Fighting Back: Asset Managers Target Distribution
6 August 2018
William Trout
Key research questions
- What does the asset management business look like today?
- How has the competitive landscape evolved?
- How have analytics revitalized portfolio management?
Abstract
Asset managers, particularly midsize firms, are seeking to make it easy for advisors to engage. Will investment in tools and technology for the advisor help these asset managers differentiate themselves and boost AuM?
Asset managers face declining margins in an increasingly digitized environment. Ironically, the data revolution that has undercut the asset manager model may now present the means of their salvation.