About Baird

Robert W. Baird & Co. is an international, employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm and one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®.

Striving to provide the very best financial advice and services, we’re committed to creating “Great outcomes. Done well.” for our clients – all with the belief that the way we do business is as important as the business we do.

Some highlights of Baird’s success include:

• Through Private Wealth Management offices across the U.S., Baird Financial Advisors manage and oversee $62.9 billion in client assets.¹

• Named “Middle Market Investment Bank of the Year” by Buyouts magazine in 2008, Baird’s transatlantic investment banking team has advised on M&A transactions and corporate financings totaling more than $50 billion over the past 10 years.¹

• Equity sales and trading professionals make Baird’s nationally acclaimed research² available to institutional investors in North America and Europe. 

• Baird has been the No. 1 nationally for municipal bond issues of $50 million or less, based on total par value of the issues.³

• Since inception, Baird’s private equity partnerships in the U.S., Europe and Asia have raised and managed $2.7 billion in capital.¹ 

• The Wise Investor Group is proud to be a part of Baird, a firm that shares our traditional values and genuinely cares about our clients’ long-term financial goals.

¹ As of December 31, 2011
² Research analysts recognized repeatedly as “Best on the Street” by The Wall Street Journal (since 1993) and as “Top Equity Analysts” by Forbes.com/StarMine (since 2004)
³ Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data