October 2007
The country’s asset-management market will grow by 24 percent annually for the next ten years, but the multinational companies attempting to serve it face vastly increased competition.
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June 2007
Merrill Lynch has combined operations with IT in a single unit. Diane Schueneman, the head of the company’s Global Infrastructure Solutions, explains how she is changing both to focus on the customer.
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April 2007
Financial-services executives say innovation is critical, but few companies have embraced best practices.
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April 2007
Public-private partnerships represent a significant opportunity for private investors—but pose worrisome risks as well.
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April 2007
The chairman of a commission set up to investigate Chile’s private-pension system explains that the goal now is to supplement rather than replace it.
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March 2007
Foreign financial firms should focus on areas where scale and experience give them a competitive advantage.
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March 2007
Pension reform and privatization have delivered benefits—shrinking deficits and greater transparency—but systems need to boost their returns and attract more workers.
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December 2006
The biggest individual foreign investor in the United States discusses the pace of reform in Saudi Arabia, his investments, and the future of Islam.
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April 2006
What should a company do when a hedge fund shows up among
its investors?
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February 2006
Choosing the right approach will be of growing importance to sustain current profit margins.
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February 2005
Investments don’t govern themselves; active ownership is the answer.
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August 2004
A changed competitive landscape calls for a different business model.
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May 2004
Fund managers should be good owners, not just traders, believes the head of Europe’s leading shareholder-activist fund.
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May 2004
Companies should deal with the problems now, before another benefits crisis—health care—starts to rear its head.
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February 2004
A portfolio of investments in socially responsible companies can generate returns similar to those of the S&P 500.
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June 2003
Many retail and institutional investment houses in Europe haven’t come to grips with the global economic slowdown. The clock is ticking.
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May 2003
Eliminating the double taxation of dividends is more notable for what it won’t do than for what it will.
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June 2002
Many companies waste effort smoothing short-term earnings. They would be better off focusing on long-term profit and return on capital.
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May 2002
Major changes are needed to rescue China’s pension system. When they come, they will be among the strongest drivers of development in the country’s capital markets.
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November 2001
A survey shows that the message on talent from asset-management employees to their bosses is an overwhelming "could do better."
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August 2000
The country's huge conglomerates move slowly, but they are moving to divest assets.
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June 2000
To fill a gap in knowledge about European asset management firms, McKinsey conducted a survey of 33 of them, focusing on the amount and nature of their assets, as well as on staffs, revenues, and costs.
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February 2000
A growing pool of savings has made Europe a tempting target for non-European asset managers
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May 1997
Germany’s mutual fund market is growing in line with Germans’ realization that they can no longer rely on the state pension to provide for their old age. This article looks at the types of retirement product that are likely to emerge, and at the market roles fund providers old and new might take.
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May 1997
The temptation to buy: instant breadth, stable earnings, and brand recognition. Before you move, answer some tough questions about sales, marketing, and distribution. Even when the potential is there, you can give it away with an unsound deal structure.
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February 1997
Insurance companies are among the largest asset managers in the world. Asset management often not regarded as a core skill of insurance companies. Investment return significant value driver for insurance companies.
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