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Investment Strategy  Reliant Trust Investment Group is dedicated to uncovering and evaluating unconventional but exceptional investment opportunities in the world arena. We have an extensive research capability using a network of overseas analysts who possess keen insight into sector opportunities and country nuances. Our emphasis on mature international experience puts some of the brightest minds in the global arena to work for you. Reliant Trust Investment Group is dedicated to uncovering and evaluating unconventional but exceptional investment opportunities in the world arena. The recent trends in the U.S. Capital markets have served as a financial imperative for diversification out of dollar weighted portfolios. We have an extensive research capability using a network of overseas analysts who possess keen insight into sector opportunities and country nuances. Our emphasis on mature international experience puts some of the brightest minds in the global arena to work for you.Corporate Partnerships and Infrastructure Projects Corporate partnership transactions, transactions in which we invest capital alongside a major corporations or government banks, represent a signature form of private equity investing for us. As of August 1, 2010, we had invested over $1.0 billion of equity capital, in 48 corporate partnerships. These have included transactions with Lahmeyer International GmbH, SMEC-GI (Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation), AT&T Inc., General Electric Company, Maersk, Alcoa, Klienfelder, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Sony Corporation, Time Warner Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Union Pacific Corporation, USX Corporation and Vivendi SA. We believe that teaming up with corporate partners enables us to benefit from access to their knowledge base and anticipated synergies and to compete more effectively against other bidders. RTIG combines expertise in finance with outstanding engineering and scientific expertise. Out-of-Favor, Under-Appreciated Industries & Regions We tend to be a contrarian private equity investor. We try to avoid being influenced by swings in conventional wisdom about the relative attractiveness of industries. Instead, we seek to identify out-of-favor, under-appreciated industries, and we have successfully invested in industries such as Geo-engineering projects, rural telephony, biotechnology, underground technology innovation, freight forward operations, commodity chemicals, coal, defense and automotive parts among others when they were generally perceived to be out of favor with the markets. We also try to identify developing regions and industry trends in order to capitalize on them before they become widely appreciated and to pursue opportunities to change the structure and profit potential of specific industry sectors through consolidation. Global Scope We believe that private equity investing outside the United States provides attractive opportunities, and we are therefore pursuing private equity opportunities throughout the world. In Europe, in addition to our hub office in Frankfurt, we rely on senior advisors who reside in various European countries to assist our Frankfurt-based private equity professionals. We use a similar approach to expand our reach in the greater China, South Asia and the Middle East countries with our office in Dubai. Additionally we employ a number of independent network advisors in over 60 countries to provide local knowledge and insights for clients looking for foreign market opportunities. We believe we are one of a limited number of private equity firms with the advantage of access to a full range of cross-regional opportunities. We also believe our global reach helps us to better assist our clients in dealing with developments across various regions of the world, sourcing add-on acquisition opportunities, contracting, entering new markets and outsourcing operations to reduce costs. Risk Management RTIG also conducts Risk Management and Threat Analysis in emerging markets for insurance corporations, governments and infrastructure managers. We have a dedicated core group of Network Analysts working on a part-time proprietary basis who have the local knowledge necessary to provide exceptional real-time information for a clients' needs. Our assessments examine risk to a client in the following areas: market forces, political/ social concerns, economic conditions, environmental impacts and piracy/ terrorism threats. RTIG produces high grade information papers, tailored to a client's requirements and needs so they can make timely and effective commercial decisions from a position of knowledge. |