Mercer Capital’s Asset Management Industry newsletter is a quarterly publication providing perspective on valuation issues pertinent to asset managers, trust companies, and investment consultants. Each issue includes a segment focus, market overview, mergers and acquisitions review, and more. Segments covered are mutual fund companies (1st quarter), traditional asset mangers (2nd quarter), alternative asset managers (3rd quarter), and trust banks (4th quarter).
The Q4 2014 issue segment focus is Trust Banks. Excerpting from the discussion:
All three components of our trust bank index posted solid gains in 2014, continuing their upward trajectory from the prior two years but still lagging the broader indices since the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. Placing this recent comeback in its historical context reveals the headwinds these banks have been facing in a low interest rate environment that has significantly compressed their money market fees and yields on fixed income investments. Their recent success may therefore be more indicative of a reversion to mean valuation levels following years of depressed performance rather than a sudden surge of investor optimism regarding their future prospects.
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