AFP/Getty Images The Chinese asset management industry is about to explode and offers major opportunities to Western fund managers, says Brown from KPMGIt’s been a rough ride for active fund managers in recent years, as they wrestle with tougher regulations, increased competition on fees and technological disruptions hurting the industry. But there’s a silver lining — or three, to be exact — and asset managers who figure out a way to navigate the shifting landscape will come out as winners, according to Tom Brown, global head of asset management at KPMG. “We’re at a real crossroads,” he said in his opening address at the FundForum International conference in Berlin last week. “On the one hand, we’re living in this golden pool of assets to manage ... But on the other hand, the pressures around disruption, regulation and technology are intense. So success for you is whether you make the right choices — the right decisions — as you face into these challenges of this uncertain world,” he said.via