The Top Advisor list ranked RIAs (registered investment advisors) based on total assets under management.

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The Growth list ranked RIAs (registered investment advisors) based on their growth in total assets under management as reported March 31, 2011 through March 31, 2013.

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The adviser would have an incentive to dissuade the investor from any investment strategy that might decrease the total assets under management and the fee base.

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Looking at the decline in total assets under management, equity assets are currently at about beginning-of-year levels, indicating that while many equity markets have not provided negative returns for the year, dedicated emerging market equity fund managers may have lightened up in their positioning to account for this retreat in assets under management.

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At the end of March, total trust assets under management were 65% larger than a year earlier, putting pressure on trusts to find places to invest.

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It represents the average fees earned by this division as a percentage of the total assets that it has under management.

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Entering the asset-management business in Europe and the U.S. could help to expand its horizons there, and will push overall assets under management close to the total held by Nomura Asset Management, the biggest Japanese money manager, the company said.

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