recognise any of these names, page-2

Yep...don't know why you're so surprised, Jag.

But surely this would be more appropriately posted under the DWY thread?

There's no doubt they're a winning team...Ed, the entrepreneurial white tornado, drawing terrific deals out of the woodwork all over the planet, and his dedicated team of pickers-up and putters-together who follow behind bolting it all into practical reality.

SLV still has a LONG way to run...witness AQP. And then, yes, there are others in the stable.