ACA Capital Holdings, Inc.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.aca.com
Employees: 115

ACA Capital, through its ACA Management subsidiary, provides asset management services for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) built by pooling fixed-income assets, including bonds, loans, and credit swaps; investors in the company's CDOs include banks, money managers, hedge funds, and insurance companies. Its ACA Financial Guaranty subsidiary offers financial guaranty insurance for municipal and other public finance bonds, as well as credit protection on some structured financings. Chairman David King is a stockholder through Bear Stearns Merchant Banking which holds nearly 30% of the company's stock.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2006:
Sales: $464.1M
One year growth: 40.4%
Net income: $58.7M
Income growth: 104.1%

Officers:
Chairman: David E. King
Deputy Chairman, President, and CEO: Alan S. Roseman
Director, Marketing and Corporate Communications: Cathy Bailey

Competitors:
BlackRock
GSC Group
TCW