Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. operates as an asset management company through its affiliates, providing investment management services to mutual funds, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals in the United States. It offers advisory or subadvisory services to mutual funds, which are distributed to retail and institutional clients directly and through intermediaries such as independent investment advisors, retirement plan sponsors, broker-dealers, major fund marketplaces, and bank trust departments. The company also provides investment products in various styles in the institutional distribution channel, including small, small/mid, mid, and large capitalization value and growth equity, and emerging markets. Additionally, it offers quantitative, alternative, and fixed income products, and manages assets for foundations and endowments, defined benefit, and defined contribution plans for corporations and municipalities. Affiliated Managers Group provides investment management or customized investment counseling and fiduciary services. The company was formed as a corporation under the laws of Delaware in 1993 and is based in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.