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Greggory Warren, CFA
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Removal of DOL Rule Will Not Eliminate Longer-Term Trends Affecting U.S. Asset Managers

While news of Donald Trump's election has sparked a rally in the shares of the U.S.-based asset managers, we think an overturning of the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, although more likely, does not alter the long-term secular trends affecting the industry. If anything, a reversal of the DOL rule will decelerate what we had expected to be an acceleration of the fee and margin compression we envision for the industry--driven by poor relative active investment performance and the growth and a...
Underlying
Eaton Vance Corp.

Eaton Vance is engaged in managing investment funds and providing investment management and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals and institutions. Through its investment affiliates, the company manages active equity, income, alternative and blended strategies across a range of investment styles and asset classes, including United States, global and international equities, floating-rate bank loans, municipal bonds, global income, high-yield and investment grade bonds, and mortgage-backed securities, as well as a range of systematic investment strategies, including systematic equity, systematic alternatives and managed options strategies.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Greggory Warren, CFA

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