Asset Management

Veteran dealmaker warns of industry ‘shakeout’ after M&A frenzy

Only specialists and big industry giants will survive, warns Jon Little

‘It’s the focused boutique specialists and the big behemoths that will survive. Everyone in the middle is dead — they just don’t know it yet,’ Jon Little said
‘It’s the focused boutique specialists and the big behemoths that will survive. Everyone in the middle is dead — they just don’t know it yet,’ Jon Little said

The asset management sector is expected to encounter a significant shakeout following a spate of “ill-considered” M&A transactions over the past five years, one of the industry's veteran dealmakers has warned.

“We see a shakeout coming,” Jon Little, chief executive of Alderwood Capital told Financial News.

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