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MAPFRE AM: a leading management firm for medium-term returns

Feb 22, 2022

Redacción Mapfre

Asset management companies appear to be on a winning streak in Spain. According to the latest data, the sector’s volume amounts to 311.7 billion euros, a figure that, following the trend in recent years, is likely to continue climbing. In this regard, due to increasing demand for mutual funds, discretionary portfolio management is gaining prominence in the eyes of investors, to the point that it currently represents 27.5% of fund distribution in Spain.

In an article, El Economista highlights the returns earned by some management firms, including MAPFRE AM: analyzing its three-year return, and factoring in the decline caused by the pandemic during 2020, "MAPFRE Asset Management achieved a weighted return on equity of 15.80%,” the economics and finance journal reports.

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