Federated Hermes (FHI) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.01

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Federated Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the dates indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date	February 20, 2009	By:	/s/ J. Christopher Donahue
			J. Christopher Donahue
			President and Chief Executive Officer
Date	February 20, 2009	By:	/s/ Thomas R. Donahue
			Thomas R. Donahue
			Chief Financial Officer