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Article: Money managers beefing up their research staffs; Search for new ideas spurs firms into action.(News)
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- Investment News
- Article date:
- June 20, 2005
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Byline: Greg Crawford
NEW YORK - Money managers are beefing up their research staffs - albeit slowly - amid increasing pressure to uncover fresh investment ideas that will help them outperform markets with low return expectations.
Money managers' research staffs increased by 4% to more than 10,000 people last year, while their portfolio management staffs shrank slightly, according to sister publication Pensions & Investments' annual money manager directory.
In addition, Greenwich (Conn.) Associates found that between early 2003 and early 2005, the average research staff at U.S. buy-side institutions increased to 10.5 people from 9.3.
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