mutual company specializing in life and health insurance)
  • Headquartered in Milwaukee
  • AA+ rating by Standard & Poors as of August 2011
  • Maintains unsurpassed ratings for insurance financial strength from all four major rating agencies
  • Corporate sponsor of the NCAA
• Franklin Templeton Investments (investment firm)
  • Headquartered in San Mateo, CA
  • Bond funds under Franklin brand
  • International funds under Templeton brand
  • Value funds under the Mutual Series brand
  • Sponsors a tennis tournament
• Wells Fargo Securities (investment banking division of Wells Fargo & Co)
  • Headquarters in Charlotte, New York & San Francisco
  • International offices in Hong Kong & London
  • Financial performance not publicly disclosed
• Barclays (multinational investment bank)
  • Headquarted in London
• Morgan Stanley (multinational financial services corp / bank holding company)
  • Headquartered in New York City
  • Contacted by the US Treasury for advice on how to proceed with potential financial rescues for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • Borrowed the most money from the Fed of any bank during the 2008 crises