Acadian Asset Management

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Acadian Asset Management LLC
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Investment Management
PredecessorAcadian Financial Research
Founded1986;38 years ago (1986)
Founders
  • Gary Bergstrom
  • John Chisholm
  • Churchill Franklin
  • Ron Frashure
Headquarters260 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Number of locations
4 offices
Key people
Ross Dowd (CEO)
AUM US$100 billion (June 2023)
Number of employees
330 (March 2023)
Parent BrightSphere Investment Group
Website www.acadian-asset.com
Footnotes /references
[1] [2]

Acadian Asset Management LLC (or simply Acadian) is an American investment management firm headquartered in Boston with additional offices in London, Singapore and Sydney. [1] The firm is noted for its usage of Quantitative analysis and strategies when making investment decisions. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Background

The firm's predecessor, Acadian Financial Research, was founded in 1977 by Gary Bergstrom. [1] [7] It managed investment strategies for the State Street Corporation. [1] In 1986, Acadian Asset Management was founded by Bergstrom, John Chisholm, Churchill Franklin, Ron Frashure to manage assets independently. [1] [8] The firm's name comes from the region, Acadia. [9]

Acadian is an active manager and relies on fields such as artificial intelligence and data science to supplement its decision making process. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [10]

In 1992, Acadian was acquired by United Asset Management. [11] In 2000, Acadian became a subsidiary of Old Mutual after Old Mutual acquired United Asset Management. [9] [7] [12]

In 2009, Acadian laid off 8% of its workforce due to volatile market conditions related to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008. [13]

In March 2017, Acadian partnered with Microsoft to use its Bing predicts big data technology to support its investment decision making process. [14] However only several months later, it ended its partnership stating it had not found a way to turn social media data into useful signals for investments. [15]

In 2018, the direct parent of Acadian, Old Mutual Asset Management separated from Old Mutual and was rebranded to BrightSphere Investment Group. [2] [16]

Acadian claims to be the first quantitative fund to sign the Principles for Responsible Investment in 2009. [17]

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