VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management is an investment management company based out of Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 1970 and is currently headed by CEO and CIO Christopher D. Wallis. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management operates as a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management with a minor portion of company ownership being held by key executives. The company currently has 38 employees with 15 of them being investment professionals. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management conducts its research in house and utilizes a fundamental analysis and a bottom up investment approach. The company invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the U.S. across all market caps, focusing on the growth and value stocks of companies. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management invests most heavily in the finance sector, which alone makes up almost a quarter of its total allocated assets, and the company also invests in the information technology, health care, consumer discretionary, industrials, and materials sectors, among others to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. The company currently has $10.7 billion in assets under management spread across 520 accounts, all of which are discretionary except for 21, making up approximately $800 milion of its held assets. Both its total number of accounts held and assets under management have been increasing in recent years with its total held accounts growing from under 300 five years ago and its total assets under management growing from $6.7 billion to its current amount. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management mainly caters to high net worth individuals, which alone makes up over a third of its client base, although it also caters to corporations, individuals, investment advisors, state or municipal entities, pooled investment vehicles, charities, and others, in order of decreasing clientele. The company currently offers its Select, Value Opportunity, Small Cap Value, Core Fixed Income and Intermediate Fixed income, Customized DUratino, Limited Maturity, and Tax-Free strategies.