Daniel Enskat

Daniel has written over a dozen books on the global asset management industry and has lectured at universities around the world alongside speakers such as Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Mark Mobius, ex-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Professor KC Chan and former Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder. He is widely sought after for presentations, discussions and his perspective on the global asset management industry, and in the last two decades has advised hundreds of investment management CEOs on strategy and global expansion.

Daniel Enskat

Microsoft Research Finds Organizations Across Industries are “Embracing Tech Intensity As a Key Driver of Competitive Advantage”

Microsoft polled 700 executives across industries for their “State of Tech Intensity 2019” study. “Tech Intensity” is defined as the applied use of a creative, entrepreneurial mindset to invent new digital capabilities using advanced technologies such as AI and IoT. Key findings from the study: Every company is becoming a tech company: 73% of companies …

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McKinsey on Asian Asset Management – Five Disruptions Impacting Future Growth

McKinsey in a September 2019 10-page insight addressed the cash flow and asset growth picture for Asian asset management. Read the full research article on their webpage. A couple of highlights: Asia had its slowest AUM growth in seven years in 2018, but margins remain strong Emerging Asia is taking the lead both on cash …

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Asset Management M&A Perspectives from Casey Quirk/Deloitte

Casey Quirk and Deloitte have taken a look at how M&A in asset management plays out and how firms might be able to achieve “more perfect unions” by focusing on post-merger integration. Click here for the full report on their site. The analysis focuses on: Organizational leadership (Less C-level headcount) Distribution strategies (more technology, less …

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Asset & Wealth Management Revolution: pwc identifies six game changers & four key trends for the decade ahead

pwc’s Asset Management research division in its latest snappy 32-page report identifies a number of key trends and game changers that might lead to an asset management and wealth management revolution. Click here for the full report on their site. Some stats from the study: The four key trends highlighted by pwc are: Further industry …

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BCG Asset Management Outlook – Fees, Tech, EMs, ESG and Fewer Winners

BCG in an Asset Management outlook for the next ten years identified a number of megatrends to be aware of and work with, none of them new but all of them looked at from an interesting angle. Click here for the full report on their site. Megatrends for the next decade: Active vs passive vs …

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AQR Report: Can Machines „Learn“ Finance?

AQR‘s Portfolio Solution Group this week published a short but important research study on whether Machine Learning can be useful for asset management. The executive summary states that research into ML for asset managment is just in its infancy, but that early evidence suggests that ML tools can potentially improve investment portfolios, with application of …

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