State Street Vision Paper Research Highlights New Paradigm in European Fund Industry
May 16 2012 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world's leading
providers of financial services to institutional investors, today
announced the findings of a new Vision report featuring independent
research carried out in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence
Unit, pointing to the emergence of a new paradigm in Europe in
which asset managers must adapt to the radically changing needs of
investors in the wake of the financial crisis. This Vision paper,
titled “The Changing Shape of European Investment Management –
Volume 3: Navigating Complexity,” also explores other key factors
that are shaping Europe’s asset management industry including
changing investor needs, widespread regulatory reform and urgent
demographic trends.
In this comprehensive study which surveyed more than 160
European asset managers, the most important factors driving
investment decisions are yields (28 percent), risk aversion (27
percent), diversification away from mainstream asset classes (22
percent) and regulatory complexity/uncertainty (22 percent).* Asset
managers are cautious about increasing assets under management,
with less than a third expecting to increase AUMs by more than
eight percent over the next two years.
Joe Antonellis, vice chairman of State Street and head of its
Global Services and Global Markets business for Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Asia Pacific commented, “Asset managers are
seeking strategies to navigate the new environment and their quest
for fresh ideas is driving a significant shift in approach. They
are forging new relationships with investors and service providers
and the benefits will go to those firms that can deliver innovative
outcome-based solutions or genuine alpha. Those managers that
cannot will struggle.”
Providing a high level of detailed and quality information to
clients is the greatest data management challenge facing asset
managers, according to 49 percent of respondents. Achieving
sufficient scale with in-house systems was the second most cited
challenge (44 percent) and providing accurate data to regulators
and auditors in a timely fashion was third (33 percent). Nearly
three in 10 asset managers (27 percent) say internal policies and
procedures pose the greatest challenge when trying to quickly bring
new products to market, with finding consensus among senior
managers cited by 19 percent.
The State Street Vision report explores the structural changes
occurring across the investment value chain as challenging times
drive asset managers to redefine their roles and the roles of
service providers in an evolving market environment.
For a copy of “The Changing Shape of European Investment
Management – Volume 3: Navigating Complexity,” to view the
accompanying webcast, or for volumes one or two of this series
visit www.statestreet.com/vision/complexity.
*Source: 2012 State Street survey of 160 European asset
managers conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit
About State Street Corporation
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's
leading providers of financial services to institutional investors
including investment servicing, investment management and
investment research and trading. With $23.2 trillion in assets
under custody and administration and $2 trillion* in assets under
management at March 31, 2012, State Street operates in 29 countries
and more than 100 geographic markets. For more information, visit
State Street’s web site at www.statestreet.com.
*This AUM includes the assets of the SPDR Gold Trust (approx.
$68 billion as of March 31, 2012), for which State Street Global
Markets, LLC, an affiliate of State Street Global Advisors serves
as the marketing agent.
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