Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Stamford, CT USA — Alliance Bernstein and AllianzGI are the top asset managers in Asia when it comes to overall quality, according to gatekeepers who select products for retail intermediary fund distribution platforms in the region. 

Greenwich Associates announced today that Alliance Bernstein and AllianzGI are the 2017 Greenwich Quality Leaders in Overall Asian Intermediary Distribution. 

“These firms both succeed in the challenging task of providing high-quality service to platforms across the diverse Asian market, which requires an understanding of product needs, local language, relationship management and service, idiosyncrasies in reporting procedures, and other factors that often vary widely from country market to country market,” says Greenwich Associates Vice President Parijat Banerjee.

In 2017, Greenwich Associates interviewed 150 gatekeepers at large institutions across Asia, including retail and private banks, insurers, asset managers, securities brokers, and independent financial advisors. Study participants were asked to name the asset managers they have on their platforms and rate them in a series of service quality parameters related to investments, relationship management and servicing. Asset managers with ratings topping those of competitors by a statistically significant margin are named Greenwich Quality Leaders.

“While both Alliance Bernstein and AllianzGI have competitive investment performance, they have earned special accolades from clients for the distinctiveness of their relationship management and client servicing efforts,” says Parijat Banerjee.