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F&C

By Robert Jenkins,  Bernard Dumas
Published 18 Jun 2007
Reference 5419
Topic Economics & Finance
Industry Capital Markets
Region Global
Length 31 page(s)
Language English
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Summary

The case describes the process of integration between two European asset management organizations, one being British the other Dutch, with the goal of creating a Paneuropan organization reaching institutional clients in several countries of Europe. The travails of organizational reconstruction, cost cutting, company re-definition and client retention are analyzed against a background of stock market crash.

Teaching objectives

Issues are: - Size in the profitability of an asset management firm - Differences between the Amsterdam and the London investment management teams - Geographic orientation needed in a Pan-European asset management operation - Value creation in the asset management industry

Keywords
  • RD0507
  • AR2007
  • AR0607
About the authors

Robert Jenkins

Dumas

Bernard Dumas

Emeritus Professor of Finance

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