Gartmore Investment Management plc is a leading independent, multi-product asset management firm providing long-only and alternative investment products to retail and institutional investors in the UK, Continental Europe, the U.S., Japan, and Latin America. Gartmore's unique side-by-side approach to investment management is focused on delivering high alpha products to investors. This strategy has produced a strong track record of investment performance across the Company's broad range of equity and fixed income mutual funds, its AlphaGen range of hedge funds and its Private Equity fund of funds. The Company distributes its products through all major distribution channels in the UK and through longstanding relationships with major distributors and institutions in other geographies. Gartmore currently manages £23 billion in assets.