Many institutional investment managers and pension funds use GSCS services. While a "typical client" is very hard to define most managers are large, sophisticated and offer an array of institutional and retail funds to their clients. Pension funds use GSCS services to help them monitor transaction costs incurred by their managers. The nature of the analysis is more straightforward. Among the extensive GSCS client list are;

Hermes Investment Management

Hermes Investment Management is one of the largest institutional investment managers in the U.K. Originally set up to manage the pension funds of the Post Office and BT, Hermes has expanded and now has more than 200 clients for whom it manages a combined total of more than £50 billion. The majority of assets are invested in equities, but Hermes offers fixed income capability as well as being a major private equity and property investor.
http://www.hermes.co.uk

Credit Agricole Asset Management

CAAM was formed when two of the largest banks in France, Credit Agricole and Credit Lyonnais, merged. The company has combined the asset management operations of both of the previous companies into a single unit which is now one of the largest managers in Europe. Since then the firm has extended its reach across Europe and, following the creation of a new group in Italy with Banca Intesa will have more than EUR 400 billion under management. CAAM offers a comprehensive array of products and services in equities and fixed income to institutional and retail investors.

Invesco Asset Management

Invesco is a globally diversified investment management company and part of the Amvescap group. Amvescap manages more than $400 billion of assets through companies based in the U.S., U.K., Europe and Asia and is listed in London. In the U.K. the company is a leading retail and institutional manager with an excellent investment record.

Strathclyde

Strathclyde Pension Fund Office was established in 1996 when Glasgow City Council became responsible for the Strathclyde Fund. It is one of the largest local authority funds in the U.K. with more than £6 billion in assets and is responsible for more than 160,000 members. The fund is among the 20 largest pension funds in the U.K. It employs a number of external managers who are responsible for various equity and fixed income mandates.

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