Top Investment Management Firms

Any thoughts on the Top 10 Investment Management Firms? The list below is from vault.com but does this list match the “dream employers list” for CFAs and aspiring CFAs: http://www.vault.com/nr/finance_rankings/imngmnt_rankings.jsp 1 Goldman Sachs New York, NY 2 BlackRock New York, NY 3 The BlackStone Group New York, NY 4 Barclays GlobalInvestors, N.A. San Francisco, CA 5 Lehman Brothers New York, NY 6 JPMorgan Asset Management New York, NY 7 PIMCO Newport Beach, CA 8 D.E. Shaw & Co. New York, NY 9 Wellington Management Co., LLP Boston, MA 10 Deutsche Bank New York, NY Why does this list have so many IBs? Thanks, 1024

Define Investment Management Firms Do you want to work in IB? for a Hedge Fund? Mutual Fund? Take that with a grain of salt. It all depends on your specialty and then on your philosophies.

my dream Investment firm has my initials in it. hopefully launch 2011-12 time frame