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Aberdeen Asset Management PLC is a global investment group, managing assets for both retail and institutional clients from offices around the world. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1991, the group had over £185 billion of assets under management as at 30 June 2011.
The group's headquarters is in Aberdeen, but it prefers to locate its fund managers near the companies and markets in which they invest. Today we operate from 31 offices in 23 countries around the world. Our goal is to deliver superior and consistent fund performance across asset classes in which we believe we have a sustainable competitive edge.
Aberdeen Asset Management is one of the UK's largest investment trust managers and manages or advises 17 UK investment companies with assets in excess of £4.8 billion. Our investment companies cover the UK, Asia, Latin America and specialist sectors, as well as international markets. The majority of these investment trusts and companies are on offer through the Aberdeen Investment Trust ISA or Share Plan, available at the award winning Aberdeen Investment Trust Centre: www.invtrusts.co.uk
Contact: Aberdeen Investor Services
Telephone: 0500 00 00 40
Email: inv.trusts@aberdeen-asset.com
Website: www.invtrusts.co.uk
Baillie Gifford is an Edinburgh based asset management group, which pursues a growth biased and conviction based stock picking approach across its equity fund range offering a blend of fund styles in the UK, America, Europe, Japan, Emerging Markets and the Far East, as well as limited fixed interest exposure.
Baillie Gifford's investment philosophy is based on long-term growth, and managers are given a large amount of freedom to invest as they see fit. A collegiate approach to debate is fostered with weekly investment meeting held at which all fund management desks are represented.
BlackRock is one of the world's pre-eminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximising outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds, investment trusts and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs. This offering has been recognised in 2010 to date with over 180 first-placed industry awards received globally†.
BlackRock is a truly global firm that combines the benefits of worldwide reach with local service and relationships. We manage assets for clients in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. The firm employs more than 9,700 professionals and maintains offices in 29 countries around the world.
The foundation of BlackRock's business is our belief that our clients' needs are of paramount importance. Our commitment to investment excellence is anchored in a shared culture that always places a client's interests first, from individual investors to the world's largest institutions. We act always as a fiduciary for our clients, never trading as a principal on our own behalf.
As of 30 June 2011, BlackRock's assets under management total US$3.65 trillion (£2.28 trillion)* across equity, fixed income, cash management, alternative investments, multi-asset and advisory strategies. Through BlackRock Solutions®, we offer risk management, strategic advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of clients with portfolios totalling over US$9.5 trillion.*
* Data as at 30 June 2011.
† This tally of awards is correct to 31 May 2011 and does not include iShares ETF products
Frostrow Capital LLP was founded in 2007 and specialises in providing professional services to publicly listed investment companies.
We perform all the ‘non-investment' functions and provide the advice required for the successful management of investment companies. This model allows specialist third-party investment managers to focus purely on the portfolios.
The boards of our client companies value the depth of our specialist knowledge of the investment companies sector. Furthermore, our independence of the investment function ensures that both the advice and services we offer are truly objective.
We have six investment company clients:
Electra Private Equity PLC
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC
Pacific Assets Trust plc
The Biotech Growth Trust PLC
Witan Investment Trust plc
Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC
More information on our firm and our clients can be found at www.frostrow.com
Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd
Martin Currie is a specialist active equity manager. Based in Edinburgh, and with offices in London, Shanghai and New York, the company manages active equity portfolios for clients worldwide.
We are a private company, owned and managed by our employees, and are committed to remaining independent. We believe this aligns our interests directly with our clients and is the best foundation to develop as a specialist investment management business.
We describe Martin Currie as 'The Big Boutique'. In practice, this means having the solidity, professionalism and robustness of process of a large company, combined with the distinctiveness, client focus and personal ownership of a small company.
Renaissance Asset Managers is the investment management business of the private, broad-reach, emerging markets, integrated investment banking group, Renaissance. Emerging markets are the entire focus of the business and Renaissance Asset Managers aims to be the leading specialist manager for investing in Russia and CIS countries, Emerging Europe and Africa. Renaissance Asset Managers has offices in Moscow and London and employs over 50 people, including 30 investment professionals, and has assets under management of US$2bn across a full range of asset classes.
Polar Capital Holdings plc is a specialist investment management company offering professional and institutional investors a range of geographical and sector funds. The Company's investment strategies have a fundamental research driven approach. The Company has long only and absolute return funds in its product range.
Founded in 2001, Polar currently has 68 employees of whom 34 are investment professionals, with total assets under management of$4.4bn as at 30 June 2011.
The Company is AIM quoted following its IPO in February 2007. Consistent with the Company's founding strategy of fostering an equity culture amongst its employees and providing high levels of transparency to clients, 50% of the equity is currently held by Directors, founders and employees
Investment Week is the weekly magazine for top-tier investment professionals in the UK. Launched in 1995 as Incisive Media's flagship title, Investment Week provides information and inspiration that has enabled the title to win 22 awards in 12 years.
Along with its recently relaunched website, www.investmentweek.co.uk, that acts as an essential research tool, Investment Week provides the market with authoritative, objective and independent news, features and analysis that offer business opportunities, research and educational material.
The success and power of the Investment Week brand has enabled it to launch a set of market-leading events, including the Fund Manager of the Year Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, the Oscars for Excellence in Fund Management, and the infamous Square Up in the City, a boxing match between fund managers.
