Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> March 11, 2013

Equity Headwinds and Waning Organic Growth Challenge Asset Management Sector

Jason Weyeneth has been the Lead Analyst covering the asset management sector for Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc., since launching coverage in March 2010. Prior to joining the insurance research team at Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc., in the summer of 2008, Mr. Weyeneth spent two years as an Analyst at Kinyan Capital Management, LLC, a financial-services-sector-focused hedge fund. He also worked on the corporate bond desk at Credit Suisse Group as an Associate covering the insurance sector. Prior to his time at Credit Suisse Group, Mr. Weyeneth worked as a Research Associate following the life insurance sector at Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC, and Fox-Pitt Kelton. He is a graduate of the Stern School of Business at NYU and was awarded the CFA designation in 2004. Profile
TWST: What were some of the key takeaways from your group’s Q4 results? What were the notable surprises from the most recent earnings season?

Mr. Weyeneth: I think the key