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Asset Managers with alternative exposures most profitable

Monday, September 18, 2023

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Alternative asset managers had strong median revenue and profit growth from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023, while their traditional asset management counterparts saw negative numbers over the same period, a study revealed.

According to Casey Quirk's survey of 17 publicly traded asset managers with $19 trillion in assets under management, alternative asset managers had 14% median revenue growth and 17% median profit growth year-over-year from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023.

Meanwhile, traditional firms were in the red: They shrank by 3% for median revenue growth and 21% for median profit growth over the same period.

Overall, firms are still recovering from a challenging 2022. Second quarter 2023 results are lower versus Q2 2022 as public asset managers saw significant declines in the final two quarters of 2022. Median revenue growth was 0% and profit growth was down 15% over the previous year.

"We continue to see a strong divergence in the profitability and revenue growth of alternative firms versus their more traditional counterparts," said Amanda Nelson, principal at Casey Quirk. "This is a trend we've seen developing over the last several years and it's not letting up. It's contributing to the uptick in M&A activity we're witnessing with traditional firms buying private equity or private debt shops, lifting out teams, or seeking partnerships, for instance."

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