This new office space is located between Floors 6 and 10 of the Corfinsura Building, one of the City´s architectural landmarks. 

Medellin, August 20 - SURA Asset Management, Grupo Sura´s Pension, Savings and Investment Management subsidiary attending a total of 17 million clients in 6 Latin American countries, recently inaugurated its new offices on the upper floors of the Corfinsura Building, which is located within the "Golden Mile", the City´s famous financial district.

The official inauguration ceremony was attended by Felipe Hoyos Vieira, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development in Medellín; David Bojanini García, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo SURA, and  Andrés Castro González, Chief Executive Officer of SURA Asset Management together with other official representatives, businessmen, executives and the media all of whom were invited to this event. The highlight of the evening was when the name "SURA  Asset Management"  was lit up on the outside of the building, plainly visible from all across the city.

The Company began to move into the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th floors during the early part of August. The building itself belongs to  Fondo Inmobiliario Colombia (a subsidiary of Bancolombia) and boasts a total constructed area of more than 10.000 square meters. It also has a specially-designed floating glass shell on the outside, converting it into one of the City´s architectural icons. 

This is a historical milestone for SURA Asset Management, since in just a little more than two years of having first come into being, the Company is now steering its Latin American operations towards greater growth and positioning on the different global markets.

"As of today, our Company shall enjoy greater visibility on a more material plane, thanks to these new offices. This not only represents a historic milestone for us but also poses a great challenge since we are entering a new stage in our development and relations with the outside world, having set up our new local headquarters with the aim of furthering our transparency and openness to the public", stated Andres Castro, Chief Executive Officer of SURA Asset Management.

These new offices have a well-lit, open plan design, ideal for a collaborative work environment, while adhering to the best international standards from the sustainability and occupational health standpoints. For this purpose, this 10-storey building was recently overhauled on the outside replacing the windows with a floating glass shell as well as modernizing the small square that surrounds the building.

As for the inside, the offices were revamped with the aim of encouraging a more effective interaction between people and their work space, while fostering a more collaborative working environment. The building was also equipped with automatic, sensor-based, lighting systems thus preventing unnecessary energy consumption.

All this shall provide greater comfort and an enhanced quality of life for SURA Asset Management's employees, while at the same time producing greater efficiencies and lowering consumption rates that shall have a positive overall impact on the environment.

About SURA Asset Management

SURA Asset Management is a Latin American Company operating in the Pension, Savings and Investment sectors in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and El Salvador. Besides being a subsidiary of Grupo SURA, the Company has six minority shareholders, namely, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group, Grupo Bolívar, Bancolombia, the International Equity Firm, General Atlantic, JP Morgan and the Grupo Wiese. At June 2014, SURA Asset Management held a total of USD 123.0 billion in assets under management belonging to 17 million clients.

About Grupo SURA

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana -GRUPO SURA- is a Latin American company listed on the Colombian Stock Exchange and registered with the ADR- Level 1 program in the United States. . It is also the only Latin American company from the Diversified Financial Service Sector to be admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which tracks companies who have become global benchmarks thanks to the best practices they have adopted from the economic, environmental and social standpoints. GRUPO SURA has two fields of investment: its core strategic interests in the financial service, insurance, pension, savings and investment sectors; and its portfolio interests in the processed food, cement and energy sectors.

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