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Blackstone climbed 30 places in APAC ranking as investors flock to alternatives

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers:

The latest edition of Broadridge's Fund Brand 50 (FB50), an annual research study by global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) was released today, highlighting the world's best-performing asset management brands - as chosen by third-party fund selectors. The study reveals that investors in APAC responded to volatile market conditions with caution - consolidating their product offering among a shrinking number of major global firms as a hedge against uncertainty. However, this caution did not extend to product, as selectors ditched underperforming traditional investment vehicles and flocked to alternatives.

"2024 turned out to be another challenging year for both domestic and foreign asset managers. There was a surge of retail flows in China into equity ETFs while active ETFs began to gain traction in various APAC markets. Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) was a driver of net flows after a revamp, helping to drive flows into the retirement space in Japan. There was growing interest in alternative investment assets from the institutional space across APAC, with demand for such investments simmering in the retail space as well. Artificial Intelligence-related investment strategies also began to draw the attention of investors," said Evonne Gan, Principal, APAC Insights at Broadridge.

"Agains......................

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