Affiliated Managers Group Inc. AMG

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., incorporated on December 29, 1993, is an asset management company with equity investments in boutique investment management firms (Affiliates). The Company is focused on investing around the globe in investment management firms that manage active return-oriented strategies, including traditional, alternative and wealth management firms. The Company operates through three business segments, which represent its principal distribution channels: Institutional, Mutual Fund and High Net Worth. The equity method investments in the Institutional distribution channel are made in relationships with public and private client entities, including foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and retirement plans for corporations and municipalities. The equity method investments in the Mutual Fund distribution channel are made in advisory or sub-advisory relationships with active return-oriented mutual funds, Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and other retail products. The equity method investments in the High Net Worth distribution channel are made in relationships with high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, endowments and retirement plans.

Through its Affiliates, the Company provides a range of active return-oriented strategies and products to assist institutional, retail and high net worth clients around the world in achieving their investment objectives. Its Affiliates' investment services and products are distributed by sales and marketing professionals developing new business through direct sales efforts and established relationships with consultants and intermediaries around the world. The Company has offices in Sydney, serving investors in Australia and New Zealand; London, serving investors in the United Kingdom and continental Europe; Zurich, serving investors in Switzerland; Dubai, serving investors in the Middle East, and Hong Kong, serving investors in Asia. In addition, it has retail distribution platforms through its subsidiaries, AMG Funds, LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut and AMG Funds PLC in Dublin, Ireland, which provide retail investors with access to its Affiliates' investment services through registered investment companies and a family of UCITS funds. Its Affiliates managed active return-oriented strategies in over 550 investment products, including for non-United States clients in more than 50 countries, as of December 31, 2016.