The investment management industry delivers returns for individuals, pension funds and institutional investors. It provides a critical service in saving and planning for retirement; helping people meet their financial aspirations and secure their standard of living as they grow older.
Investment managers offer investment vehicles that provide access to asset diversification that lowers risk, to capital markets that offer higher returns and to economies of scale that reduces transaction costs.
The investment management industry is at the heart of a modern economy that effectively channels savings towards investment integrating environmental social and governance concerns in their investment processes. It contributes to economic growth through effective and productive investment and by providing high-quality employment.