Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., formed in 2004, specializes in value investing and is headed by Chief Investment Officer William W. Priest, a 40-year veteran of Wall Street. Epoch Investment Partners in 2008 won the U.S. Equity Pooled Fund category for the fourth year in a row at the Canadian Investment Awards gala, and in 2009 the US Equity Fund category. AUM as of December 31, 2010 was US$14.3 billion.