SLAM Wars: The Flow Awakens

SLAM Wars: The Flow Awakens by Charles Skorina, Charles Skorina & Company

In This Issue

• Publicly listed asset managers: performance and pay
• 5 Charts: rankings by AUM, flows, revenue, and profits
• Latest CEO compensation and commentary

Ranking Asset-Manager Flows and Profits

As recruiters we work both sides of the investment-management street: serving for-profit money managers and not-for-profits like foundations and endowments.

Fee-based publicly listed asset managers, especially the big ones, are newsworthy because they invest a lot of money for a lot of customers, including non-profits investors.  There’s plenty in the media about these firms, but it’s often piecemeal commentary on quarterly results.  It’s newsworthy because it drives markets.  But our perspective is different.

Ultimately we want to make judgments about the success or...