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About Us

KBC Asset Management Dublin

KBC Asset Management Ltd Dublin (KBCAM) was formed in July 2000 when KBC acquired Ulster Bank Investment Managers (UBIM) from the Ulster Bank Group. It is part of the wider KBC Asset Management group of companies and is ultimately a subsidiary of the KBC Group.

KBCAM Ltd currently has over EUR17.1bn* in assets under management and is responsible for the Group’s asset management activities in the Irish, British and North American markets as well as for the following investment capabilities that are promoted globally:

KBCAM Dublin uses 3 separate corporate entities for activities in its core target markets as follows:

KBC Asset Management Worldwide

The asset management division of KBC Group has over 500 staff with operations in the following cities, and an aggregate of EUR174.6bn* in assets under management.

  • Dublin
  • London
  • Brussels
  • Luxembourg
  • Prague
  • Warsaw
  • Budapest
  • Bremen, Frankfurt
  • New York
  • Shanghai (joint venture)
  • Auckland (joint venture)
  • Representative offices: Madrid, Geneva, Rotterdam
KBCAM employs the use of specialist investment teams operating from different locations. The main investment teams and their locations are detailed below:

Investment Category Location of Investment Team
Eco Strategies Dublin
High Dividend Payout Strategies (Quant) Dublin
EAFE Equity Dublin
European Equities Brussels
Fixed Interest Luxembourg
Active Asian Equities Dublin
European Property London
Hedge Funds Dublin

KBC Group

KBC was created in 1998 by the merger of KredietBank NV, Cera Bank NV and ABB Insurance NV. It is the 11th largest financial services group in Euroland with core businesses comprising retail and investment banking, insurance, and asset management. The KBC group operates in over 30 countries world-wide, has over 50,000 employees and assets of EUR355.60bn*.

The KBC Group has the following long term credit ratings

Standard & Poor's A+
Moody's Aa3
Fitch - AA-

*All data as at 31st December 2007.