富林明集团于1873年成立于英国。创始人Robert Fleming在当时集资成立投资于美国新兴股票和铁路的债券"Scottish American Investment Trust"，成为世界基金业的鼻祖之一。 1970年，富林明集团与香港怡和集团创建了亚洲最早的合资金融服务集团--怡富集团(现称"JF资产管理")，今天的JF已经成为亚太地区首屈一指的资产管理公司。

Robert Fleming & Co. was a London based asset manager and merchant bank founded in 1873 and sold to Chase Manhattan Bank for over $7 billion in 2000. It was a 50% partner in the highly successful Asian investment bank Jardine Fleming. At its height in 1997, Robert Fleming Holdings reported over 8,000 employees and operations in 44 countries. Contents