BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Best European Asset Manager 2009 (Global Investors)
BNP Paribas Investment Partners brings together the full pallet of asset management expertise of the BNP Paribas group.

Through a unique platform that offers immediate and simplified access to a broad range of specialist Partner companies BNP Paribas Investment Partners has become a leader in the European asset management industry. At 30 June 2009, assets under management were euro 339 billion*.

With about 2,600 professionals servicing clients in over 70 countries, BNP Paribas Investment Partners leverages over half a century of asset management experience and ten years of steady growth through acquisitions and joint-ventures.

Through 430 client relationship managers operating in 34 countries, the network of Partners provides clients with the most advanced and dedicated expertise in asset management today, blending excellence in client service with innovative solutions.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners combines the financial strength, distribution network and focus on compliance of its parent company with the reactivity, specialisation and entrepreneurial spirit of investment boutiques.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners has offices in the world's major financial centres including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

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* assets under advisory included

In Japan
BNP Paribas Asset Management, which began operations in 1964, is the asset management division of the BNP Paribas Group.

The full palette of asset management expertise of the BNP Paribas Group is brought together under the brand name BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Through a unique platform that offers immediate and simplified access to a broad range of specialist Partner companies, BNP Paribas Investment Partners has become a leader among the multi-specialist asset managers. At 31 December 2008, assets under management amounted to €305 billion*, nearly half of which was managed for institutional clients. With 2,400 professionals serving clients in 33 countries, BNP Paribas Investment Partners draws on over half a century of asset management experience and has seen ten years of steady growth through acquisitions and joint ventures.
*Assets under advisory included.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Japan Ltd., established in November 1998, has developed its business specialised on asset management services provided primarily to institutional investors such as financial institutions and pension funds, and services that provide investment trusts to corporations and individual investors.