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Aston Asset Management LLC
120 North LaSalle St.
25th Floor
Chicago, IL  60602
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Main Phone: 312-268-1400
Web Site: http://www.astonasset.com/

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Aston Funds

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  • SEC Fund Filings by CIK

  • Background:
    Chicago Title & Trust Company founded the funds in 1993 as the Chicago Trust Funds with Stuart Bilton taking the helm as CEO and Ken Anderson serving as president. The initial clients for the funds were trust company clients who rolled their 401k assets into the family's three initial funds: a growth equity fund, a core-plus fixed-income, and a municipal bond fund.

    The funds tapped Montag & Caldwell as their initial subadvisor in 2004. Since that time the family has developed a strategy of bringing institutional investment managers to its mutual fund clients through the use of subadvisors.

    Alleghany Funds
    Alleghany Corporation, the parent company to Chicago Title & Trust Company, carved the fund advisor out as an independent entity in 1996. At that time the funds rebranded as Alleghany Funds.

    In the next four years the funds added Veredus Asset Management, Optimum Investment Advisors, and TAMRO Capital Partners as additional subadvisors.

    ABN AMRO Funds
    Alleghany Corp. could "not resist" an offer from ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank, and sold the funds in 2000. The funds rebranded as ABN AMRO. In 2005, they added River Road Asset Management as a subadvisor.

    Aston Funds
    ABN AMRO announced the sale of the funds in April of 2006 to Highbury Financial Inc. and the advisor's management team led by Bilton and Anderson. Highbury took a 65 percent stake in the firm and the management a 35 percent stake. The deal closed in November 2006 and the funds rebranded as Aston Funds.

    During 2007 Aston tapped Neptune Investment Management, Baring Asset Management, and Cardinal Capital Management as additional subadvisors.

    Aston further diversified its product line with the addition of two ETFs and a covered call fund.

    Highbury purchased the remainder of the minority stake from Aston's management in a deal announced August 2009.

    Acquired by AMG
    On December 14, 2009, the owner of Aston Asset Management agreed to sell itselft to Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) for $117 million. Under the agreement, Aston's holding company Highbury would merge with Manor LLC, a newly-formed Delaware firmed wholly owned by AMG.

    The deal officially closed on April 15, 2010. Aston retained its name, brand, management, employees and subadvisors. The firm managed some $8.4 billion in mutual fund net assets as of September 30, 2011.
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    Key People:
    Stuart Bilton
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aston Asset Management
    Gerald Dillenburg
    Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Aston Asset Management
    Christine Dragon
    Chief Administrative Officer, Aston Asset Management
    Mike Mayhew
    Managing Director, Head of Distribution, Aston Asset Management
    Joe Hays
    National Sales Director - VP of U.S. Distribution, Guardian Capital
    Betsy Clayton Heaberg
    Partner and Head of Mutual fund and Managed Account Sales, Aston Asset Management
    David Robinow
    Partner and Head of Mutual fund and Managed Account Sales, Aston Asset Management
    Story Archive for Aston Asset Management LLC
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    12/27/2012 M* Unveils 38 Fundster Medalists MFWire.com
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    6/26/2012 Aston Gains Dividends from River Road Ties MFWire.com
    3/27/2012 Hays Expands Aston's Sales Team MFWire.com
    12/27/2011 Aston Unveils a Shiny New Fund MFWire.com
    11/21/2011 Aston Preps a Soft Close and a Fund Launch MFWire.com
    7/18/2011 Aston Launches a DoubleLine-Sub-advised Fund MFWire.com
    7/15/2011 Aston Swaps Value Sub-Advisors MFWire.com
    4/4/2011 Aston Swaps Sub-Advisors ... Sort Of MFWire.com
    12/14/2010 Aston Takes to the Road MFWire.com
    11/4/2010 Aston Thinks Small with its New Product MFWire.com
    7/15/2010 Aston to Shutter a Fund MFWire.com
    7/12/2010 WSJ Rains on the Absolute Return Fund Parade MFWire.com
    4/15/2010 AMG Finishes a Mutual Fund Deal MFWire.com
    4/7/2010 Aston is Close to Having a New Owner MFWire.com
    3/31/2010 Aston Grows its Mutual Fund Roster MFWire.com
    1/15/2010 Aston Partners with a Fellow Chicagoan for its New Fund MFWire.com
    1/14/2010 Aston Appoints a Sales Chief MFWire.com
    12/14/2009 $117 Million Sale Caps Months of Drama at Highbury MFWire.com
    11/17/2009 Aston's Parent Posts Higher Q3 Net Income MFWire.com
    10/16/2009 Aston Shuts a Small Cap Fund to New Investors MFWire.com
    8/31/2009 Aston Funds are the Prize as BerkCap Honchos Brawl with an Activist Investor MFWire.com
    8/11/2009 Highbury Buys the Remainder of Aston MFWire.com
    5/5/2009 A Small Cap Fund May Close Soon MFWire.com
    4/15/2009 Aston Taps Lake Partners to Sub-Advise its New Fund MFWire.com
    4/6/2009 A Small Large-Cap Manager Wins Good Press From the WSJ MFWire.com
    1/9/2009 Aston and DWS Make Moves: Two Funds Reopen, Two Liquidate MFWire.com
    10/6/2008 Stable Value Team Changes Hands Again 401kWire.com
    1/11/2008 Aston Bets on a Fund of ETFs MFWire.com
    9/17/2007 Stable Value Specialist Moves On To M&A 401kWire.com
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    3/30/2007 A New Addition MFWire.com
    4/21/2006 ABN AMRO Sells U.S. Mutual Fund Biz For $38.6M MFWire.com
    2/13/2006 ABM AMRO To Offer Target-Date Funds MFWire.com
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    10/18/2005 New Head at ABN Amro Asset Mgmt MFWire.com
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    1/28/2005 M&A Talk is Ticking Up 401kWire.com
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    9/8/2004 AMRO Clients Pick Up Toolbox Option 401kWire.com
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    3/25/2002 ABN Amro Departs USA MFWire.com
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