FCA prepares to kick off asset manager competition probe

Final report by early 2017

Anna Fedorova
clock • 3 min read

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas it will focus on in its market study into competition in the asset management industry.

Over the next year the FCA will focus on the following areas of the asset management industy: how asset managers compete to deliver value whether asset managers are motivated and able to control costs along the value chain what effect investment consultants have on competition for institutional asset management The regulators will also look at whether there are any barriers to innovation and/or technological advances in asset management. The FCA said it will shortly approach market participants for information and data to look into the issues set out above, and will host rou...

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