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Although the asset management industry has come under increasing scrutiny since the financial crisis it still remains poorly understood and investment scandals continue to headline in the financial press. Whereas most literature on the industry focuses on the technical end — how managers invest and what tips others can glean — this book explores the way these businesses operate as businesses and how they make their money.
The book explains how the industry is organized, how firms generate revenues through various types of fund, fees and charges and what cost pressures they face. It investigates the nature of their client relationships, the role played by star investors and the requirement for firms to integrate non-financial considerations into their investment process. The inherent tensions and potential conflicts of interest within asset managers that seek to keep both clients and shareholders happy is also examined. The book concludes by considering how the industry is evolving, the role of regulation and where it is struggling to change.
Suitable for students of business and finance, those working in allied areas of the finance sector, and for anyone with a general interest in how financial institutions and markets operate, the book offers readers a balanced and incisive guide to the economics of an industry that globally controls more than $100 trillion of financial assets and a critical appraisal of the sector's future.
The book explains how the industry is organized, how firms generate revenues through various types of fund, fees and charges and what cost pressures they face. It investigates the nature of their client relationships, the role played by star investors and the requirement for firms to integrate non-financial considerations into their investment process. The inherent tensions and potential conflicts of interest within asset managers that seek to keep both clients and shareholders happy is also examined. The book concludes by considering how the industry is evolving, the role of regulation and where it is struggling to change.
Suitable for students of business and finance, those working in allied areas of the finance sector, and for anyone with a general interest in how financial institutions and markets operate, the book offers readers a balanced and incisive guide to the economics of an industry that globally controls more than $100 trillion of financial assets and a critical appraisal of the sector's future.
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Reviews
"The investment management industry is huge, enormously influential, wildly profitable but often little-understood outside its own confines, with most of the literature focused on the approach of its most famous money managers. Ed Moisson ably explains the other pillars of asset management, explores how the business actually works and dissects what its future might look like."
Robin Wigglesworth, Editor, FT Alphaville, and author of Trillions
"A fascinating and extremely well researched insight into the business of asset management and how the industry makes - and sometimes loses - money. A must-read for anyone looking to delve deeper into an influential sector of the economy managing trillions of dollars."
David Ricketts, author of When the Fund Stops
"There are a lot of people in and around asset management who can paint little bits of this picture, but Ed Moisson is the only one with the skills and experience to show us the full landscape. A masterpiece."
Magnus Spence, Director, FidesIQ