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T. Rowe Price is adapting to industry headwinds from active equity outflows and passive share gains by leaning into ETFs, SMAs, trusts, fixed income, retirement date funds and alternatives, including OHA, late-stage venture and the Goldman Sachs partnership. The CEO argues record gross inflows and record AUM plus these growth areas can eventually overcome mutual fund and active equity headwinds, and he pushes back on investor concerns about stock underperformance and fee pressure because alternatives have a richer fee mix, giving him confidence in long-term growth.

Sharps says T. Rowe Price is operationally ready to launch a trust incorporating private market assets and sees adoption of private market alternatives in defined contribution plans. He argues ETF wrappers are more tax efficient than mutual funds, expects growth from model accounts and SMA tax-loss harvesting, and says alternatives provide a richer fee mix to offset industry fee pressure.

T. Rowe Price has record AUM and gross inflows but faces industry-wide active equity outflows and passive growth. Sharps argues the company can overcome this by leaning into ETFs, SMAs, retirement target-date funds, fixed income, and alternatives; alternatives carry a richer fee mix that helps offset fee pressure, and the firm is positioned for long-term growth even if near-term outflows persist.