Overview
In our 2020 Asset and wealth management revolution paper, The power to shape the future, we examined how the US$127 trillion industry was in an ideal position to tackle inequality and drive the green transition. Since then, we’ve seen an unprecedented acceleration in the move towards environmental, social and governance–orientated (ESG-orientated) investments. As investor allocations to ESG funds increase, the industry now has an opportunity to be at the forefront of a burgeoning ESG revolution.
The ESG imperative
In this report, we highlight the results of a recent PwC global survey of asset managers and institutional investors. Our findings reveal an AWM industry in transition. For asset managers, our analysis of ten market-defining trends stresses the urgency of moving away from ESG-orientated investments and, instead, integrating ESG principles into the heart of their purpose, strategy and investment management processes.
We analyse evolving industry priorities and new stakeholder expectations, identifying ten market-defining trends that are shaping the ESG agenda in the AWM market. Based upon the survey findings, our wide-ranging work with AWM organisations and insights from our community of solvers, these trends show investor expectations of ESG have set the scene for a radical overhaul of how value is defined and delivered within the AWM industry.
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