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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | LSE: GRT |
| Industry | Investment management |
| Founded | 1969; 56 years ago (1969) |
| Defunct | 2011; 14 years ago (2011) |
| Fate | Bought by Henderson Group |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Key people | Andrew Skirton (Chairman) Jeffrey Meyer (CEO) |
| Revenue | £278.3 million (2009) |
| Operating income | £53.1 million (2009) |
| Net income | £47.6 million (2009) |
| Website | gartmore Archived November 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine |
Gartmore Group Limited was a British-based investment management business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
History
The Company was founded in 1969 by British & Commonwealth and acquired by Banque Indosuez in 1989. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. It was then bought by NatWest in 1996 and by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in 2000 before becoming part of the investment portfolio of Hellman & Friedman, a private equity fund, in 2006. It was re-listed on the London Stock Exchange in December 2009.
Henderson Group announced its acquisition of the company in January 2011.
Operations
The Company had £22.2 billion of assets under management as at 31 December 2009.
References
- ^ "Preliminary Results for the year ended 31st December 2009". Gartmore Group Limited. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ Gartmore: under new ownership Hedgefund Journal, June 2006
- Gartmore IPO looks opportunistic Daily Telegraph, 23 October 2009
- Henderson agrees to buy Gartmore for £335.3m Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2011
External links
- Official site Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Financial services companies established in 1969
- Financial services companies based in London
- 1969 establishments in England
- Financial services companies disestablished in 2011
- 2011 disestablishments in England
- 2011 mergers and acquisitions
- British companies disestablished in 2011
- British companies established in 1969