About Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and has since established a reputation as a pre-eminent global investment bank and securities firm. The Asset Management division was founded in 1988 and employs over 400 investment management professionals worldwide. It has global assets under management in excess of $690.7 billion as at 31 December 2008. Portfolios are managed and research is undertaken in the locations where securities are traded.
Goldman Sachs Investment Process
A team approach
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has 12 different specialist portfolio management teams that focus on a particular asset class or approach. Each group is led by a Chief Investment Officer and has its own established investment philosophy and process. GSAM is renowned for its team approach and this model guides its investment structure. Assets can be more effectively managed in a process of collaboration, where teams share strategies, cross-fertilise views, and challenge ideas.
Research
At the heart of its process is a belief that a key driver of superior investment performance is superior research. GSAM has the resources to put this belief into practice. It combines local insight from analysts worldwide with a global research platform which contains fundamental and quantitative analysis.
Risk Management
GSAM is an industry leader in managing investment risk whilst at the same time capitalising on it. As a pioneer in the field of risk modelling GSAM strives for risk oversight that is reliable, explainable and repeatable. Its chief tools are a proprietary suite of web-based portfolio management models and the work of an independent Risk Management & Analysis department.
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