{"id":43306,"date":"2015-07-06T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/note\/retail-fund-distribution-in-the-midst-of-major-changes-according-to-caceis-and-pwc-report\/"},"modified":"2015-07-06T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T22:20:00","slug":"retail-fund-distribution-in-the-midst-of-major-changes-according-to-caceis-and-pwc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/note\/retail-fund-distribution-in-the-midst-of-major-changes-according-to-caceis-and-pwc-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail fund distribution in the midst of major changes according to CACEIS and PwC report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to an overview of the current fund distribution arena and its continuous<br \/>\ntransformation, the thought leadership piece identifies three disrupting factors with which<br \/>\nplayers will have to contend going forward: (1) the latest regulatory agenda, (2) a serious<br \/>\nchange in the investor base and (3) recent technological developments.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights the impact of these catalysts on the fund industry value chain and the<br \/>\nbalance of power between the legacy industry players (i.e. asset managers, institutional<br \/>\ninvestors and distributors) and the industry\u2019s new players. It offers various new strategic actions<br \/>\nand value propositions that asset managers and distributors should consider in response. <\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, (June 2011), CACEIS and PwC published the report Rethinking distribution \u2013<br \/>\nCreating competitive advantage in a new fund distribution paradigm in which they suggested a<br \/>\nstrategic reconsideration of distribution practices. Since then, the impact of these disruptions on<br \/>\nthe industry has intensified and now requires appropriate actions.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe decision to focus our research paper on retail fund distribution was driven by the changing<br \/>\nface of this industry,\u201d<\/em> said Olivier Carr\u00e9, Partner, Regulatory &#038; Compliance Advisory Services<br \/>\nLeader at PwC Luxembourg. <em>\u201cOpportunities abound for asset management firms and<br \/>\ndistributors, but they must understand how to make the most of them. New pricing models,<br \/>\nstrong client-centric solutions, and increasing integration of social, mobile, analytics and cloud,<br \/>\na.k.a. SMAC technologies, will be essential for those who want to succeed in the new fund<br \/>\ndistribution landscape.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Saliba, CACEIS Deputy Chief Executive Officer, stated, <em>\u201cWe believe that the insight<br \/>\nand recommendations in this report will help asset managers and distributors define strategies<br \/>\nthat are needed to navigate the challenges before them. Readers will get a glimpse into the<br \/>\nworld of retail fund distribution with a specific focus on the hurdles distributors and product<br \/>\nmanufacturers will have to overcome if they want to succeed in this new environment.\u201d <\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CACEIS and PwC Luxembourg joined forces to release a new report, entitled Reshaping retail<br \/>\nfund distribution &#8211; Winning strategies and tactics in a disrupted environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":43304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1481],"tags":[1655,1651,1437,1724,2078],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43306"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}