Connected strategy for wealth management

A recent whitepaper by Alexis Calla, Sandeep Mukherjee, Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch asserts that the Asian wealth management industry is currently largely analog, disconnected and lacks scale, relying on people for most aspects of the customer journey. The paper adapts the framework from a book ‘Connected Strategy‘ by two of the authors who are

Asset management industry profits

The Indian asset management industry assets under management have crossed INR50 trillion (~$370+ bn). Revenues average about 53 basis points. With costs of around 13 basis points, the profits have improved to around 40 basis points. Profits add up to INR 6,859 crores (~$920m) according to an article in the Business Standard, quoting Value Research

Big Data and ML in funds research

Fund Manager evaluation demands an assessment across multiple dimensions, including the investment process, risk management, operations, and the business model. We have compiled the latest research on using Big Data and Machine Learning (ML) in funds research. — In a live webinar organised by the CFA Society India in April 2021, Sabeeh Ashhar of Morningstar

The market for private wealth

India has been a promising wealth management market for a while. The growing ‘middle class’ is part of folklore. The rich Indians may not be as ‘crazy’ as the Asians in terms of conspicuous consumption but the numbers have been growing steadily. So the prospects for the  wealth management industry, as a whole, and the

Global investment consultants eyeing India?

India has been wooing foreign investments, both directly as foreign direct investments (FDI) into companies as well as indirectly as ‘foreign institutional investors’ (FIIs) or ‘foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs) into its capital markets and alternative investment funds (AIFs). FIIs already hold a significant portion of India’s listed equity market, affecting daily market fluctuations. However, the
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Does ETF liquidity matter for investors?

The Indian asset and wealth management industry laments the lack of liquidity in ETFs, encouraging investors to buy passive funds instead. But what is liquidity and does it matter? In the recent past, two papers have been issued to address this topic – The CFA Society India issued a report on ETFs generally with some recommendations
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