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European Investment Management 2004

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Mar. 22, 2004 - 160 Pages


Table of Contents


TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

Introduction 3

Market context 3

Client focus 5

Competitive dynamics 6

CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION 23

What is this report about? 23

Who is the target reader? 23

How to use this report 24

CHAPTER 3 MARKET CONTEXT 25

Introduction 25

Key findings 25

Key European trends 27

Economic and financial drivers 27

Total funds under management 32

Market Analysis 32

Country snapshots 36

Belgium 36

Finland 38

France 39

Germany 40

Ireland 41

Italy 42

Netherlands 43

Norway 44

Spain 45

Sweden 46

Switzerland 47

UK 48

Mutual funds 49

European overview 49

European harmonisation 50

Mutual fund total market analysis 51

Retail mutual fund market analysis 53

Institutional mutual fund market analysis 55

Retail mutual fund asset allocation 57

Life and pensions funds 59

European overview 59

Life and pensions funds total market analysis 60

Regulatory developments 61

Asset allocation 63

Non-life insurance funds 64

European overview 64

Non-life funds total market analysis 65

Asset allocation 67

Data 68

Total European assets 68

Country specific data 70

Country specific data 70

European mutual funds 77

European life and pensions 81

European non-life assets 83

CHAPTER 4 CLIENT FOCUS 85

Introduction 85

Key findings 85

Customer preference 86

In-house or outsource 86

Choosing an investment manager 88

Attracting customers 92

Customer retention 95

Servicing clients 95

Contacting clients 97

Losing clients 98

Customer outlook 100

Choosing an Investment manager 100

Future focus 101

Data 103

CHAPTER 5 COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS 111

Introduction 111

Key findings 111

European developments 112

Selling off asset management capabilities 112

Consolidation 113

Focus on asset management 114

Expanding asset management capabilities 114

Competitor profiles 116

No. 1 - Deutsche Asset Management 116

No. 2 - AXA Investment Managers Limited 118

No. 3 - SG Asset Management 120

No. 4 - ING Investment Management 122

No. 5 - Credit Suisse Asset Management 123

European Competitors 125

Country Snapshots 126

Belgium 126

Denmark 127

Finland 128

France 129

Germany 130

Ireland 131

Italy 132

Netherlands 133

Norway 134

Spain 135

Sweden 136

Switzerland 137

UK 138

Data 139

Competitor data 139

Europe 140

Belgium 141

Denmark 141

Finland 142

France 143

France 143

Germany 144

Germany 144

Ireland 145

Ireland 145

Italy 145

Netherlands 146

Norway 146

Spain 147

Spain 147

Sweden 147

Switzerland 148

Switzerland 148

UK 149

UK 149

CHAPTER 6 ACTION POINTS 150

Opportunities 150

CHAPTER 7 APPENDIX 152

Definitions and abbreviations 152

General defintions 152

Research Methodology 155

Further reading 156

Datamonitor Reports 156

Datamonitor Global Wealth Service: Insight Reports 156

Datamonitor Global Wealth Service: Competitor Tracking 157

Datamonitor Financial Services Consulting 158

SPP writing team 159





LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Total European assets under management segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 68

Table 2: Total European assets under management, segmented by country, 1998-2002 68

Table 3: Investment assets segmented by country and market sector, EURm 2002 69

Table 4: Belgian assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 70

Table 5: Danish assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 70

Table 6: Finnish assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 71

Table 7: French assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 71

Table 8: German assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 72

Table 9: Irish assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 72

Table 10: Italian assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 73

Table 11: Dutch assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 73

Table 12: Norwegian assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 74

Table 13: Spanish assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 74

Table 14: Swedish assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 75

Table 15: Swiss assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 75

Table 16: UK assets under management, segmented by fund type, 1998-2002 76

Table 17: Total retail and non-retail mutual fund assets, segmented by country, 1998-2002 77

Table 18: European retail mutual fund assets, segmented by country, 1998-2002 78

Table 19: Non-retail mutual fund assets, segmented by country, 1998-2002 79

Table 20: Retail mutual fund assets segmented by country and asset class, 2002 80

Table 21: Life and pension fund assets segmented by country, 1998-2002 81

Table 22: Life and pensions assets, segmented by country and by asset class, 2002 82

Table 23: Non-life insurance assets, segmented by country, actual values, 1998-2002 83

Table 24: Non-life insurance assets segmented by country and asset class, actual values, 2002 84

Table 25: What percentage of your investments do you manage in-house? 103

Table 26: Why do you outsource investment management? 103

Table 27: As a pan-European company, do you use investment managers in each country or just in your country of origin? 104

Table 28: How did you go about selecting the last investment management company that you chose? 104

Table 29: If you use a pension consultant, what would happen if you disagreed with their choice of Investment Manager? 105

Table 30: At what level in your company are the decisions regarding which Investment manager/s to use made? 105

Table 31: How many investment managers do you use? 106

Table 32: When you selected your last investment management company, how important were the following attributes? 106

