About BNP Paribas Investment Partners

BNP Paribas Investment Partners is the dedicated autonomous asset management business of the BNP Paribas Group. BNP Paribas Investment PartnersIt offers the full range of investment management services to both institutional and retail clients around the world. Central to the way we it works is the concept of partnership – both in terms of how we it behaves as a family of companies and our its relationships with our its clients.

Nearly 800 investment professionals work across our BNP Paribas Investment Partners' network of some 60 investment centres, each specialising in a particular asset class or type of product. With total assets under management of EUR 513 billion*, BNP Paribas Investment Partners is the 6th-largest asset manager in Europe and the 15th-largest in the world**.

* Source: BNP Paribas Investment Partners as at 31 March 2012

** (source: internal studies based on 2011 data published by competitors, unless otherwise specified)

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In the United States
Asset management is marketed in the U.S. through three groups:

• BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc.,
• Its affiliate, Fischer Francis Trees & Watts
• CooperNeff Risk Managed Funds.

These firms service a large number and variety of North American-based institutional and high net-worth investors.

BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc., established in the U.S. in 1984, offers the full range of equity, euro fixed income and Alternative Investment to a selection of Institutional Investors. Today, the firm has more than $3 billion in assets under management or advisory in European and U.S. equities for North American clients.

BNP Paribas Asset Management, in conjunction with BancWest, established a U.S. equity mutual fund on July 1, 2002. This fund is part of the Bishop Street Funds range that is managed by First Hawaiian Bank and sub-advised by the BNP Paribas Asset Management U.S. equity team.

Fischer Francis Trees & Watts (FFTW), a well-established fixed-income asset manager, was founded in the U.S. in 1972. The firm has a full range of fixed-income expertise, including Treasuries, Corporates, MBS, ABS, and short duration portfolio. With $39 billion in assets under management, FFTW is respected throughout the industry for its focused yet diverse fixed-income capabilities.
Access to FFTW's website : www.fftw.com

The combined entities offer clients access to 180 investment professionals in all the major markets of the world. Those professionals work together to provide quality investment services through a broad range of equity and fixed-income capabilities for North American institutional clients.