The investment management industry does not expect a return to pre-2008 levels of growth, according to a survey* by a Copenhagen-based research institution, but companies nevertheless see growth as a top priority.
“Before the crisis, we saw growth rates of 15 to 20 per cent of both assets under management and profit generation,” said Lars Falkenberg, assistant director of Simcorp StrategyLab. “Now we see most of these companies [responding to the survey] expecting 5 to 10 per cent growth.”
Despite these diminished expectations, the survey found nearly half of investment management companies see growth as their top priority, ahead of mitigating risk or managing costs, with a further quarter making it their second priority.