Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, with locations across the globe. We are a private company made up of approximately 1,200 employees, of which 25% have ownership in the firm.

We aim to understand, anticipate and meet our clients' changing financial needs with a multitude of high-quality products and services. Since our founding in 1937, Mesirow Financial has grown to become:

• A multiproduct money manager of assets for institutions as well as investment advisory for private clients, with expertise in hedge fund strategies, private equity, currency management, institutional real estate, equities and fixed income
• One of the largest Chicago-based broker/dealers for institutions and other financial entities
• One of Chicago's largest independent insurance consultants and among the top 25 in the nation, with more than $1.5 billion in premium volume
• A national leader in consulting services, offering a broad range of financial advisory capabilities, compensation and executive benefit strategies, as well as real estate consulting

Our firm is well capitalized and has been consistently profitable, with capital of $302 million, revenues totaling $510 million for fiscal 2011 and $59.0 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2011, broken down as follows:

*Currency also advises internally on another $3.4 billion of client funds

For the past seven decades our firm has remained committed to the defining characteristics and core values upon which it was founded.

*Interim Management services provided by Mesirow Financial Interim Management, LLC
Consulting services provided by Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC.
Compensation and benefit planning services provided by Mesirow Financial, Inc.