Financial Services Pipeline (FSP) Initiative in 2013. Founding members of the FSP include Ariel Investments, BMO Financial Group, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (FRBC), Holland Capital Management, Loop Capital, Northern Trust, and Urban Partnership Bank. A number of financial institutions core to Chicago’s financial and civic life have since joined the group; CME Group, Discover, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office, Madison Dearborn Partners, Mesirow Financial, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bank, CIBC (formerly The PrivateBank), William Blair, and Wintrust. Today, the FSP Initiative members represent collectively more than 30,000 leaders and professionals in Chicagoland’s financial industry – close to 50 percent of the total Chicagoland financial industry population.