A New Look at Outsourcing: A Key Strategy for Recovery

February 15, 2010

The ability to adapt to changing market conditions has always been a critical element for success in the financial services arena. But in today's market, asset managers will have to go beyond adaptation and in many respects reinvent themselves in order to ride out a perfect storm of industry pressures.

Recovery from the recession of 2008-2009 promises to be slow. Net revenues remain threatened as investors continue to gravitate toward lower-margin and "safer" products. And consolidation among distributors exerts pressure on institutional pricing and revenue sharing. Surviving in a risk-sensitive, capital-intensive environment will require asset management companies to restructure operating models as they seek to increase revenues and transform costs, while responding to changing investor needs.

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