Our commitment to excellence is rooted in our desire to provide the best financial advice and service to meet your needs. And we’re honored to be recognized by some of our industry’s most esteemed sources for the quality of our expertise.
Acclaimed Expertise
Our businesses have received recurring recognition from industry sources for the quality of our expertise and our perspective on current events with financial implications is often sought by the news media.
Gold Morningstar Medalist Ratings for five of the Baird Funds.1
Analyst Driven: 100%
Data Driven: 100%
Ultra Short Bond (4/27/2026)
Short Term Bond (4/27/2026)
Aggregate Bond (4/25/2026)
Core Plus Bond (4/27/2026)
Core Intermediate Muni (4/27/2026)
Baird Strategas2 ranks among the top research firms on all of Wall Street, and for the ninth consecutive year stands alone as the top-ranked macro-only firm.3
No.1 Municipal Bond Underwriter in the U.S. by number of issues since 2009 4
Our Insights in Action
Baird Strategas provides award-winning economic, market and government policy insights to help you better understand what's happening in the world today and what it means for your portfolio and plans.
Different by Design
At Baird, every decision we’ve made since our founding in 1919 – from our employee-owned structure and the exceptional individuals we hire to the businesses we are in and the way we do them – has aligned with our mission: To provide the best financial advice and service to our clients and be the best place to work for our associates.
Our Expertise
As employee owners, our Advisors have a personal stake in ensuring clients can be confident their decisions position them for the future they envision.
Our portfolio managers employ time tested processes to deliver performance while controlling risk across market environments.
Our focused sector teams on three continents operate on a single P&L statement, driving a higher level of collaboration and teamwork for our clients.
Our Venture and Private Equity teams operate on one global platform – sharing ideas, driving value to help companies grow into world class businesses.