The Big Interview: Hiring Tiffany Hsiao was a 'no brainer', says Artisan Partners' Colson

Finding exceptional talent at the heart of business

Editor Lauren Mason talks to managing director and CEO of Artisan Partners Eric Colson, who also serves as the chair of the board of directors of Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Artisan Partners, which was founded in 1995, has $148bn of assets under management across nine different investment teams and 19 portfolios. Its latest hire was top-performing Chinese equity manager Tiffany Hsiao, who left Matthews Asia to join the firm at the end of August. Artisan Partners looks to hire separate management teams with strong long-term track records, who are looking for greater autonomy to run their own mandates without the day-to-day responsibilities of founding and running their own company. "We see between 30 and 40 fund managers per year and, over the last quarter...