NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artisan Partners is pleased to announce Maria Negrete-Gruson has won a 2019 Women in Asset Management Award. Ms. Negrete-Gruson is managing director of Artisan Partners and portfolio manager of the Artisan Partners Sustainable Emerging Markets Team.
More than 100 women were nominated in the Emerging Market Equities category. In August, Ms. Negrete-Gruson was shortlisted among five finalists in the category and was named the winner on September 12 in New York.
“This award gives Maria and her team some well-deserved recognition for their commitment to investing in companies that can have a long-term positive impact on emerging markets’ populations,” said Artisan Partners President and CEO Eric Colson. “We are honored by the award and extremely proud of the team’s deep emerging markets experience, diversity and forward-thinking approach to sustainable investing.”
The Women in Asset Management Awards recognize “the outstanding innovation achieved by the women in the world of asset management,” according to Bonhill Group Plc, the organizer of the awards ceremony.
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