#SocialMediaStudies

Using our proprietary calculation methodology applied to acquired KPI data, we produced the following ranking table of the top 50 players on social media (see Figure 2).

Figure 2 Top 50 Asset management groups* on social media

18 Nordea IM 19 Legg Mason

1 BlackRock/Ishares 2 Vanguard Group 3 Franklin Templeton

35 Nuveen Investments

36 BBVA Asset Management

20 Pictet

37 State Street Global 38 Hartford Financial 39 Northwestern Mutual 40 Mass Mutual Financial 41 Ameriprise Financial

21 BNP Paribas IP 22 Natixis GAM 23 Sun Life Financial

4 T. Rowe Price 5 Schroders

6 Charles Schwab Investment

7 Fidelity Investments 8 Russel Investments

24 JP Morgan 25 Nikko AM 26 UBS GAM

42 Aegon Asset Management 43 Deutsche Bank AM/DWS

9 Invesco 10 PIMCO

27 Federated Investors

44 TIAA-CREF

11 Carmignac

28 Columbia

45 Prudential Financial

46 SEB

12 Alliance Bernstein 13 Putnam Investments

29 MFS Investment Management 30 Allianz Global Investors

47 Bank of New York Mellon

14 Amundi

31 ING IM

48 Capital Group

15 Janus Capital Group

32 Neuberger Berman

49 Bank of America Merril Lynch 50 Principal Global Investors

16 Wells Fargo

33 MMC/Mercer

17 Northern Trust Global

34 SEI Investment Managers

Source: CACEIS/PwC Asset Management Benchmarking on Social Media 2013

* European Asset Management Groups in bold

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