Investment Management


  • The investment team benefits from extensive emerging markets experience, continuity of its investment professionals and a rigorous investment process.
  • The investment team is comprised of 5 individuals averaging more than 17 years of investment experience - nearly all focused on emerging markets.
  • All team members focus exclusively on finding emerging market companies that offer sustainable returns on equity, but fit tightly monitored risk and valuation parameters.
  • Strategy trading is supported by an experienced non-U.S. trading desk that averages more than 15 years of experience in non-U.S. markets.
  • The investment team is located in New York, NY with a research office in Wilmington, DE.


Leadership



Maria Negrete-Gruson, CFA, Managing Director - Artisan Partners

Maria Negrete-Gruson, CFA, Managing Director


Portfolio Manager - Emerging Markets Strategy
• 20 years of investment experience

Prior to joining Artisan in April 2006, Ms. Negrete-Gruson was the portfolio manager for DuPont Capital Management's emerging markets equity portfolios. Before assuming responsibilities as portfolio manager, she was an international equity analyst at DuPont covering the developed Asia-ex Japan region. Prior to joining DuPont Capital Management, she was a foreign exchange trader for Banco Ganadero in Bogotá, Colombia.