HELLO, WESTERN.

At Western Asset, we are focused on the future. For our clients, that means we stay committed to this focus by investing in new technologies, methodologies, and markets. For our employees, it means welcoming challenges and viewing them as opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and excel. Our empowering flat structure gives our employees access to anyone within the business and helps support them in all they strive to accomplish. Western Asset employees know that by setting goals and meeting those objectives, together we are all contributing to making our industry better. The future is full of possibilities, and when we invest wisely, financially, and in our people, we thrive.

Journeys at Western Asset

What sort of people do we employ and how do they progress and develop? Here you can read about some of those journeys and how working at Western Asset has helped a range of people achieve their ambitions.

Read Lawrence’s journey

Read Frances’ journey

Read Derek’s journey

Our Awards

We regularly win industry awards for the quality and innovation of our products and our working environment.

A multiwinner in Pensions & Investments ‘Best Places to Work’ – 2012 and 2014-2019. Winners are selected based on the score garnered from employee survey measuring the employee experience and an evaluation of the company’s workplace policies, practices and demographics done by Best Companies Group.2019 CIO Magazine Liability-Driven Investing Survey – Ranked #1 in Overall Offering - The 2019 Liability-Driven Investing (LDI) Survey was conducted from mid-August to mid-September 2019, and asked asset owners about their practices and views regarding funding, de-risking, and LDI strategies. Of all responses, 168 were identified as qualifying—i.e., by individuals with the authority and knowledge to answer LDI-related questions, at a qualified fund. For the seventh year running, the survey includes LDI vendor evaluations. Asset owners that indicated they use LDI were asked how they selected their provider(s) and also to rate those providers’ services in various categories.“2019 Insurance Asia News Institutional Management Awards 2019” – Best Liability Driven Solutions Manager, Best Asia Fixed Income Manager, Insurance Fund House of the Year-Australia – The award recognizes third-party asset managers on behalf of their insurance clients in the Asia Pacific region. Award criteria considers a range of factors including new clients won, additional mandates from existing clients, outstanding fund performance, and product and service innovations introduced. Awards determined by InsuranceAsia News, a publication focusing on Asia’s insurance market.“2018 Professional Planner Zenith – Australian Fixed Interest - Zenith Fund Awards are determined using proprietary methodologies. Fund Awards were issued October 5, 2018 and were current for 12 months from the date awarded.“2020 Greenwhich Quality Leader in U.S. Institutional Investment Management Service.” - Greenwich Associates conducted interviews with 856 individuals from 704 of the largest tax-exempt funds in the United States. Study participants were asked to provide quantitative and qualitative evaluations of their asset management and investment consulting providers, including qualitative assessments of those firms soliciting their business and detailed information on important market trends.d on Lipper’s proprietary methodology which focuses on the highest effective return over the relevant periods.

Awards and Rankings are provided from independent third parties or industry publications and are based on unbiased quantitative and/or qualitative information determined independently by each 3rd party or publication. In some cases, Western Asset may subscribe to these 3rd party's standard industry services or publications. These standard subscriptions and services are available to all asset managers and do not influence rankings or awards in any way.