Crawford Capital

Stifel Nicolaus Corporation is a full-service boutique investment firm that provides investment banking, securities brokerage, asset management and other financial services to individuals and institutions. The firm was created in 2000 with the merger of Miller, Johnson & Kuehn; R.J. Steichen & Company; and John G. Kinnard & Company. It also offers corporate finance, equity research and tax-exempt bond services. Stifel Nicolaus Corporation maintains operations in Minneapolis and also operates branch offices in Scottsdale, Ariz.; Burnsville, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, New Ulm and St. Cloud, Minn.; Dickinson, Jamestown and Williston, N.D.; and Watertown, S.D.

Doughetry & company is a full-service investment banking company that offers a wide range of investment products and services to customers throughout the United States. The firm offers tax-exemption securities, commercial loans, equity research and derivatives. It offers public finance services to nonprofit organizations, local and state governments and other tax-exempt entities. The firm deals in the area of housing, senior living health care, education and economic development. It also provides a broad range of commercial finance products to real estate developers and corporations. Doughetry & company provides financial services for construction, land acquisition and development. The firm provides investment banking services for large, small and mid-cap public and private businesses. Headquartered in Minneapolis, it has offices in California, Texas and Illinois.

Okabena Partnership, founded in 1969, generates investment performance, supported by client service, so investors can achieve financial success. The company does this by pooling assets to reduce fees and to provide broad diversification and access to money managers and unique asset classes from which the largest foundations and endowments benefit. Okabena sets realistic and achievable investment goals for its clients. It focuses on the proper investment time horizons and takes advantage of diversification.