Baird Financial Group, Inc.

Q3 2015 13F Combination Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Paul Schultz - Secretary
Location
Milwaukee
Holdings as of
September 30, 2015
Value $
$9.4B
Num holdings
1,243
Date filed
11/10/2015, 04:34 PM
Form type
13F-HR
Description
A portion of the US holdings for this investor are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s). Top holdings included IWD, AAPL, GEXXXX, VEA, and IWF.
Previous filing
Q2 2015 - Aug 14, 2015
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2015 Q3 compared to 2015 Q2 by default.
* Reported Price is the price of the security as of the portfolio date. This value is significant in that it is the last known price at which the security was still held.
An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name Title City, State Date
Paul Schultz Secretary Milwaukee, Wisconsin 11/10/2015

Baird Financial Group, Inc. ("BFG") is making this 13F filing as the parent holding company of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Baird Kailash Group, LLC. The characterization of shared investment discretion with parent holding companies is made solely as a consequence of SEC interpretations regarding control through share ownership. BFG is also including in this 13F filing a notice report for RiverFront Investment Group, LLC ("RiverFront"), an affiliated institutional investment management firm; however, BFG expressly disclaims investment discretion and beneficial ownership of all reported securities of RiverFront.

List of Other Managers Reporting for Baird Financial Group, Inc.:

Name Holdings Value Location File Number
RiverFront Investment Group, LLC $5.7B Richmond, VA 028-13577

Other Included Managers (2):

Num Name Location File Number
1 Baird Robert W & Co Inc /Wi/ Milwaukee, WI 028-01911
2 BAIRD KAILASH GROUP, LLC