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Schroders plc is a British investment management company with its headquarters in the City Of London . It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . Schroders history began in 1804. In 2000 Schroders sold its ing, institutional services, Private Equity , and Mutual Fund s. Its clients include corporations, insurance companies, local and public authorities, charities, pension funds, high net worth individuals and retail investors. Schroders operates in around thirty countries, with its main offices in London , New York and Zurich , and smaller offices in most of the main financial centres of Europe , the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. In the year ended 31 December 2004 the company made a profit before tax of £191 million and a net profit of £134 million on net revenues of £515.8 million. At 31 March 2005 it had Assets Under Management of £108.9 billion ($205.0/€158.2 billion). Schroders has two share classes: voting shares (SDR.L) and non-voting shares (SDRt.L). Schroders bears the name of the Schroder family who have an estimated wealth of just over £1.2 billion. Alan Brown, who joined as Head of Investment in 2005 from State Street, has launched an initiative to bring the external perceptions of the company up to speed with reality. To this end, the 'Talking Point' website has been set up in order to reflect and promote Schroders' position as a 'thought leader' in the fields of investment management, finance, and economics. Alan Brown himself has recently enjoyed considerable press exposure by virtue of his own 'thought leadership' on liability-driven investment as a way to approach not only the pensions crisis, but pension investment in general. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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