Asset consultants spark conflict of interest concerns
Investment consultant firms are seeking to advise asset owners over investments, putting them at risk of accusations of conflicts of interest with their traditional advisory roles.
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Asset consultancies are seeking to get hired by Asian institutional investors for ‘delegated investment management’ mandates and fund of funds management — areas that are typically the preserve of asset managers — as their traditional advisory services struggle in the region.
However, their interest in doing so risks drawing accusations of conflicts of interest from the clients they are targeting, as well as from the asset management firms they are increasingly set to compete with…
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