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• Headquarters' Location:

  London, UK

• Presence:

  UK, Europe, Asia, USA

• Number of Employees:

  1000 employees globally

• Revenues:

• Website:

  http://www.henderson.com

Culture & History

Established in 1934 to administer the estates of Alexander Henderson, the first Lord Faringdon, Henderson Global Investors (Henderson) is a leading independent global asset management firm.

Henderson is a leading independent global asset management firm with a dynamic approach. We provide institutional, retail and high net-worth clients with access to skilled investment professionals representing a broad range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private equity. We are known for our entrepreneurial approach and our ability to deliver innovative products. We offer our clients a wide choice of traditional and original investment strategies covering all asset classes and risk/return outcomes.

We believe in clear and open communication channels and flat management structures to encourage free thinking, enabling decisions to be made with speed and accuracy. Employees work in an innovative and autonomous environment that encourages responsibility and accountability for actions and decisions taken.

Financial Facts

With its principal place of business in London, Henderson is one of Europe's largest investment managers, with £58.1 billion assets under management (as at 31 December 2009) and employs around 930 people worldwide.

Training & Development

At Henderson we believe that our people are our most value adding asset.
We know that to achieve sustainable business results our people need to be working at their highest potential.
This means working in challenging roles, dealing with complex issues and seeking leading edge solutions to our clients’ ever changing needs. It can be tough but we believe that real work experience is the building block for all our organisational learning; and foundational for our employees achieving professional excellence.
We seek to embed leading edge methodologies in our learning approach. We do this by empowering self driven learning with the most effective means of support depending on individual needs e.g. courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, ‘on the job’ structured programmes and executive coaching. We also support various professional qualifications such as the CFA, ACCA, CIMA, IMC depending on the career path the individual is following.

Our reward strategy is designed to optimise Company and individual performance. Henderson offers a comprehensive range of competitive benefits and performance-based compensation. Our remuneration philosophy is to provide a competitive total reward package.