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Signage is displayed at the entrance to BlackRock Inc. headquarters in New York
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Deutsche Bank
upgraded BlackRock and Eaton Vance shares to a Buy, citing “powerful” demand for sustainable investing that could bring a tide of cash to the asset-management companies,
Asset growth at both firms can average “5% or better,” beating their peers, the bank said. That would allow both stocks to trade at premiums to the asset-management group, according to Deutsche analysts led by Brian Bedell.
Asset managers “have an opportunity to substantially enhance organic growth” by developing products focused on offering a positive impact in terms of ESG, or environmental, social and governance factors, Deutsche Bank wrote. Many asset managers have been embedding ESG into their investment processes, it said, but strategies specifically focused on ESG are doing far better at attracting assets.
That trend is expected to continue “given rising awareness of
