Europe left unexplored

There is up to $1 trillion of fund management business available in the Continental European pension fund market, according to Barclays Global Investors. There are around 40 million more people living in continental Europe than the US although the US pension fund market is more than $1 trillion larger. Lindsay Tomlinson, chief executive, Europe, at Barclays Global Investors, said that this leaves an unexplored pension fund market of at least $1 trillion on the Continent. He also pointed out that further expansion opportunities will come from areas including China which has opened its bo...