Markets
Chart: The Trillion Dollar Club of Asset Managers
Chart: The Trillion Dollar Club
$1T+ club is dominated by U.S. based asset managers
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In the late 1700s, it was the start of the battle of stock exchanges: in 1773, the London Stock Exchange was formed, and the New York Stock Exchange was formed just 19 years later.
And while London was a preferred destination for international finance at the time, England also had laws that restricted the formation of new joint-stock companies. The law was repealed in 1825, but by then it was already too late.
In the U.S., exchanges in New York City and Philadelphia took full advantage by dealing in stocks early on. Eventually, for this and a variety of other reasons, the NYSE emerged as the most dominant exchange in the world – helping propel New York and Wall Street to the center of finance.
The Center of Finance
Wall Street, and the U.S. in general, is now synonymous with finance – and most of the world’s largest banks, funds, and investors maintain a presence nearby. The biggest asset management companies, which pool investments into securities such as stocks and bonds on behalf of investors, are no exception to this.
Today’s chart shows all global companies with over $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
Not surprisingly, all but 17.1% of assets managed by this $1 Trillion Club are overseen by companies based in the United States.
| Rank | Company | Country | AUM |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | BlackRock Inc. | USA | $5.7 trillion |
| #2 | Vanguard Group | USA | $4.4 trillion |
| #3 | State Street Global Advisors | USA | $2.6 trillion |
| #4 | Fidelity Investments | USA | $2.3 trillion |
| #5 | J.P. Morgan Asset Management | USA | $1.9 trillion |
| #6 | BNY Mellon | USA | $1.8 trillion |
| #7 | Pimco | USA | $1.6 trillion |
| #8 | Amundi | France | $1.6 trillion |
| #9 | Capital Group | USA | $1.4+ trillion |
| #10 | Legal & General Investment Management | UK | $1.3 trillion |
| #11 | Government Pension Investment Fund | Japan | $1.2 trillion |
| #12 | PGIM | USA | $1.0+ trillion |
| #13 | Northern Trust | USA | $1.0 trillion |
| #14 | Wellington Management | USA | $1.0 trillion |
| #15 | Norges Bank Investment Management | Norway | $1.0 trillion |
Even further, outside of Northern Trust (Chicago), Pimco (Newport Beach), and Capital Group (Los Angeles), the remaining U.S. companies are based in the Northeast specifically – either on Wall Street, or just a short drive away.
The Newest Entrant
The newest entrant to the $1 trillion club is Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, which is managed by Norges Bank Investment Management. It’s the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, and it was “never forecast” to get so big.
The Norwegian fund recently joined France’s Amundi ($1.6 trillion), the UK’s Legal & General ($1.3 trillion), and Japan’s Goverment Pension Investment Fund ($1.2 trillion) as non-U.S. members of this exclusive club.
Markets
Charting Revenue: How The New York Times Makes Money
This graphic tracks the New York Times’ revenue streams over the past two decades, identifying its transition from advertising to subscription-reliant.
Creator Program
When it comes to quality and accessible content, whether it be entertainment or news, consumers are often willing to pay for it.
Similar to the the precedent set by the music industry, many news outlets have also been figuring out how to transition into a paid digital monetization model. Over the past decade or so, The New York Times (NY Times)—one of the world’s most iconic and widely read news organizations—has been transforming its revenue model to fit this trend.
This chart from creator Trendline uses annual reports from the The New York Times Company to visualize how this seemingly simple transition helped the organization adapt to the digital era.
The New York Times’ Revenue Transition
The NY Times has always been one of the world’s most-widely circulated papers. Before the launch of its digital subscription model, it earned half its revenue from print and online advertisements.
The rest of its income came in through circulation and other avenues including licensing, referrals, commercial printing, events, and so on. But after annual revenues dropped by more than $500 million from 2006 to 2010, something had to change.
| NY Revenue By Year | Print Circulation | Digital Subscription | Advertising | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | $623M | $1,196M | $168M | $1,987M | |
| 2004 | $616M | $1,222M | $165M | $2,003M | |
| 2005 | $616M | $1,262M | $157M | $2,035M | |
| 2006 | $637M | $1,269M | $172M | $2,078M | |
| 2007 | $646M | $1,223M | $183M | $2,052M | |
| 2008 | $668M | $1,068M | $181M | $1,917M | |
| 2009 | $683M | $797M | $101M | $1,581M | |
| 2010 | $684M | $780M | $93M | $1,557M | |
| 2011 | $659M | $47M | $756M | $93M | $1,555M |
| 2012 | $681M | $114M | $712M | $88M | $1,595M |
| 2013 | $673M | $151M | $667M | $86M | $1,577M |
| 2014 | $668M | $172M | $662M | $86M | $1,588M |
| 2015 | $653M | $199M | $639M | $89M | $1,580M |
| 2016 | $647M | $232M | $581M | $94M | $1,554M |
| 2017 | $668M | $340M | $559M | $109M | $1,676M |
| 2018 | $642M | $400M | $558M | $148M | $1,748M |
| 2019 | $624M | $460M | $531M | $198M | $1,813M |
| 2020 | $597M | $598M | $392M | $196M | $1,783M |
| 2021 | $588M | $774M | $498M | $215M | $2,075M |
| 2022 | $574M | $979M | $523M | $233M | $2,308M |
In 2011, the NY Times launched its new digital subscription model and put some of its online articles behind a paywall. It bet that consumers would be willing to pay for quality content.
And while it faced a rocky start, with revenue through print circulation and advertising slowly dwindling and some consumers frustrated that once-available content was now paywalled, its income through digital subscriptions began to climb.
After digital subscription revenues first launched in 2011, they totaled to $47 million of revenue in their first year. By 2022 they had climbed to $979 million and accounted for 42% of total revenue.
Why Are Readers Paying for News?
More than half of U.S. adults subscribe to the news in some format. That (perhaps surprisingly) includes around four out of 10 adults under the age of 35.
One of the main reasons cited for this was the consistency of publications in covering a variety of news topics.
And given the NY Times’ popularity, it’s no surprise that it recently ranked as the most popular news subscription.
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