Asset Management M&A: a look inside
By Justin Kaufman, Principal, Financial Services M&A Advisory Leader Contributing authors: Richard Kramer, Director, M&A and Michael Levitan, Senior Associate, M&A Today’s deal environment...
View ArticleFemale millennials in financial services: Strategies for a new era of talent
By: Christy Wade, Director, Financial Services, People & Change Practice The asset management industry is preparing to welcome another class of eager participants who have grown up in an age of...
View ArticleSustainability: What’s all the buzz and is it a factor for asset managers?
By Barry Benjamin, Partner, Global Asset Management Leader | Contributing authors: Jill Connell, Director, Research & Analysis; Lauren Koopman, Director, Sustainable Business Solutions It seems...
View ArticleThe mutual fund transfer agent: A changed environment
By: Kevin O’Connell, Principal, Asset Management Risk Assurance | Contributing authors: Scott Esposito, Director, Asset Management Risk Assurance; Gena Wilson, Manager, Asset Management Risk Assurance...
View ArticleMass Transit to Shape Cities, CRE of the Future
By Byron Carlock Jr., US Real Estate Practice Leader – It’s no secret that urban living has undergone tremendous change in the past 10 years. The gentrification of many urban neighborhoods and the...
View ArticleAlternative asset management – fast forward to centre stage
By Mike Greenstein, Partner, US & Global Alternatives Leader Over the past several years, rapid developments in the global economic environment have pushed asset management to the forefront of...
View ArticleAddressing systemic risk concerns: The SEC’s road ahead
By: Anthony Conte, Principal, Regulatory Services; Scott Weisman, Managing Director, Regulatory Services – The debate over asset managers’ potential systemic risk, ongoing for some years, is finally...
View ArticleInternational tax considerations for your ETF strategy
Tax efficiency has been a key attraction of ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and is well understood, particularly in a U.S. context. PwC explored the topic previously in How global tax reforms might impact...
View ArticleOperating Model Redesign…Right on Time…
In my previous post, “The Integrated Asset Management Operating Model: Ahead of its Time…or Right on Time?”, I shared my views on how asset management operating models across industry are rapidly...
View ArticleThe Rise of Micro-Unit Apartments
By Byron Carlock Jr., US Real Estate Practice Leader – In a previous column, I explored the recent and rapid transformation of urban living, driven by the desire among younger people—the millennial...
View ArticleIt’s time to get social!
We hear a lot about the digital revolution, but less about how the asset management industry can better leverage it. The fact is, the road to innovation, better decision-making, and outstanding...
View ArticleAlternatives 2020 – Choose your channels
By Peter Finnerty, Partner, U.S. Mutual Funds Leader If the fact that my oldest daughter heading off to college wasn’t enough to remind me how old I am getting, being fortunate enough to have a front...
View ArticleThe new normal: Optimizing talent to drive business productivity
By: Bhushan Sethi, Financial Services People & Organization Practice Lead; Contributing author: Rory Melick, Director, Financial Services, People & Organization Practice Diversity expectations,...
View ArticleMutual funds: Regulatory evolution, industry adaptation
By Anthony Conte, US Asset and Wealth Management Regulatory Leader, PwC LLP, and Scott Weisman, Managing Director, PwC LLP – In 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission set an ambitious agenda to...
View ArticleMutual funds: Forced to innovate in 2016?
By Peter Finnerty, US Mutual Funds and Advisors Leader, PwC – Sometimes, the biggest challenges can drive the best ideas. This is certainly true of the mutual fund industry. As we look at the year...
View ArticleWhy advancing densification of US office space is opening up a new era of...
By Scott Cuthbertson, Manager, PwC – About a decade ago, commentators on the US real estate market began highlighting a trend among corporates toward a leaner real estate footprint for their office...
View ArticleAsset and wealth management: State of the union 2016
By Gary Meltzer, PwC US Asset & Wealth Management Sector Leader – For those of us in the asset and wealth management industry—managers, distributors, investors, servicers, or service providers—the...
View ArticleIndustry disruption is here: What’s happening now in mutual funds and...
By Peter Finnerty, PwC US Mutual Funds Leader – PwC recently hosted our new, premier asset and wealth management event for clients called Assets & Wealth 2016. The event opened with a series of...
View ArticleReal assets: Looking into 2017
By Byron Carlock, PwC US Real Estate Practice Leader – Reflecting on 2016, I’ve had the great fortune to travel around the globe to speak at many industry conferences. While admittedly I may tire of...
View ArticleManaging global tax risk – liability, asset, or both?
By William Taggart, PwC Global Financial Services Tax Leader – In today’s international environment, global tax risks for asset managers are more important than ever. Traditionally, the primary focus...
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