Commentary

Schroders’ new team must deliver or pressure for break-up will grow

The firm’s future might lie in wealth if it can’t turn round its asset management business

The fund giant has talked about streamlining its business. But where should the focus fall?
The fund giant has talked about streamlining its business. But where should the focus fall? Photo: JDawnInk/Getty Images

David Wighton is a columnist at Financial News

One of Schroders’ top executives has made a damning assessment of its core business. It was “too big to be small and too small to be big”, he believed. So it was time to sell.

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