Invesco, based in
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and ...
, Oxfordshire, is one of the largest
investment managers in the United Kingdom, managing £91.59bn in assets on behalf of individual clients, fund platforms, nominees, pension funds and other corporate institutions.
Invesco (UK) forms part of
Invesco Ltd, an investment manager listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Invesco Perpetual name was retired in 2018, as Invesco moved to operate all of its brands under the name Invesco.
History
The company was founded in 1973 by
Martyn Arbib as Perpetual Limited.
In 2001, Arbib sold the business to the American AMVESCAP Group, which was renamed
Invesco in 2008.
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
visited the company in 1998 to open its new headquarters, after opening the nearby
River and Rowing Museum.
Invesco Perpetual and The Arbib Foundation are benefactors of the museum.
The company logo is a graphic image of
Ama Dablam, a 6,856 m (22,493 ft) mountain in the
Himalaya
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range of eastern Nepal.
Structure
Invesco is a business name of Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited, both of which are authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority
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.
References
Financial services companies established in 1973
Investment management companies of the United Kingdom
Henley-on-Thames
Companies based in Oxfordshire
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