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How to Win Broker/Dealer Shelf Space
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Which vehicle will garner broker/dealer shelf space— ETFs? Mutual Funds? SMAs?
The answer: all of them.
As platforms consolidate and rationalize and advisors’ demands change, asset managers must be more willing to deliver their strategies in a variety of vehicles.
Asset managers need to prepare for change. The vehicles in demand from home-office platforms and advisors today will not be the same in five years. Mutual funds, which accounted for nearly 50% of managed account assets in 2011, fell by nearly ten percentage points in 2019 to a little over 40%. Manager-traded separate accounts, at 12.5% in 2011, rose to 16.5%.
Managed Account Assets by Vehicle, 2011 vs. 2019
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Cerulli can help you assess the delivery of your intellectual capital in a variety of vehicles. Understand what vehicle and pricing structure will fit with platform providers’ preferences.
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Daniil Shapiro, CFA
Director, Cerulli Associates
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Daniil Shapiro, CFA
Director, Cerulli Associates
Daniil is part of Cerulli’s Product Development practice, where he works on the identification, analysis, and reporting of asset management industry trends with a focus on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and alternative investments.
Prior to joining Cerulli Associates, Daniil was part of the Product Management and Business Intelligence teams with the MainStay Funds, part of New York Life Investment Management. At MainStay, Daniil supported sales efforts via fund and ETF competitive analysis, product research, and development of marketing materials, as well as performance reporting. Before New York Life, Daniil was part of the risk management practice at Accenture, and held risk and compliance roles at HSBC’s investment bank.
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Brendan Powers, CFA
Director
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Brendan Powers, CFA
Director
Brendan is a member of Cerulli’s Product Development practice, which focuses on trends related to asset managers’ product development and management functions. This broadly includes assessing the opportunity for product development, evaluating emerging product trends, and understanding distribution and product positioning for investment products across retail and institutional channels.
Prior to joining Cerulli, Brendan worked as a Senior Client Associate at Eaton Vance Management, focusing primarily on the firm’s exchange funds.
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