Assets impacted by consolidation - IS

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SOUTH AFRICA - Approximately R62bn ($7.4bn) worth of retirement fund assets may have been adversely impacted by high levels of consolidation in the asset management industry over the past two years, according to multi-managers Investment Solutions.

Chief investment officer at the firm Glenn Silverman said the research accounts for changes and consolidation in the industry since 1999 when Rand Merchant Bank acquired Southern Life, and more re...

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