Welcome to the website of Edinburgh Partners, an independent Scottish investment management house.

Edinburgh Partners was founded in 2003 by Dr Sandy Nairn, the chief executive, and a team of experienced colleagues, many of whom had previously worked together to achieve a dramatic turnaround in the investment performance of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership. Before his recruitment as Chief Investment Officer at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in 2000, Dr Nairn had a 10 year career at the Templeton/Franklin group, latterly as Director of Global Equity Research, based in Edinburgh and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was short listed as European Institutional CIO of the Year in 2002.

Establishing Edinburgh Partners is the culmination of a long-held ambition to establish a new specialist investment firm that focuses 100% on providing client returns through global investment analysis of the highest quality. All the investment partners have specific responsibilities for sector and regional research in addition to their fund management roles. It was this shared investment philosophy and approach which brought the partners together and which has underpinned their individual and collective investment success. Although the investment management marketplace has become increasingly competitive, it is characterised by the growing disenchantment with the shortcomings of current industry practice. We believe that the simplicity, purity and independence of our investment approach offers clients and investors a rewarding new alternative to existing fund management providers.

Key facts about the firm:

• A specialist fund management house
• 100% focus on investment research
• Global investors with long term horizon
• Team of experienced professionals with strong individual track records
• An independent company, majority owned by staff
• Emphasis on absolute returns