Formed in 1979, Middlefield creates and manages specialized investment products for individual and institutional investors and has assets under management of over $4 billion. Investment products include mutual funds, closed-end funds, private and public resource funds, real estate funds and a venture capital fund. Middlefield has focused on and developed investment management expertise in oil and gas and mining as well as real estate and income-producing equity securities.Middlefield has 70 employees with offices located in Calgary, Toronto, San Francisco and London, England. Clients include Canadian and International financial institutions, corporations and individuals. In addition to asset and investment management activities, the services provided by Middlefield include portfolio management, corporate finance, merchant banking, financial advisory and securities placement activities.