Top money managers of family office assets

Ranked by 2010 assets under management
SEP 20, 2011
  
Rank Firm Assets (in millions)
1 Morgan Stanley $68,686.4
2 J.P. Morgan Asset Management $46,900.0
3 Northern Trust Global Investments $31,500.0
4 Schroders $25,390.0
5 PNC Financial Services Group Inc. $19,552.0
6 Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC $15,253.0
7 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. $11,563.0
8 Parametric Portfolio Associates $10,167.9
9 BlackRock Inc. $7,300.0
10 Federated Investors Inc. $4,419.0
11 Pictet Asset Management Ltd. $4,363.0
12 State Street Global Advisors $3,987.0
13 BNY Mellon Asset Management $3,582.0
14 Income Research & Management $3,150.0
15 Hines $2,574.0
16 Gresham Investment Management LLC $2,337.0
17 T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. $2,316.0
18 Davis Selected Advisers LP $2,000.0
19 Paulson & Co. Inc. $1,998.7
20 Oaktree Capital Management LP $1,831.0
21 Martin Currie Ltd. $1,719.0
22 Baring Asset Management $1,628.0
23 Lighthouse Partners $1,570.0
24 Sit Investment Associates Inc. $1,108.0
25 Samson Capital Advisors LLC $971.9
26 McDonnell Investment Management LLC $777.0
27 Beacon Capital Partners LLC $745.0
28 Mesirow Financial $739.7
29 JER Partners $696.0
29 Axa Investment Managers $696.0
31 Boston Advisors LLC $663.0
32 Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC $639.0
33 Shorenstein Properties LLC $629.0
34 Landmark Partners LLC $620.7
35 Vaughan Nelson Investment Management LP $602.0
36 Babson Capital Management LLC $577.0
37 First Reserve Corp. $560.0
38 Oak Hill Advisors LP $530.0
39 Cantillon Capital Management $481.0
40 Loomis Sayles & Co. LP $440.9
41 Anchor Capital Advisors LLC $433.0
42 L&B Realty Advisors LLP $423.0
43 Sage Advisory Services Ltd. Co. $399.0
44 Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. $397.0
45 Mastholm Asset Management LLC $375.8
46 TCW Group $365.0
47 Kingdon Capital Management LLC $362.0
48 Colony Capital LLC $350.0
48 Crestline Investors Inc. $350.0
50 Prime Advisors Inc. $320.0
  Total $289,037.9
As of Dec. 31. Data based on responses of 711 asset management firms in the May 2011 directory of the largest money managers.
Source: Pensions & Investments Research Center

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