OCM uses fundamental analysis and may engage in long term or short term purchases, trading, short sales in certain strategies, margin transactions, and option writing, including covered options, uncovered options or spreading strategies. They manage assets across a wide range of investment strategies within four asset classes: credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm provides overall discretionary management for accounts within six asset classes: Distressed Debt, Corporate Debt, Control Investing, Convertible Securities, Real Estate, and Listed Equities. OCM's research revolves around enumerating the elements required and identifying investment candidates through which they seek to satisfy those requirements.

Apollo Management LP provides investment services to pension and endowment funds, institutional investors, individual investors, and pooled investment vehicles and corporations. The firm manages client focused portfolios, hedge funds, real estate funds, and private equity funds. The company was founded by John Kissick in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

KKR makes equity investments with the objective of long-term appreciation, either through controlling ownership of a company or through strategic minority positions. The firm invests in the following sectors: (1) chemicals (2) consumer products (3) energy (4) education (5) financial services (6) healthcare (7) hotels/leisure (8) industrial (9) media/communications (10) retail and (11) technology.KKR invests and partners with industry-leading franchises and companies poised for significant improvement or growth that attract high-quality management teams. The firm not only works as partners with the management of portfolio companies, but also assists in the operations of businesses and leverages all of the resources of global platform.