BlueBay Asset Management LLP was founded in 2001. The company was initially established to capitalise on strong growth trends in the European corporate and global emerging debt markets.
In 2006, BlueBay was admitted to the official list of the UK Listing Authority and began trading on the London Stock Exchange. BlueBay was acquired by Royal Bank of Canada in December 2010.
Today BlueBay is one of Europe’s largest specialist managers of fixed income credit and alternative products. Assets under management total US$40.6 billion as at 31 March 2012.
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July 2001
BlueBay is
established with
institutional backing
of Barclays Bank
and Shinsei Bank
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March 2002
Launch of first long / short fund
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Sept' 2002
Launch of first long/short fund
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June 2004
BlueBay reaches US$1bn of AUM
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2005
Office opened in Japan
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2006
Office opened in the US
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April 2007
Launch of first long/short multi strategy fund
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Dec' 2009
Launch of the first long-only active asset allocation product
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Dec' 2010
BlueBay acquired by Royal Bank of Canada
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April 2011
Office opened
in Hong Kong
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Dec' 2011
AUM
US$36.3bn
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April 2012
BlueBay becomes
a Limited Liability Partnership