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KBI Global Investors Ltd
KBI Global Investors Ltd is an institutional asset manager headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with a sales offices in Boston. KBI Global Investors was formed in 1980 and therefore has been managing assets for institutional clients for over 35 years. Throughout this period it has managed some form of global long only equities. It has evolved from a manager of predominately domestic balanced mandates to an international specialist boutique with a focus on institutional and sub advisory relationships. It has a global client base managing mandates in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia.
The asset manager has developed an expertise in total return investing and natural resource investing. Its total return approach emphasises the importance of dividend yield and dividend growth as well as price increases. It employs a diversified approach, investing in all industries all regions and all capitalisations, a strategy that has seen it consistently outperform the MSCI World Index since its 2003 launch, with less risk and volatility.
Its primary goal is to offer differentiated and innovative investment strategies which enable investors to generate consistent alpha with less risk. To this end, KBIGI were the first manager to develop a diversified (all industries and regions) global equity strategy using a total return based methodology. Its business is also guided by a principle which centres on being first to market with value-adding investment themes of the future, a case in point being the launch of its specialist Natural Resource strategies in 2000. KBIGI expects the key investment drivers over the next 20 years to include the world's changing demographic profile, scarce natural resources, and sustained pressure for lower carbon economies. It was one of the first investment firms globally to launch separate Water and Energy Solutions funds, a product line-up that now includes Agribusiness and Global Resource Solutions.
KBIGI has over €10 billion in assets under management and is part of the Amundi Group, Europe's largest asset manager.
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