Industry News       

If you had any doubt that all client types of investment management firms are gravitating to the use of ETFs and ETNs, look no further than recent research from Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

 Asset Management       

What will it take to have an exceptional asset management business in 2011? A consensus on 4 “must-have” capabilities has emerged as well as the likely winners.
Introduction:
Within the first few weeks of 2011, there is an emerging consensus on the asset managers that are likely to have the strongest …

 Asset Management       

Can introducing a blistering pace of ETFs and allowing clients to trade them at no cost be anything other than a zero-sum game? This could be the case for one integrated asset management firm.

 Announcements       

You might have noticed that EverydayTenacity.com had not been updated in awhile. Well, after recharging and switching hosting providers, we are now back online.
Starting off 2011, here are some key industry themes we plan to explore, including:

Which Investment Managers are exceeding and why?
The continued evolution of ETFs
Is 2011 the year …

 Asset Management       

There is a dichotomy that has developed between the advertising spend on investment products and the rate of returns investors are earning.  Based on the numbers, clients are not the ones benefiting by their fund managers utilizing collected fees on advertising spend.
Investments Advertising Spend up 9.9%:
Spending on advertising is up in 2010 as asset …

 Asset Management       

The Scene: a conversation at a large investment manager
The Actors:

You – The Retail Marketing Strategist
Me – The Marketing Managing Director

 Asset Management       

The recession that we are now starting to come out of has caused many retirees and baby boomers on the verge of retirement to finally focus on the prospect of facing a shortfalls of hundreds of billions of dollars in retirement savings. So according to one investment management firm, what …

 Asset Management       

Attended by a packed auditorium of more than 300 senior marketing, communications and compliance professionals, I had the pleasure of speaking at the annual Financial Services Social Communications Leadership Forum in New York City on November 18, 2010.

 Industry News       

According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson global 500 ranking, over $16 Trillion dollars of total assets are controlled by the top 10 investments managers.

 Asset Management       

As investment managers are typically behind the curve in terms of technology adoption (never mind the challenging social media landscape), I saw a recent article in mashable that has applicability to B2B Investment Managers.