Edinburgh Partners Ltd (EPL) is an independent
fund management
Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of value from the things that a group or entity is responsible for, over their whole life cycles. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as buildings ...
company based in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
,
Scotland
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that specialises in Global, International,
EAFE, European and Emerging Market equities. Founded independently in 2003, EPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Franklin Templeton Investments
Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is ...
since 2018.
History
Established in 2003, EPL is an asset manager focused on managing long-only equities. The first fund was EP Global Opportunities Trust plc, an
Investment Trust
An investment trust is a form of investment fund found mostly in the United Kingdom and Japan. Investment trusts are constituted as public limited companies and are therefore closed ended since the fund managers cannot redeem or create shares.
...
launched in December 2003. The Edinburgh Partners Opportunities Fund plc range of open ended pooled funds followed in April 2004 and the range and diversity of products has grown since then.
Today, Edinburgh Partners invests on behalf of a range of clients including
pension funds
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Pension funds typically have large amounts of money to invest and are the major investors in listed and priva ...
,
financial institution
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s and endowments based around the world. Edinburgh Partners employs around 60 people and is headquartered in Melville Street, Edinburgh, with further offices in
London
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and
North America
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.
In October 2021, the CEO of Edinburgh Partners published the book, ''The End of the Everything Bubble: Why $75 trillion of investor wealth is in mortal jeopardy''.
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, url=https://moneyweek.com/investments/stockmarkets/604426/moneyweek-podcast-sandy-nairn-everything-bubble , date=4 February 2022 , accessdate=5 August 2022 , author-link=Merryn Somerset Webb , first=Merryn , last=Somerset Webb , title=Sandy Nairn: the end of the “everything bubble” could destroy $75trn of assets
Leadership
* Dr. Sandy Nairn – Chief Executive Officer
* Jamie Mackintosh – Client Service & Sales
* Ken Fraser – Client Relations
* Tom Dickson – Director, Client Service & Sales
See also
*
Economy of Scotland
The economy of Scotland is an Open economy, open mixed economy which, in 2020, had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $205 billion including oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters. Since the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland's ...
*
Everything bubble
The expression "everything bubble" refers to the correlated impact of monetary easing by the Federal Reserve (and followed by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan) on asset prices in most asset classes, namely equities, housing, bon ...
*
Greenspan put
The Greenspan put was a monetary policy response to financial crises that Alan Greenspan, former chair of the Federal Reserve, exercised beginning with the crash of 1987. Successful in addressing various crises, it became controversial as it le ...
References
External links
Edinburgh Partners Ltd website
Investment management companies of the United Kingdom
Financial services companies established in 2003
Companies based in Edinburgh