Assets under management (AUM) refers to the amount placed by investors in a given wealth management company, investment funds, hedge funds or pension funds.

Are an important metric in evaluating this type of management companies, as there is an appreciable amount of fixed costs in the business (computer systems since the imposition of regulators) and commissioning (especially the management fee) tends to be proportional to the amount managed.

That is, an increase in assets under management tends to have a more than proportional impact on the profitability of management activity

Quarterly, CMVM (Comissão de Mercado de Valores Mobiliários), meaning Securities Market Comission, publishes a report which analyzes the Management of Assets in Portugal.

In this study, was developed a ranking with the market share of all public and depending on the amounts (assets) under management of the review period.

See here the Market Share of Golden Assets, Sociedade Gestora de Patrimónios, S.A..

The Golden Assets has no connection to any financial group, was formed exclusively with national capitals.

The fact of being independent allows us to choose which financial assets more efficiently meet the needs of our customers.

The entities that oversee the activities of asset management companies are the CMVM and the Bank of Portugal.

The Golden Assets is active under Decree-Law No 163/94 of the 4th of June, the Legal Framework of Credit Institutions and Financial Corporations Code Securities.

Furthermore, it is supervised by the Bank of Portugal (No. 542) and by the CMVM (No. 148).

Supervision is done by sending the whole periodic information requested by the constant inspections to be carried out, with / without notice for any of the entities.

The Golden Assets also participates in the Investor Compensation Scheme.

Golden Assets does not charge subscription or redemption fees.

Are only charged a fixed fee (management) and a performance fee in accordance with the strategy endorsed by each customer.