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ASSET MANAGEMENT 2020 A BRAVE NEW WORLD PROFESSIONAL
Professional assistance, each such reader should consult his or her own legal or other professional advisors and discuss the specific factsĪnd circumstances that apply to the reader.Ĥ PwC Asset Management 2020: A Brave New World If any reader requires legal advice or other Information provided in this paper is not a substitute for legal and other professional advice. These predictions of the future environment for the asset management industryĪddress matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain and may turn out to be materially different than as expressed in this paper. These predictions are, of course, just that – predictions. This paper makes a number of predictions and presents PwC’s vision of the future environment for the asset management industry. Second part of this paper, we discuss how asset managers may prepare for theĬhallenges these changes present and turn them into competitive advantages. Operating landscape for asset managers will change by 2020 and beyond. That will impact the competitive environment. The AM industry landscape over the coming years and identified key gamechangers To help asset managers plan for the future, PwC has considered the likely changes in Our fictional investor, Wei, represents just oneĮxample of how funds might be sold and distributed in 2020. The way many asset managers operate in 2020 will be significantly differentĬompared with the 2013 model. Stands on the precipice of a number of fundamental shifts that will shape the future Have afforded themselves little time to bring the future into focus. Pay for her son’s university education in the US.Īmid unprecedented economic turmoil and regulatory change, most asset managers She just expects that herĬash will buy units in her chosen fund and that by around 2030 she will have made sufficient return on her investment to Of course, Wei knows nothing of all this. sends Wei’s order to her chosen fund provider, based in Germany,Īnd deals with all the necessary back-office processes. As a result of its new collaboration with SearchCo, by 2020 is starting to process

SearchCo bought a stake in in 2017 to handle payments’ processing and transfer agency in the Its dominant position and sophisticated payment processing systems to other industries, including asset management started out as an internet commerce company in China until it decided to apply The order and payment is handled by, SAM’s service She clicks to select the fund and the fund is immediatelyĪdded to Wei’s eMatch Investments’ mobile account. Registered in more than 40 countries as an investment adviser. Search engine used by more than half of the world’s population, moved into the funds industry in 2015, and by 2020 was Her SAM app and plays a video that presents key information about the fund. One of the recommended funds is the SearchCo Asset Management (SAM) Global 80 Big Cities fund, so Wei clicks on With the funds and fund companies most likely to meet her future needs. The technology-based financial adviser has analysed her financial strategy and automatically matched her dating style She has been sent a message from international dating company eMatch’s sister site, Her office in the capital of the world’s biggest economy, she checks her mobile device. As Wei boards her train in the suburbs of Beijing, heading for PwC Asset Management 2020: A Brave New World 3 Alternatives become more mainstream, passives are core and ETFs proliferateĦ. Distribution is redrawn – regional and global platforms dominateĤ. Gamechangers that will redefine the industryĢ. Nothing to hide,nowhere to hide and nothing at risk Pressures on the asset management industryģ. Huge rise in assets and shift in investor baseĢ. The industry expands, the investor base morphsġ.

Identified key gamechangers which will impact the competitive environment. To help asset managers plan for the future, we have considered the likelyĬhanges in the asset management industry landscape over the coming years and Will shape the future of the asset management industry. Managers have afforded themselves little time to bring the future into focus.īut the industry stands on the precipice of a number of fundamental shifts that

Amid unprecedented economic turmoil and regulatory change, most asset
