Invesco, based in

Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buc ...

, Oxfordshire, is one of the largest

investment manager Investment management is the professional asset management of various securities, including shareholdings, bonds, and other assets, such as real estate, to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of investors. Investors may be institut ...

s in the United Kingdom, managing £91.59bn in assets on behalf of individual clients, fund platforms, nominees, pension funds and other corporate institutions. Invesco (UK) forms part of

Invesco Invesco Ltd. is an American independent investment management company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional branch offices in 20 countries. Its common stock is a constituent of the S&P 500 and trades on the New York stock exc ...

Ltd, an investment manager listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Invesco Perpetual name was retired in 2018, as Invesco moved to operate all of its brands under the name Invesco.

History

The company was founded in 1973 by

Martyn Arbib Martyn may refer to: *Martyn (surname), one of the Tribes of Galway and others *Martyn (given name) See also *Martin (disambiguation) *Marten (disambiguation) A marten is a mammal in the family ''Mustelidae''. Marten, Mårten, or Martén may also ...

as Perpetual Limited. In 2001, Arbib sold the business to the American AMVESCAP Group, which was renamed

in 2008.

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visited the company in 1998 to open its new headquarters, after opening the nearby

River and Rowing Museum The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, is located on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It has three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, the international s ...

. Invesco Perpetual and The Arbib Foundation are benefactors of the museum. The company logo is a graphic image of

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, a 6,856 m (22,493 ft) mountain in the

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range of eastern Nepal.

Structure

Invesco is a business name of Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited, both of which are authorised and regulated by the

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