EARNEST Partners is a global investment firm responsible for overseeing over $50 billion for municipalities, states, corporations, endowments, and universities. Founded in 1998, EARNEST focuses on fundamentally sound, sustainable investment opportunities through multiple economic cycles. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm employs a fundamental and statistical analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to make its equity investments while it utilizes a credit and a fundamental analysis to make its fixed income investments.
ABOUT EARNEST PARTNERS
EARNEST Partners is an independent, institutional investment management firm based in Atlanta, GA.
The firm primarily manages assets on behalf of public funds, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, corporations, and state and municipal government entities.
The firm employs a fundamental and a statistical analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to make its equity investments.
For its fixed income investments, it invests in U.S. Government agency debt, U.S. investment grade debt, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities.
EARNEST STRATEGIES
The firm's investment objective is to outperform the assigned benchmark while seeking to control volatility and risk.
Fixed income allocation should reduce total portfolio risk and be present when their clients need it most.
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The firm has developed a number of bespoke strategies for their separate account clients.