Here's a look back on 2020 and the most-read stories each month in the advisor-sold asset management industry.

Jennifer M. "Jenny" Johnson Franklin Resources, Inc. President, CEO

January
The 16 Most-Admired Fund Firms (January 23)
A number of U.S. asset managers (and parents of U.S. asset managers) landed on a business magazine's new list.

February
Franklin Buys an $806B-AUM Rival (February 18)
The $4.5-billion, all-cash deal was expected to close in Q2.

March
Help FAs Navigate the Crisis (March 20)
A trade group offered advisors perspectives from a host of different asset managers.

April
A Consultant to Fundsters Dies (April 30)
He co-founded a consulting firm that has supported some of the world's biggest asset managers.

May
A Multi-Boutique's Ex-CEO Dies At 59 (May 28)
The executive was a founding principal at the publicly traded, acquisitive asset manager.

June
A Putnam C-Suite Alum Joins a Fund Firm's Parent's Board (June 5)
The exec also sits on a board for an ETF family and a BDC.

July
The Neuberger Team Mourns an Ex-MF Chief (July 24)
The former exec spent more than 38 years at the Gotham asset manager.

August
Time to Prepare Now for the Future of Wholesaling (August 10)
A reader shared what she was hearing from sales manager about how they're preparing.

September
A Subadvised Startup Opens, With an ESG Quant Ally (September 29)
The entrepreneurs are also teaming up with an active ETF player and a series trust.

October
Trump or Biden? Gundlach Predicts (October 29)
Yet the DoubleLine chief said he wasn't as confident as he was when he called it in 2016.

November
Victory Will Buy a 38-Year-Old Equity Team (November 5)
The deal will add a tenth investment franchise to the publicly traded multiboutique.

December
Bye, Bye, Pioneer, Except ... (December 1)
Amundi is rebranding its U.S. asset management arm. 

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