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Finance Asia  Aug 19  Comment 
The Macquarie Group acquires US-based asset manager Delaware Investments for $428 million, adding $125 billion of AUM.
Reuters  Jun 12  Comment 
U.S. money manager BlackRock bought Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for $6.6 billion cash and 37.8 million shares on Thursday to create a global asset manager twice the size of its nearest rival [ID:nN11525846].
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Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net  Jul 18  Comment 
Guardian Unlimited- Aberdeen Asset Management said on Friday its assets had grown 6 percent despite turbulent markets and had also earmarked higher cost savings to offset falling earnings, pushing its shares up. The fund manager said its assets...
Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net  Sep 13  Comment 
Reuters- Aviva said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Romanian asset management company Certinvest from its chief executive and a private U.S. firm, the Romanian-American Enterprise Fund (RAEF). Aviva, which has signed a string of partnership...
Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net  Sep 4  Comment 
Reuters - Franklin Templeton Investments, which manages $621 billion in assets, has bought 25 percent of Dubai's Algebra Capital Ltd and wants to grow its business in Arab markets, it said on Tuesday. Franklin Templeton is a unit of Franklin...
Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net  Jan 13  Comment 
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Two years after agreeing to pay massive penalties for its role in the mutual-fund industry's improper trading scandal, Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P.'s fortunes are looking brighter. The New York-based...
Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net  Dec 31  Comment 
Many investors are wondering what to do about owning a U.S. mutual fund from an asset manager embroiled in the scandal that has rocked the industry since September. The misdeeds range from allowinghedge funds to trade inappropriately, and...
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Mutual funds, hedge funds and pension plans are all run by asset management companies. These companies earn income by charging service fees to their clients.

AMCs offer their clients more diversification because they have a larger pool of resources than the individual investor. Pooling assets together and paying out proportional returns allows investors to avoid minimum investment requirements often required when purchasing securities on their own, as well as the ability to invest in a larger set of securities with a smaller investment.

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