Asset managers play a vital role in the financial industry, managing trillions in assets across personal investing, retirement plans, and institutional accounts. Asset management is a highly competitive space and managers must continually assess and adapt to industry trends including, among others:

• Increased focus on socially responsible investing (ESG)
• Emergence of crypto/digital assets
• Flows from mutual funds to ETFs
• Evolution of investor and advisor engagement in a digital world
• Democratization of access to alternative investments and private markets
• Fee compression
• Mergers & acquisitions among industry players

8 Acre keeps a continual pulse on the key players and emerging dynamics in the asset management industry, regularly conducting studies with industry executives, financial advisors, individual investors, and institutional investors.

Contact us at [email protected] or (917)-301-6103 to discuss your research needs.