BNP Paribas Asset Management (S) Ltd

BNP Paribas Investment Partners brings together the full pallet of asset management expertise of the BNP Paribas group.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners is the dedicated asset management business line of the BNP Paribas Group. BNP Paribas Investment Partners offers a full range of investment management services to institutional and retail clients around the world. Central to the way we work is the concept of partnership - both in terms of how we behave as a family of companies and our relationships with our clients.

Around 1,200 investment professionals work across our network of some 60 investment centres, each of which is a specialist in a particular asset class or type of product. With total assets under management of EUR 542 billion as of 31 March 2010, BNP Paribas Investment Partners is the fifth-largest asset manager in Europe and the eleventh-largest in the world*.

On April 1 2010, the operations of Fortis Investments were merged with those of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Fortis Investments' investment experts and international locations were a natural and complementary fit with BNP Paribas Investments Partners, whose flexible partnership model has proven successful in integrating new expertise in the past. Together, our combined company provides clients with an even broader range of investment solutions and even better client service than before.

* Source: Based on the IPE Top 400, July 2009 (figures per 31 December 2008)