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MainStay Investments
Company typePrivate
IndustryInvestment Management
FoundedJersey City, New Jersey (1986)
HeadquartersJersey City, New Jersey, USA
ProductsAsset Management
Revenue$101 billion USD (10/31/2014)[1]
Websitewww.mainstayinvestments.com

MainStay Investments is a U.S. investment management company based in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] Founded in 1986, MainStay Investment's parent company is New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life-insurance company in the United States, and one of the largest life insurers in the world, ranking #80 on the 2015 Fortune 500 list.[3]

MainStay Investments offers investors access to institutional money management through its mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and non-traditional strategies. MainStay has over $101 billion USD in assets under management.[1]

History

Founded in 1986, MainStay Investments provides investment advisory services to financial advisors and their clients. An independent subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, over the years MainStay has added to its boutique of investment advisors. This includes MacKay Shields (acquired by New York Life in 1984),[4] Markston International, LLC (1999),[5] New York Life Fixed Income Advisors (2004),[5] Winslow Capital Management (2005),[5] Institutional Management (ICAP) (2006),[6] Epoch Investment Partners (2006),[7] MacKay Municipal Managers (2009), Cornerstone Capital Management (2013),[8] Cushing Asset Management (2014),[9] and IndexIQ (2015).[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brendan Gundersen Joins MainStay Investments to Head Institutional Intermediary Channel".
  2. ^ "Company Overview of MainStay Investments". Bloomberg Business. October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fortune 500 2015: New York Life #80".
  4. ^ "MacKay Shields Company History".
  5. ^ a b c "MainStay Multi-boutique Investment Management".
  6. ^ "ICAP Funds to Join NYLIM".
  7. ^ "MainStay Acquires $750 Million in Epoch Mutual Funds".
  8. ^ "New York Life to Acquire a Minority Stake in Cornerstone Capital Management".
  9. ^ "MainStay Investments and Cushing® Asset Management LP to Partner on Master Limited Partnership and Energy-Related Mutual Funds".
  10. ^ "New York Life buys IndexIQ to expand liquid alts offering, add hedge fund ETFs".