Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
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By Cliff Stanton, CFAProfessions exist to deliver specific outcomes for their clients. Medical professionals cure the sick. Asset managers produce alpha; this is our business.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Todd Solomon on Beating Passive InvestorsCongress Asset Management uses a strategy best described as steady as she goes.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Dan Meyer on Hitting Home RunsToday, portfolio managers tend to concentrate on short-term performance that has a tendency to hit home runs, says Pacific Income Advisers' Meyer.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Andy Bischel on Market Dysfunction and FundamentalsMarkets routinely overshoot the true change in the underlying fundamentals, whether it's earnings deterioration or a valuation issue, SKBA's Bischel says.
June 21, 2017
Target-Date Managers Expect to Offer Strategic BetaActive managers can compete with passive ones on cost while keeping value-add tenets of active management, Cerulli says.
June 01, 2017
Asset Managers Remain Under Pressure Despite Pickup in Flows, Assets: Moody'sFee revenue is still falling, except at the world's largest asset manager.
May 11, 2017
AXA Moves to Sweat the Asset Managers in U.S. IPO PlanThe author says managers were careful not to say how much of the U.S. operations they might sell.
May 10, 2017
Ultra-Wealthy Investors Are Heavy on Alternatives: KKRThe investment firm profiled its clients with $30 million or more in assets.