Box 32, Harrisburg Jessica L. Although alternative investments can provide a number of potential benefits, they generally carry with them other characteristics that investors should be well aware of before making any commitments. This may encourage Chinese companies to overstate or overestimate factors like sales growth, operating margins, debt-to-asset ratios and fixed asset turnover. Sterling Partners — Founded in and based in Chicago, Sterling focuses on making control, growth investments in healthcare services companies, primarily those offering multi- or alternative-site facility-based services, outsourced services for payors and providers, and technology-enabled services. Lulu E. Moore, E.