Acadian's culture is unique. We leverage our breadth of knowledge and experience to create a collegial environment that fosters ingenuity and discipline through transparency and collaboration, which we see as key to innovation.

Our team of experienced investment professionals brings a set of diverse backgrounds that offers a unique blend of experience to Acadian. Recognized for their thought leadership in a variety of disciplines, our team imparts a range of knowledge to every aspect of the investment process. From research to portfolio management to client service, the investment team is responsible for managing a process that is highly collaborative and based on the scientific principles of open inquiry, testing, analysis, peer review and thoughtful execution. The diversity of our people and their participation in an open and rigorous process create a culture that fosters originality and ensures a steady stream of new and innovative approaches that we believe have continually helped differentiate Acadian from its peers.
HISTORY

In 1977 Gary Bergstrom founded Acadian Financial Research, the firm's predecessor. Starting in 1978, Acadian designed, developed and implemented the world's first international index-matching strategy and later an active country selection strategy for the State Street Bank and Trust Company. In 1987, Acadian Financial Research ended its relationship with State Street and its successor company, Acadian Asset Management, began to manage institutional assets directly.

Acadian evolved from a non-U.S. all-cap equity manager to a truly global manager with the launch of our global strategy in 1992. In 2002, we began to apply our stock selection process to attempt to find the poorest performing companies as well as the strongest, opening the doors for Acadian's foray into long/short strategies. More recently, in 2006, based on research showing that a portfolio of low-risk stocks has the potential to offer market like returns at lower risk than the overall equity market, we launched our pioneering managed volatility strategy. Continuing to expand product offerings on the basis of our extensive experience in emerging and frontier markets, Acadian launched an emerging markets debt strategy in 2007, marking the firm's first foray into fixed income. Our commitment to research, the flexibility of our process and the collaborative nature of our client relationships suggests that Acadian's suite of strategies will have the potential to continue to grow and evolve in an effort to meet the needs of our clients.
STRUCTURE
Acadian Asset Management, LLC (Acadian) is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and registered as an investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm is a subsidiary of OMAM Affiliate Holdings LLC, which is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of OM Asset Management plc, a publicly listed company on the NYSE. Acadian has three wholly-owned investment advisory affiliates. Acadian Asset Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd ((Company Registration No: 199902125D) is located in Singapore and is registered with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Acadian Asset Management (UK) Ltd (Company Registration No: 05644066) is located in London and is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Acadian Asset Management (Japan) is located in Japan. Register Number Director-General Kanto Local Financial Bureau (Kinsho) Number 2814. Member of Japan Investment Advisers Association.

Acadian exercises complete discretion over its investment philosophy, people and process, and Acadian is operated as a single independent entity. Acadian has been a subsidiary of Old Mutual since 2000, when Old Mutual purchased Acadian’s former parent, United Asset Management.

ASSETS
As of December 31, 2014, Acadian, along with its wholly-owned affiliates invested over US $70 billion on behalf of over 100 clients that include major pension funds, endowments, foundations, governments and other institutions across the world.

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