Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

Artisan Partners operates a decentralized investment structure. Each distinct team—such as Artisan Global Opportunities or Artisan High Income—has its own portfolio manager with full authority over that strategy's investment decisions. The firm's CEO Eric Colson oversees the broader organization but does not dictate individual portfolio manager selections (per Artisan Partners official structure, 2024).

Artisan Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership (NYSE: APAM). The firm went public in 2012 but maintains a limited partnership structure that allows its investment teams to operate with significant autonomy. This hybrid model aligns investor interests with those of portfolio managers who retain equity-like ownership in their strategies (per SEC filings, 2024).

Artisan Partners manages a range of long-only equity and fixed-income strategies. These include global equity, international value, U.S. small-cap growth, high-yield bonds, and an emerging markets equity team. Each strategy is run by a separate team with its own investment philosophy and process (per Artisan Partners website, 2024).

Yes, Artisan Partners includes an alternative investments platform, notably its Artisan High Income team (formerly managed by Bryan Krug) and a long/short credit strategy launched in 2023. The firm also offers non-discretionary advisory services for institutional clients seeking customized exposures (per Artisan Partners, 2024).

Each investment team within Artisan Partners conducts its own fundamental bottom-up research. The firm does not have a centralized research department—teams independently engage with company management, industry networks, and proprietary analysis. This decentralized model is a core differentiator from many traditional asset managers (per Artisan Partners, 2024).

Artisan Partners operates offices in seven cities globally: Milwaukee (headquarters), New York, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Atlanta, and San Francisco. This network supports its global client base and investment teams covering North American, European, and Asian markets (per Artisan Partners, 2024).

In April 2024, Andrew Ziegler stepped down as CEO and was succeeded by Eric Colson, who previously served as Chief Investment Officer of the firm's Global Equity team. Ziegler remains Executive Chairman. The change continues the firm's focus on maintaining autonomous investment teams while transitioning operational leadership (per Artisan Partners press release, April 2024).