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 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.