Assets under management in Europe 2021

Assets under management (AUM) in Europe have grown almost annually from 2008 to 2021 to 32.2 trillion euros. AUM, covers all client funds and assets that are managed on their behalf by a financial institute. These asset management companies include mutual fund, venture capital firms and brokers.

Country rankings

In 2018, the top five countries for management firms in Europe held more than 18 trillion euros in assets under management. The United Kingdom alone held close to nine trillion euros in AUM, which accounted for over one third of the total held in Europe. The United Kingdom’s leading asset manager, Legal & General Investment Management held approximately 1.9 trillion at the end of 2022.

Global Asset managers

Legal and General may be the leading asset manager in Europe, but globally they are outside of the top ten. On a worldwide scale, the United States and Europe sit far ahead in assets under management.

Value of total assets under management in Europe from 2007 to 2021 (in trillion euros)

Characteristic	Assets under management in trillion euros
2021	32.2
2020	28.5
2019	27
2018	23.1
2017	23.7
2016	22.7
2015	21.6
2014	20.3
2013	17.6
2012	16
2011	14.3
2010	13.6
2009	12.3
2008	10.8
2007	13.5

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2007 to 2021

Special properties

EFAMA European member associations

Supplementary notes

The source added the following information "The report is primarily based on data provided by eighteen national associations: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom (UK). Additional internal and external data have been used to estimate assets managed in the other European countries at the end of 2020.."

The source provides the additional information: "Asset management is the professional management and trading of securities and other types of assets to achieve a specific investment goal for the benefit of clients."

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