University of Edinburgh report

The European Asset Management Industry Plays a Crucial and Growing Role in Financing the ‘Real Economy’

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The European Asset Management Industry Plays a Crucial and Growing Role in Financing the ‘Real Economy’

Author: Alicia Miguel

  1. European asset management industry contributes an average of 0.35% per year to European GDP
  2. European asset managers hold European debt securities equal to one-third of European total bank lending, and 43% of all non-residential lending
  3. Equity held by asset managers amounts to nearly 40% of the free float of European firms