Challenges: The global financial crisis has rapidly changed the asset management landscape. Current challenges facing the industry include shrinking assets under management and demands from investors and regulators for increasing transparency, resulting in shrinking margins and rising costs.  Asset managers remain under considerable pressure caused by the continuing uncertainty and volatility in the markets.

Challenges: Just as the financial markets emerged from one global crisis, another one emerges. Challenges include a constant pressure on margins, the sudden entry of new competitors, and a constant pressure to meet the markets' demand for new products.