BNY Mellon Investment Management
BNY Mellon Investment Management (BNY Mellon IM) is the investment management division of BNY Mellon. It is one of the largest asset managers in the world[1] with $2.4 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2021. BNY IM uses seven different specialized investment managers, each with its own strategy and expertise to manage investments.[2]
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Investment management |
Founded | 2007 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Hanneke Smits (CEO) |
Products | Mutual Funds Money market funds ETFs |
AUM | US$ 1.8 Trillion (December 31, 2022) |
Parent | BNY Mellon |
Website | www |
History
In July 2007, BNY Mellon was created from the merger of the Bank of New York and Mellon Financial.[3][4] The current entity, BNY Mellon Investment Management acts as the investment arm of BNY Mellon. In 2020, the Investment Management division contributed around 26% to BNY Mellon's fee revenue.[5]
The investment firm Alcentra[6] was part of the Bank of New York while Dreyfus,[7] Newton[8] and Walter Scott[9] were part of Mellon Financial.
In 2007, BNY Mellon acquired Brazilian asset management firm, ARX Capital Management.[10]
In 2009, BNY Mellon acquired Insight Investment from Lloyds Banking Group for £235m.[11] In the same year BNY Mellon acquired a 20% stake in Siguler Guff.[12]
In 2018, BNY Mellon IM merged three of its investment firms (Mellon Capital Management, Standish Mellon Asset Management and The Boston Company Asset Management) to form a new unit called Mellon Investments.[13]
In 2019, BNY Mellon IM rebranded some of its fund range dropping the Newton, Insight brands and Dreyfus brand names from funds.[14][15]
In 2020, BNY Mellon IM launched BNY Mellon Investor Solutions, an investment outsourcing services platform .[16]
On May 31, 2022 it was announced that BNY Mellon IM would sell Alcentra to Franklin Templeton Investments and the transaction was completed on 1 November 2022.[17][18]
Business overview
Investors of BNY Mellon Investment Management include pension funds, public funds, endowments and foundations.
BNY Mellon Investment Management manages investments through seven different investment managers.[2] They are
- ARX (Brazilian investments)
- Dreyfus (Money Market Funds and Offshore Liquidity Funds)
- Insight Investment (European investments)
- Mellon Investments (Global investments)
- Newton Investment Management (London-based global investment house)
- Siguler Guff (Multi-strategy private equity)
- Walter Scott (Global equities management)
In addition, BNY Mellon Investor Solutions provides investment outsourcing solutions.[2]
BNY Mellon Investment Management is headquartered in New York with multiple offices across Europe and Asia-Pacific.
References
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- "2020 Annual Report" (PDF). BNY Mellon. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-30.
- "About Alcentra | Alcentra". www.alcentra.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- "History of The Dreyfus Corporation – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- Calian, Sara (1998-07-28). "Mellon Bank Agrees to Acquire 75% of Newton Management". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- LEVY, DANIELLE (13 December 2013). "Walter Scott launches new investment firm". citywire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- Dilipp S. Nag (2007-11-13). "Mellon to buy Brazil's ARX Capital". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- "BNY Mellon to acquire Insight Investment Management | Hedgeweek". www.hedgeweek.com. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- Paritosh Bansal (2009-11-02). "BNY Asset Management buys Siguler Guff stake". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- Huang, Vicky Ge (13 November 2017). "BNY merges Mellon, Standish and Boston to create $560bn powerhouse". citywireamericas.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ABDALLAH, RUDI (8 May 2019). "BNY Mellon ditches Insight and Newton names in rebrand". citywire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- HUANG, VICKY GE (5 March 2019). "BNY rebrands $63bn of Dreyfus mutual funds". citywireselector.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- Mellon, B. N. Y. "BNY Mellon Investment Management Launches BNY Mellon Investor Solutions". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- "Franklin Templeton buys BNY Mellon subsidiary Alcentra". InternationalInvestment. 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- "Completion of Sale of Alcentra NY, LLC by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation to Franklin Templeton". www.businesswire.com. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-18.