We spent the 2000s and 2010s operating initially as the in-house manager of BTPS, and in recent years, building on these capabilities to develop a strong client base of wholesale and institutional investors worldwide.
Many have claimed that the decade of the 2000s was a lost decade for financial markets: it began with the dotcom bubble and ended with the global financial crisis. During this period of tumult, we sought opportunity, which led to a period of transformative growth for our business. We expanded our client offering, launching continuing strategies that span listed equities, credit, real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private debt.
Alongside our focus on generating outcomes for our clients that go beyond performance, our culture has remained rooted in responsibility: we have played an integral role as an advocate for better corporate governance, as we explain in further detail here.