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 $58.7 billion in client assets.¹
• Baird is home to world-class equity and fixed income asset management teams with a combined $15.3 billion under management.¹ These teams also manage Baird’s own mutual fund offerings.
• 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 $94 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 underwriter in the Midwest for negotiated public finance issues under $20 million since 2002.³
• Since inception, Baird’s private equity partnerships in the U.S., Europe and Asia have raised and managed $2.4 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.

¹As of December 31, 2007
²Research 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)
³Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data