According to the report* issued by ALFI to mark ALFI’s 30th anniversary, UCITS assets have the potential to grow at a compound rate of 5% in the next three decades, with average annual net sales flows rising from €201 billion in 2017 to €860 billion in thirty years. As long as certain risk factors are addressed, this growth rate would quadruple UCITS’ asset base to over €42 trillion by the year 2048.
The report, which was produced by Broadridge, also predicts that Europe’s Capital Markets Union and local initiatives to enhance long-term savings to meet demographic challenges will encourage future growth in Europe. Outside Europe regulators are likely to wish to protect their own markets, but the strength of the UCITS brand means that the UCITS structure is most likely...
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