Mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, RIAs. Highest-ROIC business in finance when assets compound + fees are sticky - but vulnerable to passive-investing fee compression.
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Buffett-Fit: 86/100
Asset managers compound through AUM growth + fee retention. BlackRock + Blackstone + Brookfield show the model: scale + sticky fees on long-duration assets = decade-long compounders. The risk: passive-investing fee compression has eroded traditional active-equity manager economics; only the largest survive.
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