Brandes Investment Partners® is a leading investment advisory firm, managing equity and fixed income assets for institutional and private clients worldwide.  Since our inception in 1974, we have applied the value investing approach to security selection pioneered by Benjamin Graham.  Among the first investment firms to bring a global perspective to value investing, we manage a variety of investment strategies.

As of 9/30/08 (USD):

Total Assets Under Management:  $69.7 billion
Total Institutional/Private Client Assets:  $52.5 billion
Total SMA Division Assets*:  $17.2 billion
Total Employees Worldwide: 506
Investment Professionals: 79, including 39 equity & fixed income analysts
Ownership: 100% employee owned

Open Equity Portfolio Styles:

• Global Balanced (mix of global stocks and bonds)
• Global Equity (stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies)
• Global Mid Cap Equity (stocks of mid-sized U.S. and non-U.S. companies)
• Global Small Cap Equity (stocks of smaller U.S. and non-U.S. companies)
• International Mid Cap Equity (stocks of mid-sized non-U.S. companies)
• International Small Cap Equity (stocks of smaller non-U.S. companies)
• U.S. Mid Cap Value Equity (stocks of mid-sized U.S. companies)
• U.S. Small Cap Value Equity (stocks of smaller U.S. companies)
• U.S. Value Equity (stocks of U.S. companies)
• U.S. Large Cap Value Equity (stocks of larger-sized U.S. companies)

Fixed Income Portfolio Styles :

• Fixed Income Portfolios 

Closed Equity Portfolio Styles**:

• Emerging Markets Equity (stocks of companies in emerging countries)
• European Equity (stocks of companies in European countries)
• International Equity (stocks of non-U.S. companies)

* The SMA Division encompasses the firm’s “Separately Managed Account” business (subadvisory “wrap-fee” business with brokerage firms).
** Portfolios closed to new investors, additional funding may be allowed to specific limits.