Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> March 10, 2015

ETF Growth and a Move to International Asset Classes Key Themes of Asset Management Space

Sykes, Macrae
Macrae Sykes joined Gabelli & Company, Inc., in October 2008 as a Research Analyst covering asset managers. He began his business career in institutional equities at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York. In his first full year of coverage, Mr. Sykes was ranked number one Analyst in the Investment Services Industry in 2010 in The Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street analyst survey. In 2014, he was runner-up for capital markets coverage in StarMine's annual analyst survey for stock picking. He graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. in economics and received an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School. Profile
TWST: Looking at the broad situation with asset managers, what are the trends you are seeing in the space?

Mr. Sykes: We are seeing the continuation of some of the themes from last