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Why Wellington Management funds
Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest privately owned fund managers. Our funds provide institutions, financial intermediaries and wealth managers with access to innovative investment approaches created by our diverse investment teams. Our skilled investors work together to uncover new investment ideas and pursue strong long-term results.
All figures are for the Wellington Management Group of companies as at 30 September 2020.
OUR FUND CAPABILITIES
Our diverse fund range spans asset classes, regions and styles — offering investors the flexibility and focus to pursue a wide range of investment objectives. With a variety of fund types to choose from, investors can access our expertise in the way that best suits them.
Investment capabilities
Wellington Management: More than 88 years of history
Our first UCITS fund was launched more than 20 years ago, but our firm’s history goes back almost 90 years. Since 1928, we’ve been serving a wide range of institutions around the world, including pension funds, sovereign-wealth funds, endowments and foundations, family offices, fund sponsors and insurance companies.
1928
We trace our roots back to when Walter Morgan, a Philadelphia-based accountant, established the first balanced mutual fund in the US.
1958
Since its inception, the daily Morning Meeting has been held with the same objectives: to exchange investment ideas, spark wide-ranging discussions and learn from one another each day.
1960s
Four talented investment professionals took on leadership roles at the firm: W. Nicholas Thorndike, Robert Doran, Stephen Paine and George Lewis. Together, they refocused the business and turned it into a global firm, taking on investments and clients outside the US.
1979
Twenty-nine original partners took a risk and bought back the firm after its brief period as a public company. They believed the private form of ownership to be in the best interests of clients and the business.
1983
We opened our London office and began expanding globally at an energetic pace.
1994
We launched our first UCITS fund in Luxembourg. The same year, we also launched our first long/short equity fund, establishing a foundation for the sizeable alternatives platform we have today.
1996 - 1997
To serve our fund investors and other clients in the Asia-Pacific region, we opened our Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney offices.
1997
We launched our Irish fund family, giving our clients the flexibility of two European fund domiciles (Ireland and Luxembourg).
2003 - 2014
We continued to grow globally — in terms of both our client relationships and our investment platform. We opened offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Zurich during these years.
Wellington Management today
We are a global organisation with a significant presence and long-term track record in nearly all sectors of the securities markets. Wellington Management Funds include UCITS and non-UCITS funds and specific fund families domiciled outside of Europe. They draw on the broad equity, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives investment capabilities of our investment teams.
USD 1.1 T
of client assets under management
14
offices worldwide
2,200+
clients
800+
investment professionals
All figures are for the Wellington Management Group of companies as at 30 September 2020
INSIDE OUR DAILY MORNING MEETING
Every morning, hundreds of portfolio managers, research analysts and other investment professionals — connecting remotely from our offices around the globe — gather together to discuss timely investment ideas. Wellington Management’s Morning Meeting is an enduring example of our collegial culture in action. For nearly 60 years, we’ve begun every business day with this dynamic exchange, sharing and debating the insights of our global, multidisciplinary investment teams. We believe that local knowledge and global collaboration give us an advantage in how we think about market developments.
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