This year's shrinkage in assets under management in U.S. funds could reach 29%, according to
Analyst Cynthia Mayer wrote that asset managers should cut expenses next year. Assets under management will prove to have fallen 23% in the fourth quarter, she said, up from her previous estimate of a 10% decline.
Asset managers have seen a sharp decline in fee-based income as managed assets shrank dramatically during the financial crisis. Many U.S. fund companies, including