Table 33: When an investment manager is trying to win your business, how important is it that you meet the following people? 107

Table 34: Which of the following elements of service are the most important? 107

Table 35: How often does your investment manager contact you about your investments? 108

Table 36: Is the frequency of contact with your investment manager too much, too little or just right? 108

Table 37: What would most likely lead you to switch Investment Manager? 109

Table 38: How often do you switch Investment Manager? 109

Table 39: Has the market downturn placed more emphasis upon any aspects of your choice of Investment Manager? 110

Table 40: Deutsche Bank’s quarterly results Q1/2001 - Q3/2003 139

Table 41: AXA Investment Managers results 2000-2002 139

Table 42: Top 30 asset managers in Europe by office AuM, 2003 140

Table 43: Top 10 asset managers in Belgium by office AuM, 2003 141

Table 44: Top 10 asset managers in Denmark by office AuM, 2003 141

Table 45: Top 10 asset managers in Finland by office AuM, 2003 142

Table 46: Top 20 asset managers in France by office AuM, 2003 143

Table 47: Top 20 asset managers in Germany by office AuM, 2003 144

Table 48: Top 10 asset managers in Ireland by office AuM, 2003 145

Table 49: Top 10 asset managers in Italy by office AuM, 2003 145

Table 50: Top 10 asset managers in the Netherlands by office AuM, 2003 146

Table 51: Top 10 asset managers in Norway by office AuM, 2003 146

Table 52: Top 10 asset managers in Spain by office AuM, 2003 147

Table 53: Top 10 asset managers in Sweden by office AuM, 2003 147

Table 54: Top 20 asset managers in Switzerland by office AuM, 2003 148

Table 55: Top 30 asset managers in the UK by office AuM, 2003 149





LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Life and pensions assets continue to outweigh non-life and mutual fund assets, 2002 4

Figure 2: Across Europe, 47% of life and pensions institutions outsourced a proportion of their investment management. 5

Figure 3: Local players dominate the investment management market in France, 2003 6

Figure 4: Average GDP dropped sharply in 2000 but recovered in 2002 27

Figure 5: The average stock market performance of the thirteen European markets adversely affected total investment assets, 1998-2002 28

Figure 6: European stock indices have all picked up in 2003 29

Figure 7: Investor preference has shifted in recent years, retail mutual fund equity exposure has been reduced in favor of bond and money market exposure, 2000-2002 31

Figure 8: Life and pensions assets continue to outweigh non-life and mutual fund assets, 2002 32

Figure 9: Total assets under management, grew from EUR6,269bn to EUR7,933bn, 1998-2002 33

Figure 10: The UK had the largest total assets under management in Europe, at EUR2,016bn, 2002 34

Figure 11: Germany has the most mutual fund assets under management in Europe, 2002 35

Figure 12: Belgian assets peaked in 2001 at EUR241.7bn 36

Figure 13: Growth in the Danish market leveled off over the 2000-2002 period 37

Figure 14: Mutual funds are a small but growing market in Finland, 2002 38

Figure 15: France is the 2nd largest mutual fund market, the 2nd largest life and pensions market and the 3rd largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 39

Figure 16: Germany is the largest mutual fund market, the 3rd largest life and pensions market and the largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 40

Figure 17: The Irish investment market is dominated by life and pensions assets, 1998-2002 41

Figure 18: Italy is the 4th largest mutual fund market, the 5th largest life and pensions market and the 5th largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 42

Figure 19: As a result of the relatively high exposure to equities in the Netherlands, investment assets suffered over the 2000-2002 period 43

Figure 20: Life and pensions assets dominate the Norwegian investment management market, 2002 44

Figure 21: Spain is the 5th largest mutual fund market, the 8th largest life and pensions market and the 7th largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 45

Figure 22: Sweden saw a sharp decline in its investment management market over the 2000-2002 period due to the high exposure to equities 46

Figure 23: Switzerland is the 6th largest mutual fund market, the 6th largest life and pensions market and the 4th largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 47

Figure 24: The UK is the 3rd largest mutual fund market, the largest life and pensions market and the 2nd largest non-life market in Europe, 2002 48

Figure 25: European mutual fund assets under management initially grew in 2000 by 7.8% despite the falling equity markets 49

Figure 26: In 2002, Germany was the largest mutual fund market in Europe, followed by France 51

Figure 27: Institutional assets consistently made up around a third of total assets over the 1998-2002 period 52

Figure 28: France is by far the largest retail mutual funds market 53

Figure 29: Germany leads the way in institutional mutual funds, 2002 55

Figure 30: Retail mutual funds have a relatively high exposure to equities with 25.0% of retail mutual fund assets invested in equity funds 57

Figure 31: Life and pension asset growth has stopped in recent years 59

Figure 32: UK life and pensions remain by far the largest in Europe, 2002 60

Figure 33: Bonds and equities dominate life and pension fund investments across Europe, 2002 63

Figure 34: Non-life assets have increased every year since 1998 64

Figure 35: Germany is the largest non-life investment market in Europe, 2002 65

Figure 36: Non-life asset allocation has changed little over the equity downturn 67

Figure 37: What percentage of your investments do you manage in-house? 86

Figure 38: Why do you outsource investment management? 87

Figure 39: Do you use investment managers in each country in which you have a presence or just those in your country of origin? 88

Figure 40: How did you go about selecting the last investment manager that you chose? 89

Figure 41: If you use a pension consultant, what would happen if you disagreed with their choice of Investment Manager? 90

Figure 42: At what level in your company are the decisions regarding which Investment manager/s to use made? 90

Figure 43: How many investment managers do you use? 91

Figure 44: When you selected your last investment management how important were the following attributes? 92

Figure 45: When an investment manager is trying to win your business, how important is it that you meet the following people? 93

Figure 46: Which are the most important elements of service? 96

Figure 47: How often does your investment manager contact you about your investments? 97

Figure 48: What would be most likely to lead you to switch Investment Manager? 98

Figure 49: How often do you switch Investment Manager? 99

Figure 50: Has the market downturn placed more emphasis upon any aspects in your choice of Investment Manager? 100

Figure 51: Italian investors will be focusing almost exclusively on European investments 101

Figure 52: Spanish investors preference of fixed income/equity mix 102

Figure 53: Deutsche Asset Management sits within the PCAM division of Deutsche Bank 116

Figure 54: Deutsche Bank’s asset management and wealth management segment has seen declining costs and rising revenues in 2003 117

Figure 55: AXA Investment Managers has managed to increase revenues despite the poor equity markets over the 2000-2002 period 118

Figure 56: Net income has suffered for the Asset Management arm since 2000 120

Figure 57: Credit Suisse Asset Management sits within Credit Suisse First Boston the investment bank 123

Figure 58: CSAM’s assets under management are invested across a range of asset classes, 31/12/2002 124

Figure 59: Deutsche Asset Management is the largest European investment manager by either office or regional AuM, 2003 125

Figure 60: KBC is by far the largest asset manager, with 3.6 times more assets under management than the next largest Dexia, 2003 126

Figure 61: The Danish market has many competitive asset managers although Nordea is the market leader by office assets, 2003 127

Figure 62: In Finland, as in Denmark, Nordea is the largest asset manager by office assets AuM, 2003 128

Figure 63: The French market is dominated by French asset managers such as Societe Generale and AXA, 2003 129

Figure 64: DekaBank is the market leader by office assets in the competitive German asset management market, 2003 130

Figure 65: The largest players in Ireland are all Irish, with Bank of Ireland leading the way by office assets, 2003 131

Figure 66: Sanpaolo IMI is the clear market leader in the Italian market by office assets, 2003 132

Figure 67: Dutch asset managers dominate the market in the Netherlands, 2003 133

Figure 68: Norway has two market leaders by office assets, both with around EUR14bn in AuM, 2003 134

Figure 69: BBVA has almost 84% share of the top 9 Spanish asset managers’ office assets under management, 2003 135

Figure 70: AB Svensk and Folksam lead the market in Sweden, with over EUR10bn in office AuM each, 2003 136

Figure 71: The Dutch-owned Robeco leads the market in Switzerland with over EUR90bn in office AuM, 2003 137

Figure 72: Deutsche Bank is the clear market leader in the UK industry with over EUR650bn in office AuM, 2003 138





Abstract

Introduction
The report focuses on all areas of investment management, including retail and institutional mutual funds, life and pensions assets, and non-life insurance assets. Country-specific data is analyzed for Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK

Scope
Developments in the European investment management market and data on assets under management of mutual funds, life and pension funds and non-life

Datamonitor’s European Investment Management Survey 2004 of 100 institutional investors across the ‘big five’ European countries

Lists the largest investment managers in each country by assets under management and the largest 10 or more by managed funds in each country

Highlights opportunities and threats to investment managers across Europe, and delivers specific actionable suggestions for success

Report Highlights
On a European-wide basis, stock markets fell dramatically over the 2000 to 2002 period and the investment management markets in Europe have been badly affected. Total assets in Europe fell over this period from EUR8,359.7bn in 2000 to 7,969.8, a decrease of 4.7%.

From Datamonitor's survey of institutional investors it was found that In Italy, 81% of those that outsourced investment management used only one investment manager. In France this figure was 100% and in Germany 50%. In the UK (33%) and Spain (36%) investors had a much greater tendency to use more than one investment manager.

Looking to maximize synergies across their businesses, many asset managers restructured in 2003 and consolidation was prevalent in the European market. With so many companies exiting markets and selling off asset management businesses at a discount, others capitalized and either bought up businesses or moved into new territory.

Reasons to Purchase
Strategy managers: Find out how large your target markets are and what the best strategies are for entry.

Marketing managers:Benchmark yourself against your competitors and find out what your customers are looking for in an investment manager.

Investment managers: Find out what your clients are investing in and what they want from their investments.



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