Calamos
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Calamos Asset Management (NASDAQ: CLMS) is a global investment management firm. Clients include public and private pensions, foundations, endowments, corporations, financial advisors, families and individuals from around the world with more than $34.5 billion in assets under management.
Calamos employs more than 300 individuals in Naperville, Illinois, as well as sales and client service professionals located throughout the United States and in England.
The Calamos investment process focuses on a comprehensive understanding of the total value of a company and the relative attractiveness of the securities within its capital structure.
Calamos believes the key to consistent, long-term success and building wealth is achieving the optimal balance between enhancing investment returns and managing risk and offers a broad range of opportunistic equity, fixed income and alternative strategies with proven records of capturing the market's upside while limiting downside volatility through full market cycles.
History
Calamos began as a boutique investment manager in the 1970s, developing strategies that maximized the potential of convertible securities to generate excess returns and manage risk.Calamos employs more than 300 individuals in Naperville, Illinois, as well as sales and client service professionals located throughout the United States and in England.
The Calamos investment process focuses on a comprehensive understanding of the total value of a company and the relative attractiveness of the securities within its capital structure.
Calamos believes the key to consistent, long-term success and building wealth is achieving the optimal balance between enhancing investment returns and managing risk and offers a broad range of opportunistic equity, fixed income and alternative strategies with proven records of capturing the market's upside while limiting downside volatility through full market cycles.
Key People
- John CalamosJohn CalamosJohn P. Calamos, Sr. is an American businessman and a self-made money manager and investor. With an estimated current net worth of around $2.7 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 258th-richest person in the world. He founded Calamos Asset Management in 1977, and won BusinessWeek's best manager...
, Sr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer - Nick P. Calamos, CFA, President of Investments, Co-Chief Investment Officer
- James J. Boyne, President of Distribution and Operations
- James F. Baka, Executive Vice President, Wealth Management
- Nimish S. Bhatt, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Director of Operations
- Gary J. Felsten, Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources
- Christopher Jackson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
- Randall T. Zipfel, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Investments and IT