Investment Management

William Blair Investment Management employs disciplined, analytical research processes across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, non-U.S. equity, emerging markets debt, and multi-asset.

Recent Insights

The Shift to the Cloud

Thursday, February 17, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a number of existing trends, and the digitalization of corporate America—more specifically the expansion of the public cloud—is one of the more significant investment trends given its vast growth potential.

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The Future of Manufacturing

Thursday, February 10, 2022

A fully digitalized factory, which includes robots and cobots, combined with full connectivity via a localized internet of things, drives change.

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China 2022: A Year of Opportunity

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

China is accelerating efforts to achieve Common Prosperity and implementing other policy initiatives aimed at sustainable growth. What might this reshuffling of policy priorities mean for investors across China’s equity and bond markets?

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About Us

At William Blair, we are passionate about the profession of investment management. We are an independent, 100% active employee-owned firm with no distractions from our sole priority: creating strong, risk-adjusted returns for our clients.

William Blair is committed to building enduring relationships with our clients. We work closely with private and public pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors. We are 100% active-employee-owned with broad-based ownership. Our investment teams are solely focused on active management and employ disciplined, analytical research processes across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, non-U.S. equity, and emerging markets debt. William Blair is based in Chicago with global resources providing expertise and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

*William Blair International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under a Capital Markets Services License to conduct fund management activities.

We provide investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other leading institutional investors across the globe.

  • Consultants

    Our senior relationship managers—who average more than 32 years of experience*—are committed to providing the highest quality service to the investment consultant community.

  • Foundations and Endowments

    Building on our long tradition of serving not-for-profit organizations and their boards, we provide a broad range of investment strategies to more than 150 endowments and foundations*.

  • Public Funds

    We have deep experience working with government-sponsored plans and their consultants to help them meet participants’ needs, and oversee more than $19.4 billion* in assets for public pension plans.

  • Corporations

    Through customized investment strategies for corporations and their defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans, we oversee more than $13.8 billion* in assets for corporations across numerous industries.

  • Taft-Hartley

    We are dedicated to providing customized investment strategies for our Taft-Hartley clients, and oversee more than $3.8 billion* of Taft-Hartley assets via separate accounts and commingled funds.

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  • Financial Institutions

    Based on a philosophy of building enduring partnerships, we have a long history of working with financial institutions.

  • Financial Advisors

    We offer actively managed mutual funds across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, global equity, emerging markets debt, fixed income, and global macro.

*As of March 31, 2022

William Blair Investment Management, LLC offers a number of investment vehicles, including separate accounts, mutual funds, CITs, and SICAVs.

  • Separate Accounts

    William Blair provides customized management of separate accounts across U.S. and non-U.S. strategies.

  • Collective Investment Trusts

    CITs are pooled investing vehicles through which assets of qualified clients (which include only employee benefit plans governed by ERISA and certain government-sponsored entities) are commingled for investment purposes. CITs offer qualified retirement plan sponsors help controlling costs due to increased regulatory scrutiny of fees and costs.

  • Mutual Funds

    By drawing on the firm’s deep investment talent and research capabilities, William Blair mutual funds are designed to meet a variety of investment objectives, from current income to capital appreciation.

    Go to the William Blair Funds website

  • SICAV Funds

    For non-U.S. citizens or residents, William Blair offers a series of Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV products that provide active management and quality growth investment expertise in U.S., global, and emerging markets.

    Go to the William Blair SICAV website

See how our deep-conviction strategies can help you meet your investment needs.

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$70+

billion in client assets

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348

Investment Management employees

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25

average years of experience for portfolio managers

As of March 31, 2022
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Our Active Approach

At William Blair, clients turn to us for an enhanced approach to active management. This approach consists of autonomous teams with shared values operating in an environment in which investment professionals can thrive. A strong foundation gives each team the freedom and resources to engage in high-conviction investing in the pursuit of long-term alpha.

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William Blair Funds

William Blair Funds manages $16.1 billion in assets (as of March 31, 2022) through actively managed mutual funds across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, global equity, emerging markets debt, fixed income, and global macro.

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SICAV Funds

For non-U.S. citizens or residents, William Blair offers a series of Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV products that provide active management and quality growth investment expertise across markets and asset classes.

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Awards and Recognition

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ESG Integration

We consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to be among the many considerations that inform our investment decisions.

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