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The company traces its roots to H. Lotery & Co. Ltd., a UK-based advisory firm formed in 1935.
In 1978, Citizens & Southern National Bank sold its money management operations, then named INVESCO, to Charles Brady and eight partners for $230,000.
In November 1986, Britannia Arrow bought a 45% stake in INVESCO for £47 million. In November 1988, Britannia bought the rest of INVESCO for £75 million. Beginning in the late 1980s, efforts to apply INVESCO's more quantitative investment techniques to the UK equities market failed and the company's investments underperformed in the early 1990s recession, resulting in client losses.
In August 1995, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.
From 1996 to 2001, A. D. Frazier was CEO of the company.
In 1997, the company acquired AIM Management Group and changed its name to Amvescap.
In March 1999, the company launched the Invesco QQQ exchange-traded fund.
In 2000, the company acquired Perpetual, a British investment manager. The company had been founded in 1973 by Martyn Arbib, who was its biggest shareholder at the time of the purchase. The British unit took the name Invesco Perpetual. Neil Woodford, described as Perpetual's "star income manager", continued to be employed by Amvescap/Invesco until 2013.
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In October 2004, the company agreed to a $450 million settlement with the State Attorney Generals of New York and Colorado, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission after the company allegedly allowed over 40 individuals and entities to engage in market timing trading in mutual funds managed by Invesco in exchange for advisory fees.
In July 2006, the company agreed to acquire WL Ross & Co for $100 million upfront and potential earn-out payments to bring the purchase price to $375 million.
In September 2006, the company acquired Powershares Capital Management, the sponsor of 36 exchange-traded funds which added $6.3 billion of assets under management.
In May 2007, the company reverted to the Invesco name and moved its domicile to Bermuda. In November 2007, Invesco moved its principal office from London to Atlanta.
In March 2008, Invesco renamed its U.S. mutual-fund unit Invesco Aim.
In October 2009, Invesco bought Morgan Stanley's Retail Unit, including Van Kampen Investments, for $1.5 billion.
In April 2010, the Invesco Aim unit dropped Aim from its name.
In September 2017, Invesco agreed to buy the exchange-traded fund business of Guggenheim Partners for $1.2 billion in cash.
In March 2018, the company retired the Perpetual, PowerShares and Trimark brands.
In June 2018, Invesco acquired Intelliflo, a technology platform for financial advisors. In August 2025, it was sold to affiliates of The Carlyle Group for up to $200 million.
In May 2019, Invesco acquired OppenheimerFunds from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company for about $5.7 billion in stock. In the same month, the company announced a $70 million investment and the creation of 500 jobs, as it relocated its headquarters in Atlanta to Midtown Union.
In June 2026, the company sold its Canadian investment fund business to CI Financial.
From Wikipedia’s article on Invesco, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5