The European asset management industry is in a period of structural change. Fund firms face sustained margin pressure, geopolitical fragmentation, regulatory divergence, and the accelerating shift from product manufacturer to platform orchestrator. Meanwhile, faster-growing activities, such as wealth management and accessing private markets, are redefining the competitive landscape, while traditional fund managers have to contend with a backlash against ESG, AI-fuelled transformation, and increased interest in tokenisation. All of this is resulting in the erosion of long-standing operational models.
Expectations of the industry are changing, too. European policymakers are challenging asset managers to support strategic economic priorities, from capital markets union and the energy transition to pension reform and defence readiness.
To explore how these factors are reshaping the industry’s future, and the new strategies required to lead it, the FT’s Future of Asset Management Europe event returns in November. This two-day event is now the region’s premier gathering of senior asset management leaders, service providers, regulators, industry associations, institutional investors, distributors and innovators.
Christopher Dunn (Head of Investment Management – Europe) from Crisil Coalition Greenwich is attending.
