Report
Greggory Warren, CFA
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Removal of DOL Rule Would Not Alter 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
Federated Hermes Inc. Class B

Federated Hermes is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including sponsored investment companies and other funds (Federated Funds) and Separate Accounts. The company markets these funds to banks, broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries who use them to meet the needs of customers and/or clients, including retail investors, corporations and retirement plans. The company also provides a range of services to support the operation and administration of the Federated Funds. These services include administrative services and shareholder servicing.

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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