| Global assets under management will rise to more than $100trn by 2020, according to predictions by PwC. At the end of 2012, the figure stood at $63.9trn, according to the 'Big Four' consultancy’s report, Asset Management 2020: A brave new world. The report predicted $101.7trn would be driven by pension funds, high-net-worth individuals and sovereign wealth funds.
At client level, it suggested three key trends were behind the forecasts: the increase of mass affluent and HNW individuals in South America, Asia, Africa and Middle East; the expansion and emergence of new sovereign wealth funds with diverse agendas and investment goals; and the increasing defined contribution schemes partly, driven by government-incentivised or government-mandated shift to individual retirement plans...............................................Full Article: Source
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