Baird
Company Information
About
The Baird Company
Baird is an international wealth management, investment banking,
asset management and private equity firm with offices in the United
States, United Kingdom and Germany.
Baird
serves individuals, corporations, institutional investors and municipalities
as financial advisor, asset manager, investment banker and specialists
in equity research, private equity and public finance. Baird’s
principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. in
the U.S. and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe.
History
Baird was founded in 1919, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Member
NYSE, London Stock Exchange
Robert W Baird & Co. has been a member of the New York Stock
Exchange since 1948. Robert W. Baird Ltd. is a member of The London
Stock Exchange.
Ranking
Based on capital, underwriting and M&A advisory activity, and
the number of Financial Advisors and branch offices, Baird is one
of the U.S.’s largest securities firms headquartered outside
New York.
Capital
Robert W. Baird & Co. capital (stockholders’ equity and
subordinated debt) was $464 million as of December 31, 2003.
Employees
2,320 associates in the U.S. and Europe
Ownership
Baird is an employee-owned, fully independent company.
Market
Maker
Market maker in 375 stocks in the U.S. and Europe
Private
Equity
$1 billion raised and managed globally
Trading
Volume
Traded 2.7 billion shares of U.S. stock for individual and institutional
clients in 2003. Traded $32.2 billion of bonds for individual and
institutional clients in 2003.
Assets
in Client Accounts
Through its brokerage and asset management services, Baird had $72
billion in assets in client accounts as of December 31, 2003. This
includes assets held for Northwestern Mutual Investment Services,
for which Baird provides clearing services.
Senior
Executives
Paul E. Purcell, President & Chief Executive Officer, and G.
Frederick Kasten, Jr., Chairman
Robert
W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
P.O. Box 0672
Milwaukee
WI 53201-0672
|
