ABOUT US
Lamb Quantitative Research provides insights capturing the dynamics of the global investment asset management (AM) industry.
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We have fully quantifed insights into the state and evolution of the industry at global, country, and company level based on statistical analysis of proprietary and external time series datasets.
The results are available in our reports and bespoke consulting.

1562
Asset Managers

13
Years of Data

6
Proprietary Datasets

1398
M&A Transactions

45481
Data Points

51
Measures
REPORTS
Our reports analyze key industry themes and trends. Examples are:
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What is the rate of AuM margin decline? Is it consistent across managers and time?
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At what rate is the industry consolidating?
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How has profit per unit of AuM changed over time?
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How much are acquirers paying per unit of AuM compared to stock market implied price?
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Which managers and PE funds are most aggresive acquirers?
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Which countries control the most AuM? How is this changing over time?
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To what extent does investment performance translate to net inflows and returns?
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Peer group RoC, RoE, NPM over time
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How has the equity market discounted listed asset managers earnings over time?
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How persistent are financial margins over time?
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Does the industry exhibit increasing returns to scale?
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How has marketing, IT, and compensation spend changed over time?
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How do the AuM dynamics of the top 10 impact the rest of the market?
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Contact us to discuss specific reports or research questions we can answer for you using our data and statistical tools.
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What Are the Benefits to You?
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Unrivalled, new insights. Fully quantified. Not from the usual suspects.
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Make business decisions based on facts. Not guesses, anecdotes or hyperbole.
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Avoid the costs and challenges of maintaining and analyzing your own data.
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Know how the competition is performing.
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Who Is It For?
Financial professionals associated with the asset management industry such as CEOs, CFOs, financial analysts, financial journalists, industry consultants, advisory consultants, regulators, AM sales teams, AM clients and potential clients, private investors, portfolio managers, and other interested persons.
Our Message
We are positively surprised how many new and unique insights we have been able to squeeze out of the datasets so far. Combining these insights tells a story never-before-seen story of the state and direction of the industry. We are therefore excited about the next set of insights as we extend the dataset factors and time horizon, and link them with more external datasets.
Find Out More
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Check out our current reports. Look at the table of contents and table of figures. Note: there are also more coming soon!
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Create a free members account. Members can access our free reports and reference describing the data model and scope.