Ramirez Asset Management

Ramirez Asset Management

Ramirez Asset Management was founded in 2002 as an investment advisory affiliate of Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., the New York-based investment bank established in 1971. The firm specializes in managing assets for institutional investors, including public pension plans, corporations, and government entities. It operates from headquarters in New York and an additional office in Chicago. The firm offers nine fixed-income composites spanning cash management to long-duration strategies, alongside six equity composites covering international, emerging-markets, and US equities. Its client base includes 8 of the top 100 US retirement funds and 7 Fortune 100 corporations (per Pensions & Investments, February 2023). The acquisition of Chicago-based equity manager Thomas White International in July 2023 expanded its international and emerging-markets equity capabilities. Geographic coverage encompasses domestic US markets and developed and emerging international markets. Firm assets exceed $13 billion, supported by a 35% trailing five-year annualized growth rate. RAM's employee count has grown 127% over five years. In July 2023, it completed the acquisition of Thomas White International, an institutional equity manager in Chicago, adding international and emerging-markets equity strategies to its platform. The firm serves a diverse client base that includes state and local governments, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, and Taft-Hartley plans. Ramirez Asset Management operates within the broader Ramirez & Co. ecosystem, giving it a structural link to a minority-owned investment bank with a five-decade track record in underwriting and distribution. This relationship provides the asset manager with a differentiated institutional distribution channel not typically available to independent, mid-sized fixed-income managers.