Investment Services
Asset Management
Asset management is the term usually given to describe companies which run collective investment funds.
The following is Global Investor’s 2005 ranking of the top 10 investment managers by assets under management:[4]
| Rank | Company | Assets under management (US$million) |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Barclays Global Investors | 1,400,491 | UK |
| 2. | State Street Global Advisors | 1,367,269 | US |
| 3. | Fidelity Investments | 1,299,400 | US |
| 4. | Capital Group Companies | 1,050,435 | US |
| 5. | The Vanguard Group | 852,000 | US |
| 6. | Allianz Global Investors | 790,513 | Germany |
| 7. | JPMorgan Asset Management | 782,646 | US |
| 8. | Mellon Financial Corporation | 738,294 | US |
| 9. | Deutsche Asset Management | 723,366 | Germany |
| 10. | Northern Trust Global Investments | 589,800 | US |
Hedge Fund Managers
- Andor Capital Management
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Cargill
- Citadel Investment Group
- Greenlight Capital
- Man Group
- Mellon Financial Corporation
- Mizuho Holdings
- Pequot Capital Management
- RAB Capital
- Renaissance Technologies
- Soros Fund Management
- UBS Investment Bank
Custody services
Custody services and securities processing is a kind of 'back-office' administration for financial services. Assets under custody in the world was estimated to $65 trillion at the end of 2004.[5] Firms engaged in custody services include: