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HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd. (HSBC Private Bank-UK) is the private banking subsidiary of HSBC Bank Plc., ultimately held by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA) in Great Britain. The HSBC group can trace their history in London back to 1865 when the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation office opened, and through later acquisitions are linked to Samuel Montagu & Co. Limited, founded in 1853. Headquartered in London, HSBC Private Bank-UK offers a full range of wealth management advice and services to wealthy individuals and their families worldwide.

Ansbacher & Co. Ltd. (A&Co) is the asset management arm and a subsidiary of Ansbacher Banking Group, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of QNB-Qatar National Bank (QA: QNBK) since 2004. QNB is controlled by the Government of Qatar. The group was founded in 1894 as a brokerage firm. Their current activities include investment advisory, multi-currency private banking services, super yatch finance, fiduciary structuring and margin lending. Based in London, the group has offices in Zurich, Dubai, the Channel Islands, the Bahamas and Doha in Qatar. A&Co specializes in global wealth management, both onshore and offshore, and provides tailored financial solutions to an international clientele of high-net worth private individuals, trustees, institutions and corporations. The firm provides investment advisory services and manages trusts and discretionary accounts, delegating specialist portfolios to third-party asset management firms and using an open architecture approach. A&Co also manages the Al Watani equity funds for QNB, which are invested in the Qatari economy.

Diligent Corp. engages in the development and sale of online software applications. It offers board management software, entity management, secure messaging tools, board meeting minutes software, board assessment tools, and directors and officers questionnaires. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.