Emerging sales for asset managers

Growing demand for protected emerging markets investments means that European-based asset managers with structured products capabilities are enjoying healthy sales, according to a report from Morgan Stanley

According to a report released by Morgan Stanley in March (On and off piste: Money making trends and best ideas in European asset and wealth management), a growing polarisation exists between cheap access to market indexes and outperformance strategies. While index-tracking specialists such as California-based Barclays Global Investors (BGI) are offering generally passive funds that track the major global equity indexes, the report says a number of European-based asset management companies are