This year’s Global Asset Management CEO Outlook report recognises that the environment for asset managers has become increasingly complex, with rapid technological advances creating both new opportunities and risks. Asset managers CEOs reflect this in views that combine optimism, confidence and apprehension as they look to the future.
This sense of confidence is driving growth expectations and accelerating the pace of market transformation, particularly in the realms of generative AI (Gen AI) and digitisation. CEOs are focusing more on these technologies, viewing them as critical enablers of future success rather than cost saving exercises.
At the same time, asset managers CEOs are acutely aware of future challenges, with access to talent and developing a balanced approach to the evolving ESG landscape identified as key focus areas. The most successful asset managers are those who recognise and address the interconnectedness of these opportunities and risks, adopting a more holistic approach to their strategies.