Company type | Private |
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Industry | Finance |
Founded | 1986 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
AUM | £12.7 billion [ citation needed] |
Website | waverton.co.uk |
Waverton Investment Management is an investment management firm headquartered in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
The firm was established as J. O. Hambro Investment Management in 1986. [3] It was co-founded by Richard Hambro, Lord Balniel, and David Chaplin. [4] It was named in honor of Richard Hambro's father, Jocelyn Olaf Hambro. [4] It is a completely separate company from J.O. Hambro Capital Management. [4]
The firm was acquired by Credit Suisse in 2001, [4] [5] who sold it to Somers Limited in 2013. [6] It was renamed Waverton Investment Management in 2014. [3]
In 2019, the firm acquired London-based independent financial planning and investment advisory business Timothy James & Partners. [7]
The firm had GBP £12.7 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2022. [8]