Since its first release, the annual poster has become an industry reference. The updated poster provides an overview on cross-border distribution in 2012, including cross-border funds, their domiciles, the multitude of target markets, fund management groups and distribution trends at a glance.

"This year's poster highlights the continuing strong growth of the cross-border fund industry in uncertain times and also an increasing divergence of cross-border funds from European domestic asset management products. 10% growth in the number of cross-border funds, including the phenomenal growth of ETF, and global registrations for distribution during 2012; strong net sales into international funds and an increasing number of domestic asset managers launching cross-border funds for the first time, demonstrates the resilience of this sector of asset management and the likely future trends," says Mark Evans, partner and Global Fund Distribution Leader, PwC Luxembourg.

This year’s poster highlights the cross-border distribution hotspots as well as the most dynamic markets in 2012. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the top 50 cross-border management groups, featuring their distribution markets and their major distribution platforms.

In addition, the poster demonstrates the strong evolution of cross-border fund distribution over the last ten years with cross-border registrations reaching compound annual growth rate of 12%. Luxembourg maintains its position as a fund distribution centre of excellence, with funds from this domicile accounting for 68% of worldwide cross-border registrations.
New to this year’s edition is the significant growth of ETF style cross-border fund (i.e. 23% of the population) and the strength of equity as an investment class (i.e. 50%).

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