I&PE Magazine's list of the Top 20 Global Asset Managers contains some eye-popping numbers. We like to think Australia has a massive superannuation and fund management industry, but these 20 fund managers increased their FUM last year by more than the $A1.5 trillion in super.
Top 20 Global
While BlackRock remained the world's largest manager with €2.86 trillion in assets, Vanguard rose to second place after a nearly €200bn increase in assets to €1.62 trillion.
The company's 13% increase in assets was the largest total rise, beaten in relative terms only by the 19.4% increase seen by the UK's Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
Regardless of what the world thinks about funds managers and the move to direct investing, money is flowing into these businesses by the trillion.