Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) announced today that Wells Fargo has
sold its majority stake in The Rock Creek Group, LP to the company’s
founder, Afsaneh Beschloss, and the RockCreek team. This transaction is
expected to close by the end of August 2018.
The decision was made jointly by senior management at Wells Fargo and
RockCreek, and reflects their shared view that the transaction supports
each firm’s strategic direction and that clients of RockCreek will be
best served by a founder- and management-team-led ownership structure.
Rock Creek Group is a registered investment advisor located in
Washington, D.C. and New York. RockCreek has been an affiliate of Wells
Fargo Funds Management since December 2012, when WFAM acquired a
minority ownership stake of 35 percent. In April 2014, WFAM increased
its equity ownership to a majority stake of 65 percent.
Additional transaction details were not provided.
About Wells Fargo Asset Management
Wells Fargo Asset Management, a division of Wells Fargo Wealth and
Investment Management, strives to help clients achieve their financial
goals through investment options managed by specialized investment teams
that are supported by independent risk management and backed by
superior, collaborative service. With more than $497 billion in assets
under management,* Wells Fargo Asset Management has 29 autonomous
investment teams with specialized expertise and proven processes, more
than 500 investment professionals, and a global reach with offices and
clients around the world.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based
financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets.* Wells Fargo’s
vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them
succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco,
Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and
commercial finance through 8,200 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet
(wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and
territories to support customers who conduct business in the global
economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one
in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was
ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest
corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also
available at Wells
Fargo Stories.
*As of March 31, 2018
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is the trade name for certain
investment advisory/management firms owned by Wells Fargo & Company.
These firms include but are not limited to Wells Capital Management
Incorporated and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Certain products
managed by WFAM entities are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds
Distributor, LLC (a broker/dealer and Member FINRA).
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and is NOT intended to provide investment advice or a recommendation of
any kind—including a recommendation for any specific investment,
strategy, or plan. 313920 07-18
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