How to be a successful asset manager

South Africa is at the forefront of emerging market asset management, with eight firms in the Towers Watson Global Top 500 survey of asset managers, on par with China, which is a much bigger economy. Joining Finweek to discuss the sector and what it takes to be a successful asset manager is Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser, head of the Alexander Forbes Research Institute, and Muitheri Wahome, head: technical solutions at Investment Solutions.